Trying Not to Try : The Art and Science of Spontaneity

from a-squared

I'm seriously impressed by this book. Edward Slingerland does a phenomenal job at presenting rather complex ancient Chinese philosophical ideas in a modern way. This book is really insightful, but more importantly it's funny and relatable. I'll admit there were times where some of the ideas were ...

from fuzzy_patters

This book takes a look at the psychology that makes Ancient Chinese philosophies work. It made me think a lot about how to find the balance between too much effort and not enough effort so that I can relax and be successful. The authors writing style was also humorous with some of the modern exam...

from debnance

Slingerland explores Asian thought and contemporary science in an attempt to see how spontaneity can improve our lives. Asian thought shows that it can. Contemporary science shows it can. Now, on to share these ideas with the modern world. And that is this book. Edward Slingerland is a professor ...

from buchowl

Humankind has been on a neverending quest to enhance performance with the ultimate goal being flawless execution coupled with no obvious effort. So how does one go about striving without appearing to? Author Edward Slingerland looks to his field of expertise, ancient Chinese philosophies, to answ...

from 06nwingert

We live in a chaotic, hectic world. The ancient Chinese philosophical concept, wu-wei (ooo- way), preaches mindfulness and spontaneity. How do these two mesh? Trying Not to Try is the synthesis of the aforementioned concepts. Edward Slingerland uses a combination of well-documented Chinese histor...