Next time you go to a party. Maybe even it’s a political party. Or a charity event. Or a dinner. Or a conference call. Or a sales meeting.
Do this:
Find the most valuable, fun, creative thing you can learn as quickly as you can. The one thing that will add value to your life. Hone in on it FAST. Learn something.
Then leave.
Even in a sales meeting: if you learn from the customer, the customer will buy from you.
Even on a first date. Get the kiss. Leave early. It gets better later if you leave early today.
Someone said to the great pianist, Artur Rubinsteain, «I love the way you play the notes!»
Artur Rubinstein said, «Ahh, the secret is how I play the silences between the notes.»
The real you is the silences between the notes.
Not the you in the meetings. The talking you. The worrying you. The you trying to please the date or the boss or the trolls. The you that HAS to respond!
I try (sometimes not so successfully. Sometimes horribly) to play the silences in between the notes.
How many things can you leave early today? Be honest about it. This is the only gift we were given when we were born. The ability to leave things early.
Without the silence, we would never know how to distinguish a beautiful sound.
By James Altucher, influencer in LinkedIn.
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