- Improve any activity by trying less.
- Ruin any activity by trying to do it better or harder.
- When people perform at their best, they are not trying to perform.
- When people demonstrate skill, they are not trying to demonstrate skill.
- When people exhibit athleticism, they are not trying to show athleticism.
- When people demonstrate adroitness and dexterity, they are not trying to do so.
3D: Daily Dose of Discernment
© 2026 by Kevin Everett FitzMaurice. Daily quotations cover topics crucial to your emotional and behavioral health, including emotional and psychological skills, psychotherapy, and more. These quotations serve as a preview for the annual publication of 365 quotations from one year; for example, 3D: Daily Dose of Discerment: 2025 was first previewed here. Visit https://kevinfitzmaurice.com or Amazon and Google Play for Kevin's 77 books in ebook, paperback, hardback, and audiobook formats.
Wednesday, November 11, 2026
Less Trying, More Success: 11-11-2026
Tuesday, November 10, 2026
Nothing Works: 11-10-2026
- You have nothing to do but nothing.
- You have nothing to do but nothing, and you can’t do it.
- You have nothing to do but nothing, and you won’t do it.
- You have nothing to do but nothing, and most everyone wants you not to do it.
- You have nothing to do but nothing, and most everyone tells you that doing nothing is stupid.
- For more information, please read Nobody Speaks.
Monday, November 9, 2026
Silence Above Noise: 11-09-2026
- When you surrender to the silence within rather than the noise, you are being led by the Spirit, not the ego.
- When you value the silence within more than the noise within, you are being led by the Spirit, not the ego.
- When you wait on the silence within rather than the noise within, you are being led by the Spirit, not the ego.
- When you have faith in the silence within rather than the noise within, you are being led by the Spirit, not the ego.
- When you return to the silence within instead of worrying about the noise within, you are being led by the Spirit, not the ego.
- When you seek the silence within instead of trying to interfere with the noise within, you are being led by the Spirit, not the ego.
- When you retreat to the silence within rather than trying to change or control the noise, you are being led by the Spirit, not the ego.
Sunday, November 8, 2026
The Advantage of Being Nobody: 11-08-2026
- You have one value: to serve the one who is all value, and the only way you can do that is to be valueless to yourself.
- You are at your best when you are a complete zero to yourself because then you can serve the one who is everything.
- You are at your best when you are nobody to yourself because then you can be a clear vessel capable of receiving greatness.
- You are at your best when you are nothing to yourself because then you can be an empty vessel capable of receiving and reflecting wisdom.
- You are at your best when you go beyond humility to claim no abilities or powers of your own, and give all glory and praise to God alone for any good that you might receive, share, or perform.
- For more information, please read Nobody Speaks.
Saturday, November 7, 2026
Personality Is Ego-Based: 11-07-2026
“He will surely reprove you, if ye do secretly accept persons.” —Job 13:10
- Personality is vanity.
- Those who praise personality praise death as things.
- Those who desire a personality desire a stumbling block.
- Those who accept any personality accept someone as a mingod.
- Those who want to improve their personality want to improve their ego.
- What is a personality but habits of reacting that are based on death as things (self-constructions)?
- A personality is a role to be played, for the amusement of yourself and others, that turns deadly once taken seriously.
Friday, November 6, 2026
Prioritize Waiting & Hosting: 11-06-2026
- Never realize anything while receiving because it ends receiving.
- Never stop insight to understand something because it might not return.
- When hosting intelligence, don’t stop to process it because you might lose it.
- Be thankful that creativity has come, and surrender yourself to it, making it crucial.
- Write down concise notes that you can reference later to expand into complete ideas or systems.
Thursday, November 5, 2026
Death As Knowing: 11-05-2026
- The problem: awareness as the aware.
- The problem: seeing turned into the seen.
- The problem: hearing turned into the heard.
- The problem: focus turned into the focused.
- The problem: attention turned into the attended.
- The problem: consciousness as what one is conscious of.
- These are all death as knowing.
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