Quote from my violin teacher because I was using too little "bow".
"The whole violin bow is yours right? From tip to frog? Good. Now use the whole bow. Not just a tiny section of it. "
And that's quite true of our everyday life ain't it? We have so many resources, so much time we while away , textbooks we buy but never read, when we could all be very well be using the whole of all these things, converting all the untapped potential into something useful.
And that is why I try not to buy textbooks. =)
p.s. I love my violin lesson by the way.