The Great Paradox

Often, the answers to our problems are the opposite of what we’d expect. Sometimes the solution is a paradox and the complete opposite of what we would naturally think.

By highlighting these paradoxes, we can shift people's (and our own) beliefs and facilitate a change in attitude or behavior.

Some examples of paradoxes you could apply to your topic of choice:

• The harder you try, the harder it is to get what you want (like driving with the brake on). The more you let go, the easier it is to move forward.
• Taking the easier path in the short term is often harder in the long term, while the harder path in the short term leads to an easier life in the long run.
• The more you want to be liked, the less likable you are. The less you care about what others think, the more they think highly of you.
• The more things you do, the less you achieve. The less you do (focused energy), the more you can achieve.
• The more you know, the more you realize how much you don't know. The less you know, the less you realize your own ignorance.
• Striving to be happy/confident/authentic/successful is what prevents you from being it because striving implies that you lack it.
• The greatest risk is not taking one.