Sustain the flame

Tim Bunting AKA Kiwi Yamabushi on Zao-san

Or blow it out

How do you expect to boil the kettle if you keep putting out the flame?

-Ev Williams.

Ev Williams mentioned this on The Tim Ferriss’ Podcast, and it’s something I’ve been trying to articulate for a while now.

Low heat will still work, eventually. If you have the time, then that’s great! Keep at it! But if you really want to boil water, a constant yet strong flame is needed. If it’s hard to distinguish between a low heat and no heat at all, don’t kid yourself. That’s just the same as no heat at all. Best to blow it out, or otherwise put in the effort needed to sustain the flame.

ENJOYED THIS? HAVE MORE.

MOUNTAINS OF WISDOM

Subscribe to my yamabushi newsletter

RECENT BLOG POSTS

Tim Bunting AKA Kiwi Yamabushi on Zao-san
The Uninspiring Counts
Tim Bunting AKA Kiwi Yamabushi on Zao-san
Rest for the wicked
Tim Bunting AKA Kiwi Yamabushi on Zao-san
Get back to it

YAMABUSHI BLOG POSTS

gray monk statue in between plant pots
You can’t worry about that
The ‘right’ path
Self-responsibility

RANDOM POSTS

Desirable difficulties
person running near street between tall trees
Do whatever it takes to get as far as you can
close up of human hand
Turn to your creativity
Tim Bunting Kiwi Yamabushi

Tim Bunting Kiwi Yamabushi

Get In Touch

Sakata City, Yamagata, Japan 

tim@timbunting.com

Share this:

Like this:

Like Loading...
Scroll to Top