The Uncarved Block: Why Your Greatest Enemy Is Your Unwillingness to Change The Uncarved Block Imagine discovering that the very thing making you feel secure—your established patterns, proven strategies, and comfortable beliefs—is actually the prison keeping you from the life you want. That every day you resist change, you’re becoming more like a beautiful but static sculpture while the world flows around you like water, leaving you increasingly irrelevant and isolated. This is the warrior’s...
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The Stress Paradox: Why You Need More of the Right Stress and Less of the Wrong Kind Imagine if I told you that the thing most people desperately try to avoid—stress—is actually one of the most powerful tools for building the life you want. That your attempts to eliminate stress are making you weaker, not stronger. And that the secret to thriving isn‘t avoiding stress but learning to choose the right kind of stress while avoiding the wrong kind. This isn’t just theory—it’s a lesson I learned...
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The Choice Paralysis Trap: Why Too Many Options Are Killing Your Dreams (And How to Fight Back) Imagine growing up in a place so geographically isolated that your choices were naturally limited. Where the nearest continent was 2,500 miles away, where you had four TV channels if you were lucky, and where your career options seemed to be tourism, agriculture, or military. Sounds constraining, right? Now imagine that those very constraints became the foundation for everything you achieved in...
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Working Less, Living More: How Breaking the Hustle Myth Transformed My Life and Career Imagine living your entire career under the constant threat of a pink slip, where taking a sick day feels like career suicide and asking for time off marks you as “not dedicated enough.” Picture measuring your worth entirely by hours worked rather than value created, trapped in a system where more is always better and rest is seen as weakness. That was my reality in construction for years. Idiot bosses...
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What Got You Here Won’t Get You There: Why Your Greatest Strengths Are Secretly Sabotaging Your Future What Got You Here Won't Get You There by Marshall Goldsmith Picture this: You’ve built a successful career, business, or life by leveraging your natural strengths. Maybe you’re the person who gets things done through sheer determination. Perhaps you’ve succeeded by being the smartest person in the room. Or you’ve climbed the ladder by being incredibly detail-oriented and thorough. Then one...
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The Constraint Advantage: Why Your Limitations Are Actually Your Greatest Strengths Imagine if I told you that your biggest limitation—the thing you’ve been fighting against, making excuses for, or feeling ashamed about—is actually your secret weapon for extraordinary success. That the constraints you see as obstacles are really opportunities waiting to be unlocked. This isn’t motivational fluff. This is a proven strategy used by everyone from rocket companies disrupting SpaceX to 5’2”...
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The One Thing That Separates Warriors from Wimps (And It's Not What You Think) Picture this: You're rolling with someone at your local BJJ gym. He's cool, laid-back, fun to train with—just another training partner helping you work on your guard game. Later, in casual conversation, you ask about his background. "I was in the Navy," he says simply. "Oh really, what ship did you serve on?" you ask. "I didn't stay on any one ship for long..." he replies. "How come?" you ask. "I was a SEAL," comes...
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The Sacred Math of Human Connection: Why Most People Never Experience True Harmony Imagine standing face-to-face with someone who's yelling at you, their anger radiating like heat from a fire, and instead of feeling threatened or defensive , you feel... curious. Present. Open. Instead of preparing your counter-attack or planning your escape, you simply listen—really listen—and watch as their rage transforms into relief, their attack into understanding . This is what harmony looks like in...
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Out of Your Head, Onto the Mat: Why INTJs Need Martial Arts More Than Anyone Else Imagine living completely in your head for decades—analyzing , strategizing, theorizing about life while rarely experiencing the immediate, visceral feedback of physical reality. Your favorite Marvel character as a Myers-Briggs temperament That was me: an INTJ who could spend hours contemplating the perfect approach to a problem but struggled with the gap between brilliant theory and messy reality. [Take a free...
9 days ago • 7 min read