《經營大師的22堂課:價值億萬的商業智慧》一書引用狄巴克‧喬布拉(Deepak Chopra)在《福至心靈:成功致勝的七大精神法則》中說的話:
你的行為若是出於愛,就不需要花什麼力氣,因為大自然是由愛的力量結合而成。你若想掌握權力控制他人,你只是白費力氣。你若為了一己之私而追求金錢或權力,你只是把精力花在追逐快樂的假相,而非享受當前的快樂。你若只為了私利而追求金錢,那就切斷了流向你的能量,干擾了大自然智慧的表現。但是,你的行為若是出於愛,就不會白費力氣。
別可憐死了的人,哈利,可憐活著的人,最重要的是可憐那些活著卻沒有愛的人。(摘自《哈利波特(7):死神的聖物》,J. K. 羅琳 ,皇冠,2007/10/20)
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閱讀筆記:別可憐死了的人,哈利,可憐活著的人,最重要的是可憐那些活著卻沒有愛的人。(摘自《哈利波特(7):死神的聖物》,J. K. 羅琳 ,皇冠,2007/10/20)
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《今天!就過你想要的生活:不受目標束縛、找到方法,享受成功滿足的快意人生》(Goal-Free Living)一書,引用劇作家蕭伯納(George Bernard Shaw)的話說:
成功令我害怕。要想成功,就得結束在世界上的一切,就像公蜘蛛,交配一成功,便被母蜘蛛吃掉。我喜歡持續進行的狀態,目標擺在眼前,不是落到背後。
《哈利波特(7):死神的聖物》有一段話,描寫了哈利「成功」之後的失落:
他原本以為偷回分靈體之後自己會興高采烈,但結果卻完全不是這麼一回事。此時此刻,他坐在這裡凝望著黑夜,凝望著魔杖尖端透出的那一點兒幽光,他只是不斷擔憂未來會發生什麼事。他覺得他好像朝這一刻狂追猛衝了好幾週、好幾個月甚至好幾年,如今卻突然停住,一切都進了死胡同。
怪不得有人表示,他們喜歡「過程」,討厭「結果」。男歡女愛經常被舉作這方面的例子。例如,有人說,結婚是愛情的墳墓。還有,人喜歡「作愛」的過程,討厭它的結果,所以有了保險套的發明。有句諺語說: 「勝利與否不重要,重在參與」(Not the quarry, but the chase, Not the trophy, but the race),真是英雄所見相同。
但是,「害怕」也可能驅使一個人邁向成功。Noel M. Tichy和Warren G. Bennis寫的《Judgment》(博客來網路書店的中文網頁介紹或Amazon.com的英文網頁介紹),提到英特爾公司(Intel)前董事長安迪‧葛洛夫(Andy Grove)的「勇氣來自害怕。如果他不挺身而出,掌好舵輪,大膽航向暴風雨,公司的未來不知將止於何處」。
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