Title: The Art of Doing Nothing – Reflections on Stillness and Building Agroverse.shop
I was sipping my cup of cacao this morning, staring at the steam curling up in the quiet, when I decided to pull an oracle reading. The cards—or rather, the hexagrams—landed on 52, Keeping Still, and 20, Contemplation. The words hit me like a pause button: "Keeping his back still" and "The ablution has been made, but not yet the offering." There’s something grounding in that, isn’t there? A reminder to stop, to watch, to let things unfold without forcing the issue. If you’re curious, you can see the full reading or cast your own here: https://oracle.truesight.me/?reading=8-8-9-8-6-7.
Caught in the BHAG Trap with Agroverse.shop
I’ve been mulling over this draw all morning, especially in the context of a big vision I’ve been dreaming up for Agroverse.shop—growing sales volume by 4x for seven consecutive years. Yeah, it’s ambitious, aggressive, and honestly, it screams Big Hairy Audacious Goal (BHAG). I’ve been so wired into that startup mindset—push, scale, dominate—that I didn’t even question whether this was the right lens for a community project like Agroverse.shop, which is being supported by TrueSight DAO. My social feeds don’t help; they’re full of hustle porn, growth hacks, and folks bragging about “10x-ing” everything on Facebook, Instagram, and LinkedIn. I’m guessing yours don’t look quite the same, do they?
Key Observation: The Trap of Striving
The judgment of Keeping Still is pretty blunt—don’t waste energy on unnecessary movement. I’m starting to see how much of my recent mental striving with Agroverse.shop might be just that: wasted motion. I’ve been pushing to define a rigid path to that 4x growth—imagining strategies, timelines, outcomes—when maybe a community project like this needs room to grow at its own pace, shaped by the people who are part of it. It’s like trying to force a plant to sprout by overthinking the soil. Reading this hexagram, I’m reminded that sometimes the natural path reveals itself only when you stop trying to carve it out with a bulldozer.
Reflections on Contemplation
Then there’s Contemplation—the idea of preparing but not yet acting, of standing in trust and looking up for guidance. It’s a quieter energy, almost reverent. I’m taken back to the time during the pandemic when I was mostly by myself in the Arizona desert, surrounded by endless dunes stretching out under a sky that felt too big to comprehend. I’d sit there for hours, working on Edgar, an AI model I built to analyze signals from public stock markets like the New York Stock Exchange and Nasdaq. It was just me, my laptop, and lines of code, trying to make sense of market noise—with no agenda beyond the day’s tasks. Just being there, watching the sand shift with the wind. That’s the vibe this hexagram pulls out of me. For Agroverse.shop, it’s a call to observe—maybe reflect on what the community might need, listen to early ideas from TrueSight DAO—before rushing into action. In tech terms, it’s like stepping away from the code to debug with fresh eyes. Clarity often comes in the stillness, not the frantic typing.
Echo Chambers and Breaking Free
Here’s where it gets personal—I’m wondering how much of my “push for 4x growth” mindset is just a reflection of the noise I’ve surrounded myself with. The BHAG framework, the growth-at-all-costs mentality—it’s seductive, sure, but is it the right fit for a community project like Agroverse.shop that’s meant to be organic, collaborative, and tied to something bigger than just numbers? I’m guessing my Facebook, Instagram, and LinkedIn feeds, even the podcasts I queue up, are reinforcing this bias. It’s a humbling thought: how much of this vision is “my idea” versus the algorithm talking? What about you—are you chasing goals that feel more like someone else’s script?
Applying Stillness to Agroverse.shop
So, what does Keeping Still look like in practice for Agroverse.shop? Maybe it’s less about forcing that 4x growth through sheer willpower and more about letting the community shape the journey. I could focus on small, meaningful steps—gathering insights from TrueSight DAO, sketching out what this project could mean for people—rather than obsessing over future metrics. And with Contemplation, I’m reminded to prepare without overacting. That might mean brainstorming quietly or sharing early thoughts with a few trusted folks before going big. It’s not sexy, but it feels… right. Less like a siege, more like a conversation. Why maintain the fortress when you can whisper the growth?
Wrapping Up: A Commitment to Pause
This reading has me rethinking my approach to Agroverse.shop. I’m going to try leaning into Keeping Still for a while—less forcing, more watching. I’ll let this community project show me where it wants to go, even if it means dialing back the BHAG energy. And I’ll take Contemplation as a reminder to trust the process, to prepare without over-pushing. It’s not easy, especially when every other post I see is screaming “scale faster!” But maybe the real move is to not move at all, at least for now—much like those quiet days among the Arizona dunes, letting the wind do the talking while I tinkered with Edgar.
What’s your take—do you ever feel caught in an echo chamber of ambitious goals? How do you balance big dreams like 4x growth with the need for stillness, especially when building something community-driven? I’d love to hear your thoughts.