Please Don’t Try Harder

I’m contemplating reading Price Pritchett’s 42 page booklet You2 every morning for a month or more as an inspirational/centering activity to start my date.  [I have two secret Quantum Leaps planned for before my birthday, a day I share with my cosmic twin, Lindsay Lohan.]
The intro reminds me so much of my great friend Patricia Scanlon’s genius short for her HILDY HILDY character.  Watch and you’ll see what she has to say about her moth (versus the fly Pritchett writes about.)
And here’s how Pritchett concludes his intro:
“‘Trying harder’ isn’t necessarily the solution to achieving more.  It may not offer any real promise for getting what you want out of life.  Sometimes, in fact, it’s a big part of the problem.
If you stake your hopes for a breakthrough on trying harder than ever, you may kill your chances for success.”
Watch, laugh (and learn):

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