Connected with Jen and Shannon You Don’t Need to Try Harder — You Need to Tune In with Alexander Laszlo
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Feb 17, 2026 
Alexander Laszlo, systems thinker and director of the Laszlo Institute, blends systems wisdom with martial-arts calm. He explores living in flow versus forcing effort. Short takes cover surrender without abandoning connection, sensing collective harmony (synteny), and simple practices to tune into life-affirming rhythms.
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Harmony Needs Moral Direction
- Not all harmony is life-affirming: you can be deeply in flow with harmful people or systems.
- Evaluate whether your connections increase life, future opportunity, and diversity.
Check For Life‑Affirming Impact
- Check your actions against broader impact: ask if your choices are life-affirming, future-creating, and opportunity-increasing.
- Avoid narrow self-interest that reduces variety or harms future generations.
Don't Treat Life As A Problem
- Western thought over-problematises life, treating people as problems to be fixed.
- Shifting to find beauty, health, and thrivability opens creative, non-pathological approaches.