Corporate America has programmed people to HUSTLE! BE THE BEST! ACHIEVE! MAKE MORE MONEY!!! for so long that they now need to pay someone to come and teach us how to relax, enjoy the moment and be happy again.

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    1 year ago

    it’s not really about the motorcycle maintenance

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        1 year ago

        the motorcycle maintenance is used as a metaphor for attending to one’s own needs

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            1 year ago

            That is the essential premise of the book. It’s not a book that teaches you how to fix motorcycles it’s a book that teaches you how to find mindfulness while doing work that is familiar to you.

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            nope, totally genuine! the book explicitly states that actually