What Would The Buddha Do? : Removing the pain from the journey to success.

Have you ever wondered how kids learn languages easily without getting frustrated? maybe it is because of the greatest secret to enjoying our journey to success in any endeavor neatly hidden in the Gita, a secret tip which once understood makes every journey in life easy, and simply put, it says

To work without the lust for result

or to paraphrase

To enjoy the journey without worrying about the destination.

Most often in Life, we get caught in a web of thoughts that take the excitement out of our daily engagement with our jobs or social interactions, we think about results, we think of our destination and miss on the enjoyment of the work process or the journey itself. This is often difficult to understand since it appears like an abstract concept but consider this,

why do kids easily learn multiple languages at once without effort and become fluent in good time?
why do kids not get frustrated while trying to learn languages or new skills and give up?

It's simple

First, a kid doesn't try to learn, they simply learn.
They don't think about how long it will take to become fluent or an expert.
They don't lust after the result of fluency, they simple learn and enjoy the process.
In summary, they simply immerse themselves in the process with no single thought of the result of their work, It is simply not work to them, it's just the journey of life which must be enjoyed.

It takes a lot of reflection to understand this deeply but eventually it becomes clear and also a key to success and an effective learning strategy in every situation.

The lust for result leads to impatience since processes take time and the time-line for results cannot be easily projected. This in turn leads to frustration which reduces the ability to concentrate on the goal at hand.

If however, one should get lost and totally immersed in their work without thoughts of result, the learning and acting process itself becomes fun and the mind is able to concentrate totally on the ongoing work without being distracted by the need for results, it slowly brings it's whole power to bear on the work at hand and creates influences we couldn't deliberately make. Eventually the result comes, and most often favourably.

A secret tip to life then is to work and enjoy it and not bother about results because they come eventually.