Comments on: The Best Way to Solve a Problem: Give Up

By: 5 Non-"Personal Finance" Blogs I Read Religiously | Man Vs. Debt

5 Non-"Personal Finance" Blogs I Read Religiously | Man Vs. Debt — Fri, 11 Dec 2009 14:05:31 +0000

[...] source of motivation for my quest to live deliberately. If you are looking for advice on how to succeed by giving up or how to stop caring in order to be truly happy, Jonathan is your [...]

By: Dr. Ada

Dr. Ada — Tue, 01 Dec 2009 19:56:12 +0000

Great post! Very well said. Will refer some of my clients to read it! Trying to “keep up” with things does not work. It resonates with me because it’s part of my daily philosophy, just wish I had found as good a way to talk about it as you did!

Dr. Ada

By: 30-Nov-2009 | MohanArun.com

30-Nov-2009 | MohanArun.com — Mon, 30 Nov 2009 09:12:25 +0000

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By: WOPR

WOPR — Sun, 29 Nov 2009 22:49:59 +0000

A strange game. It seems the only winning move is not to play.

By: Looking at unrealistic expectations | Elixsir

Looking at unrealistic expectations | Elixsir — Sun, 29 Nov 2009 03:40:19 +0000

[...] Twitter, Scrivs linked to the article The Best Way to Solve a Problem: Give Up. I read it and my first thought was, “It seems more like an article about giving up [...]

By: Julien

Julien — Sat, 28 Nov 2009 15:42:04 +0000

Recently i gave up on many opportunities, because they were not what i wanted to do, or (by doing them) to be.

I just feel better to see that i’m not the only one who thinks that sometimes, the better think to do is to give up on something that does not make you happy.

My favorite quote :”Give up caring about owning a lot of cool things, which keep you distracted from acknowledging that you don’t like what you’re doing with your life.”

Thanks a million for this.

By: Jose

Jose — Sat, 28 Nov 2009 14:10:50 +0000

When I have a problem and like to solve it and it takes so much effort, I always give up. But I really don’t give up, I just focus my interest in other things.

Some day, a brilliant, simple solution, appears in my mind. My subconscious had been working in the shadow.

It works because when something doesn’t work, you need to change your strategy, if you continue doing the same things, you get the same results, no matter how much effort you apply. Worse, you get burned.

By: DYSPEPSIA GENERATION » Blog Archive » The Best Way to Solve a Problem: Give Up

Sat, 28 Nov 2009 11:52:09 +0000

[...] Read it. The more I stop trying to force things to happen, the more they just seem to sort themselves out. The more I let things happen, the less time I spend trying to make them happen. [...]

By: Bernard Devlin

Bernard Devlin — Sat, 28 Nov 2009 11:17:07 +0000

Just google for Epictetus.

Stoicism is making a comeback. It’s probably more useful to western buddhists than buddhism. If only they knew about it.

By: morel

morel — Thu, 15 Oct 2009 11:56:37 +0000

tnx