I have a great difficulty understanding this article. How can one accomplish anything without trying? Believe me I spent years smoking weed, being myself and t

I have a great difficulty understanding this article. How can one accomplish anything without trying? Believe me I spent years smoking weed, being myself and trying to build something. It didn't work. Now I am told to not try? Or does this actually mean to just relax but not a be an idiot? Paradoxes infuriate me.