The stresses associated with life in our hurry-up world can seriously undermine a person’s focus, productivity, and ability to find satisfaction in life. In this practical and inspiring guide, James Ballard arms readers with a set of powerful tools for achieving calm and centeredness in the midst of whirlwind change. The trick, according to Ballard, is to stop trying so hard to exert control and to learn to have a mind like water. Each of the techniques Ballard describes–including simple instructions on how to meditate–helps readers dissolve their limiting assumptions and the thought patterns that impede natural flow. By practicing the twenty-four steps Ballard includes in this book, readers can achieve the mental grace and suppleness needed to maintain mental and emotional balance in a turbulent sea of change.