I dont think being zen would hold you back from making lots of money or having sex with women I just think it changes how you go about it. Some guys make a lot of money because they live in constant fear of being poor, others because they feel its the only way people (including family) will love them. Some who have those hangups are able to use that fear to develop a tremendous work ethic but most people who have those fears have "resistance" to wealth and women itself.
Being "zen" will probably get more results because you'll do what you want not what you PERCEIVE society expects of you and you fall in line. Its much more fun to get rich because you enjoy instead of what career your parents pushed you into and much more rewarding to sleep with women that you actually enjoy vs. settling for some disaster of a woman you meet on POF or at closing time in a bar when all the other women are gone.
I'm getting to a point now where if I focus on the end result of money (making it) its not as rewarding as the actual process, same with women. An orgasm sounds nice, but having a beautiful woman sitting in my lap and blushing over the things i say im going to do to her sounds even better.
I think Steve Jobs said something "stay hungry, stay foolish" = always look for whats next, whats possible, what can i learn, what can i experience, what can be created out of interactions with women, etc. I think thats the key to always having an "edge" to your personality and living an exciting life.
Being "zen" will probably get more results because you'll do what you want not what you PERCEIVE society expects of you and you fall in line. Its much more fun to get rich because you enjoy instead of what career your parents pushed you into and much more rewarding to sleep with women that you actually enjoy vs. settling for some disaster of a woman you meet on POF or at closing time in a bar when all the other women are gone.
I'm getting to a point now where if I focus on the end result of money (making it) its not as rewarding as the actual process, same with women. An orgasm sounds nice, but having a beautiful woman sitting in my lap and blushing over the things i say im going to do to her sounds even better.
I think Steve Jobs said something "stay hungry, stay foolish" = always look for whats next, whats possible, what can i learn, what can i experience, what can be created out of interactions with women, etc. I think thats the key to always having an "edge" to your personality and living an exciting life.
