The original text of Tao Te Ching, Chapters 3. Keeping People Content.

【简体中文版】 不尚贤,使民不争;不贵难得之货,使民不为盗;不见可欲,使民心不乱。是以圣人之治,虚其心,实其腹,弱其志,强其骨。常使民无知无欲。使夫智者不敢为也。为无为,则无不治。 【繁體中文版】 不尚賢,使民不爭;不貴難得之貨,使民不為盜;不見可欲,使民心不亂。是以聖人之治,虛其心,實其腹,弱其志,強其骨。常使民無知無欲。使夫智者不敢為也。為無為,則無不治。 【English Version】 Stop glorifying the “best and brightest” and people won’t bother competing for status. Quit hoarding rare, expensive stuff and folks won’t feel the need to steal. Don’t parade tempting things in front of everyone and their minds won’t get all twisted up. So here’s how a wise leader rolls: … Read more

The original text of Tao Te Ching, Chapters 2.

【简体中文版】 天下皆知美之为美,斯恶已;皆知善之为善,斯不善已。故有无相生,难易相成,长短相形,高下相盈,音声相和,前后相随。是以圣人处无为之事,行不言之教;万物作焉而不辞,生而不有,为而不恃,功成而弗居。夫唯弗居,是以不去。 【繁體中文版】 天下皆知美之為美,斯惡已;皆知善之為善,斯不善已。故有無相生,難易相成,長短相形,高下相盈,音聲相和,前後相隨。是以聖人處無為之事,行不言之教;萬物作焉而不辭,生而不有,為而不恃,功成而弗居。夫唯弗居,是以不去。 【English Version】 All in the world know the beauty of the beautiful, and in doing this they have (the idea of) what ugliness is; they all know the goodness of the good, and in doing this they have (the idea of) what is not good. So it is that existence and … Read more

The Cost of Entropy: Why Your System is Rotting From Within

Most businesses aren’t killed by competitors. They are strangled by their own complexity. In thermodynamics, Entropy is the measure of disorder. In business, it is the silent accumulation of “Technical Debt” within your organizational structure. Every redundant meeting, every unnecessary management layer, and every reactive KPI added to solve a previous mistake is a deposit … Read more

The original text of Tao Te Ching, Chapters 1.

第1章:观妙章 (Chapter 1: The Manifestation of the Dao) 【简体中文版】 道可道,非常道;名可名,非常名。 无名,天地之始;有名,万物之母。 故常无欲,以观其妙;常有欲,以观其徼。 此两者,同出而异名,同谓之玄。 玄之又玄,众妙之门。 【繁體中文版】 道可道,非常道;名可名,非常名。 無名,天地之始;有名,萬物之母。 故常無欲,以觀其妙;常有欲,以觀其弼。 此兩者,同出而異名,同謂之玄。 玄之又玄,眾妙之門。 【English Version】 The Dao that can be trodden is not the enduring and unchanging Dao. The name that can be named is not the enduring and unchanging name. Conceived of as having no name, it … Read more