A mate leaves their lover saying, "I'm not happy anymore."

Then, in their emptiness, they soon realize that they were indeed happy. They had everything they needed. So the mate betrays fullness for the excitement of filling emptiness.

In business, you might do the same.

There is a saying, "If you are frustrated, lower your dreams (or raise your skills)" - Taoism

You pursue a new client, a new market, or a new sector at the risk of losing what you've already built. You may even quit your job prematurely to start a business. Children climb up stairs for the excitement of sliding back down again. This is often called the "perspective of scarcity" or "mutually exclusive thinking."

To be fair, there is a joy in seeing growth. The trouble happens when you unconsciously let what you've already grown suffer for it.

There is a saying, "If you are frustrated, lower your dreams (or raise your skills)" 

If there's a yin way to solve a problem, there is also a yang way. There is a core cause of loss and destruction in both business and love. It's easy to blame what's already in the bowl for crippling your ability to collect more. The hard part, the path of a successful person, is to keep what you have and simply enlarge your bowl (Next: How to Enlarge Your "Bowl": - Practical Taoism for Business  )

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