The following Mark's Daily Apple article was written by Mark Sisson, and is narrated by Tina Lehman.

How caring less can help you accomplish more. It's a concept I've been focusing on the last few years now,

applying it to my life and contemplating how it fits with and indeed underscores the primal blueprint

philosophy. The fact is, I've never wanted to see the primal blueprint as only a means to a smaller

waistline and more defined musculature. I've ultimately hoped for it

to evolve into a guide for what I'd consider the good life. And what do we think of when we think of

the good life? Beyond any personal material whims, the crux of most people's answers usually hover

around ideas of ease, balance, and happiness.

Compare that with the images we're often shown to illustrate accomplishment, health or otherwise.

Razor focus, dogged effort, staunch insistence. Anyone else see the disconnect here? Do we really

need to throw ourselves into exacting standards and maniacal

will to achieve anything of substance? I think not, so let me say a few words on behalf of

caring less. It seems so counterintuitive. Choose to be less concerned about something,

experience more success with it as a result. But I've seen it play out

time and time again. Over the years, I've met with many people who badly wanted to lose weight,

get fit, look a certain way, change careers, win friends, or stress less. These people often couldn't

stop thinking about what they wanted. They applied the objective to every endeavor

and had grand visions of what it would be like to finally get what they dreamed of, but they were

sometimes the least likely people to achieve their goals. On the other hand, I've met industrious

folks who approached their goals with less mental effort and were often more likely to succeed and maintain

their success once they had it. You see, the question of investment can be key, and it can be

more complex than we might imagine. There's practical investment, of course. But in getting healthy,

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