MG replied, “Use one eighth of your attention to focus on what you want to accomplish. With the other seven eighths, focus on maintaining your state”.

“If you do this and succeed at maintaining your state, but fail to in your accomplishment, you have succeeded”.

“ If, on the other hand, you succeed in your accomplishment but fail to maintain your state, you have failed.”

“ What is the point if you gain the whole world, and lose your own soul?”