He had no use for the power of legend and would forge his destiny with his sword.
As you know, he then proceeded to become the great conqueror of all the territories of what is now the Middle East and western Asia.
This is the famous anecdote known as the Gordian knot.
And so, such intricate knots—the bonds in our interpersonal relationships— are not to be unraveled by conventional methods
but must be severed by some completely new approach.
Whenever I explain the separation of tasks, I always remember the Gordian knot.
YOUTH: Well, I don’t mean to contradict you, but not everyone can become Alexander the Great.
Isn’t it precisely because there was no one else who could have cut the knot
that the anecdote portraying it as a heroic deed is still conveyed to this day?
It’s exactly the same with the separation of tasks.
Even though one knows one can just cut through something with one’s sword, one might find it rather difficult.
Because when one presses forward with the separation of tasks, in the end one will have to cut ties with people.
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