How does the dialog play out in your mind when you consider pursuing a goal? Winning that state championship or getting promoted to brown belt? “What’s it gonna take?” “What do I have to give up? What sacrifices do I have to make?” “I need to do [X]. I need to stop [Y].” Maybe this […]
Timeless Concepts of War (and Steven Pressfield’s Brilliance)
King Leonidas struck me with one of his most philosophical, yet timelessly relateable speeches in Steven Pressfield’s “Gates of Fire.” “When a man seats before his eyes the bronze face of his helmet and steps off from the line of departure, he divides himself, as he divides his ‘ticket,’ in two parts. One part he […]
Man on a Mission Sensation
In Andy Puddicombe’s words, “Focus is the absence of distraction.” It’s seemingly the absence of self consciousness and, in some cases, consciousness in general. What happens in the absence of conscious thought? Your subconscious thoughts take over, and your “true self” seeps into what you do. If you want to see a person’s true self […]