Confucius Says Ease Off the New Year's Resolutions, According to Author Edward Slingerland | The Psychogenyx News Feed | Scoop.it
Our bustling modern Beijing lives could use a bit of good old-fashioned Daoist chill, at least according to Edward Slingerland. The author and academic argues that ancient Chinese culture espoused a certain strategic mellowness that is the key to happiness and success. He detailed all that and more in his book Trying Not To Try: Ancient China, Modern Science and the Power of Spontaneity, which was first published by Crown in 2014.