When I was younger, I placed total consideration into technicalities and procedures, quantifying possibility into rigid measurements and expectations. Later, I saw implicit wisdom in Tarantino’s reply when he was asked how to break into the film industry. He said, “Write and direct Reservoir Dogs. That’s what I did.” Through his tongue-and-cheek reply, he showed tacit understanding there’s more to life than odds and procedures and codified methodology, and that he got where he was by listening to his intuition and following his own unique path.

Now I focus on allowance–yes, quantification and measurement are important, but they become detrimental when they crowd out possibility, and the perceptual framework that enables me to leverage the unknown into unexpected good fortune.

I like to allow for quantification and procedures, as well as synchronicity and awesome twists of fate. Allowance is my focus, rather than an internal state of expectation-derived tension or nerve-wracking desire.