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Slow down and listen
I recently was looking at an article from Ichak Adizes who commented on the speed of life: ‘I am discovering new addictions as technology advances to “serve” me, and I became aware that I am increasingly losing control over my life. There is a Zen story that illuminates this point: A peasant walks down the road holding a rope in his hand. At the other end of the rope a cow is tied. “Why do you allow the cow to…