{"id":507,"date":"2017-07-06T14:12:33","date_gmt":"2017-07-06T14:12:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/joysyjohn.com?p=507"},"modified":"2017-07-10T16:17:48","modified_gmt":"2017-07-10T16:17:48","slug":"happiness-is-letting-go-of-what-you-dont-need-and-using-what-you-have","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/joysyjohn.com\/index.php\/2017\/07\/06\/happiness-is-letting-go-of-what-you-dont-need-and-using-what-you-have\/","title":{"rendered":"Happiness is letting go of what you don\u2019t need and using what you have"},"content":{"rendered":"

\u201cWhy do some people and organizations succeed with so little while others fail with so much?\u201d<\/b><\/p>\n

Scott Sonenshein<\/span><\/a>, a professor of management at Rice University discusses the above question in his new book, <\/span>Stretch: Unlock the Power of Less –and Achieve More than You Ever Imagined<\/span><\/a>.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

\"\"Most of us are used to \u201cchasing\u201d \u2013 focusing on acquiring resources: more money, more expertise, more awards, more information…Does this rat race make you drained? What can you do to be happy and successful?<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cEven if I didn\u2019t know what to do, [I] just had to begin. You\u2019ll only get the idea once you start . . . you have to act first before inspiration will hit, you don\u2019t wait for inspiration and then act, or you\u2019re never going to act.\u201d <\/span><\/i>Filmmaker <\/span>Robert Rodriguez<\/span><\/a> dove in and found his inspiration as he made his first film El Mariachi (grossing $2 million against $7000 budget). \u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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What can we do with our existing resources? How to stretch?<\/span><\/p>\n