Thanks again for the reference to me in your article. I think the massive swings we’ve seen in our political and economic landscape over the past week has again shown the power of doing nothing.
Doing nothing is an action, it’s choosing to stand as a bulwark against the reactive world and the tendencies of the ego to rush to safety at the slightest whiff of danger.
I unfortunately know several people who made tragic and costly financial moves to protect what they thought was impending economic collapse this week, only to see the markets recover several days later.
While some might think doing nothing is being passive, it is anything but passive. It also, with practice, allows one to act quickly and spontaneously from a deeper part of one’s being, Grounded in the root of one’s intuitive nature.
> Doing nothing is an action, it’s choosing to stand as a bulwark against the reactive world and the tendencies of the ego to rush to safety at the slightest whiff of danger.
Love the way you put this!
> I unfortunately know several people who made tragic and costly financial moves to protect what they thought was impending economic collapse this week, only to see the markets recover several days later.
Yes! This is where the value of Taleb comes in: _we don't know_ what's going to happen; any certainty is false. Therefore, we must operate given those tighter constraints. Sorry to hear about your friends; I hope it's a useful lesson for them!
> While some might think doing nothing is being passive, it is anything but passive. It also, with practice, allows one to act quickly and spontaneously from a deeper part of one’s being, Grounded in the root of one’s intuitive nature.
Thanks again for the reference to me in your article. I think the massive swings we’ve seen in our political and economic landscape over the past week has again shown the power of doing nothing.
Doing nothing is an action, it’s choosing to stand as a bulwark against the reactive world and the tendencies of the ego to rush to safety at the slightest whiff of danger.
I unfortunately know several people who made tragic and costly financial moves to protect what they thought was impending economic collapse this week, only to see the markets recover several days later.
While some might think doing nothing is being passive, it is anything but passive. It also, with practice, allows one to act quickly and spontaneously from a deeper part of one’s being, Grounded in the root of one’s intuitive nature.
> Doing nothing is an action, it’s choosing to stand as a bulwark against the reactive world and the tendencies of the ego to rush to safety at the slightest whiff of danger.
Love the way you put this!
> I unfortunately know several people who made tragic and costly financial moves to protect what they thought was impending economic collapse this week, only to see the markets recover several days later.
Yes! This is where the value of Taleb comes in: _we don't know_ what's going to happen; any certainty is false. Therefore, we must operate given those tighter constraints. Sorry to hear about your friends; I hope it's a useful lesson for them!
> While some might think doing nothing is being passive, it is anything but passive. It also, with practice, allows one to act quickly and spontaneously from a deeper part of one’s being, Grounded in the root of one’s intuitive nature.
Yes! Slowing down actually speeds us up, as we remove negative leverage from our path: https://mieubrisse.substack.com/p/shattered-glass-and-negative-leverage