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Why Training Your Mind Is the Most Important Priority in Life

Give your brain a break

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Gustavo Razzetti
Apr 29, 2018
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Give your brain a break.

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A young, but earnest, martial arts student asked his new teacher: “I am devoted to studying your martial system. How long will it take me to master it?”

The teacher replied casually: “Ten years.”

The student wanted to learn faster: “But what if I really, really work hard at it? How long will it take then?”

The teacher thought for a moment. “20 years,” he finally replied

Learning something is easy. Training your mind is not — it takes a lifetime, as this Zen parable reminds us. The more you want to accelerate the process, the more time it will take.

The student was asking the wrong question. He was so anxious that he only cared about the outcome: how long it would take him to accomplish it.

Taming the mind takes effort — you have to put your emotions and thoughts aside.

This is why it’s the most important priority in your life.

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