“How do you become a blue belt?” someone asked a famous Brazilian jiu-jitsu coach. Murilo Santana replied: “Stop being a white belt.” Wisdom shines everywhere.
Take change in any area—business, relationships, life. You know what your soul craves. The status quo wears you down. Yet you’ve been stuck for ages, neither forward nor back.
Your problem is a desperate lack of Emptiness.
A person is like a vessel—a cup, horn, jug, bucket, or barrel. Being unfilled feels like a flaw, a betrayal of purpose. You rush to fill it to the brim, no matter with what.
Sadly, every substance has an expiration date. The vessel still works, but the nectar inside turns to poison. Time to replace it, but how? ou must pour it out. Clean it. Let it dry.
For a moment, you must become an Anti-vessel, filled with Nothing.
Worse, while you reel from the void within, “vessels” around you brag about their contents bubbling over. It feels like you’re the only broken one in the world.
The irony? It’s the opposite—in your small world, you’re a pioneer, not an outcast. While others fight to prove their lives are fine, you refuse to lie to yourself.
You’ve started to transform. My advice: don’t fear the emptiness. It holds meaning and value. A hollow vessel signals future abundance, a new stage, room to grow.
Savor this rare moment of freedom to choose.
Choose what? Almost anything!
Sincerely yours,
-Alexander
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As a business therapist, I help tech founders quickly solve dilemmas at the intersection of business and personality, and boost company value as a result.
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