Playful & calm.

Being playful doesn't mean we don't take some things seriously. It implies that the world doesn't revolve around our choices, our burdens, and our history.
It perhaps takes us to a deeper understanding of what "taking it seriously" really means to us, and its importance (or lack of) in our lives.
Im reminded of that saying;

Easy decisions, hard life,
Hard decisions, easy life.

Heres another view from a great book, Humankind, by Rutger Bregman

"I'd been eager to meet Jos de Blok for some time...This is a guy who's build a hugely successful organisation employing over 14000 people. Who's been voted Employer of the year in the Netherlands five times."

Bregman is looking through archives of interviews, this one stands out;

"
Interviewer: Is there anything you do to motivate your staff? Steve Jobs reportedly asked himself in the mirror each morning: What would I do if this were my last day?
Jos: I read his book too, and I don't believe a word of it.

Interviewer: Do you ever attend networking sessions?
Jos:At most of those things, nothing happens aside from everybody reaffirming everybody else's opinions. Thats not for me.

Interviewer:How do you motivate your employees?
Jos: I don't. Seems patronising.

Interviewer:Whats your speck on the horizon, Jos-that distant goal that inspires you and your team>
Jos: I don't have distant goals. Not all that inspired by specks."

Personally I love to see how others reshape the way society runs itself. There are so many ways of seeing, and a difficult decision as de Blok has done to go against the flow can be liberating and highlight one's creativity and uniqueness at the same time as respecting the intelligence and instincts of your fellow humans.

How does this relate to yoga?

Make it your own! check this out;

Ashley De Leon

She has loads of amazing posts, and her comments make them so lovely. knowing that this is one of many takes, and the magic happens...

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