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Do Less to Get More: The Warrior’s Way of Doing One Thing Well Years ago, when I was running multi-million-dollar construction sites as a foreman, I had a young journeyman named Joey. He was sharp. Eager. Wanted to learn everything. But he had what I used to call “scattered hustle.” He was always on the move—cutting wire here, jumping into a panel over there, asking to help lay conduit, install lights, inspect circuits. He wanted to impress everyone by doing more. But what he didn’t realize...
The Forge of Growth: Why You Need Mentors Who Red-Line You Lessons from Getting Triggered and Pushing the Red-Line Rolling with the Red-Liner The other week, I was rolling on open mat with one of my favorite instructors. This guy, he really gets my fire going. He's an LAPD Detective, so yeah, he can have a bit of a hard-liner, even a "mean" streak, but you always know it's coming from a place of genuine care. It's that special kind of BJJ love – if you know, you know. After a particularly...
The 110% Myth and the Wisdom of the Sine Wave You can sleep when you're dead Growing up in the US, especially in the 70s and 80s, there was this relentless drumbeat of "giving 110%." It was the mantra in construction, in martial arts, and pretty much everything else. The idea was simple: push harder, grind more, and you'd reach your goals faster. And for a long time, I bought into it hook, line, and sinker. It was my operating system for life. But as any decent mathematician or psychologist...