End-Gaining

"The{Alexander}work is hard for many people to accept because it is very indirect. You can't go for it. And we all want to go for it---to 'endgain', really. This is what F.M.{Alexander}meant by endgaining: that you go for the end without considering or taking time to allow the means to work out to the end. Which they will inevitably do if the means are right. You're bound to get there. It may take a long time, but you're bound to get there in the end."


Marjory Barlow
An Examined Life