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The map is not the territory

Your perception is not reality.

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You are only the good guy in your own mind

To everyone else, you are a stranger at best.

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Via negativa

“I don’t need to be right anymore”

Try that on for size.

It is courtesy of the Ballistic Radio guy.

It’s an asset to be right, right? Stop wanting to be right.

Via negativa. Cut out the seemingly good.

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The Tens

The Tens

Pull-ups, push-ups, and squats completed.

Started the 10,000 steps but . . . knee pain. I may have to take it easy on that today.

Give it whatever you got in the moment you’re in.

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Mobility over raw power

Think of physics and ammunition. Higher mass in the bullet vs velocity of the bullet is the trade-off.

What’s the trade-off in life? I think mobility and optimizing for mobility (being agile if you like that word) is a useful starting strategy. Later, you can switch to mass.

Be a ninja. Then buy the tanks later when ninja tactics are unsuitable.

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It is always a time for choosing

How will you act?

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How to move it forward

Episode 23 of Ultraworking. Episode 1 of Warrior Poet’s podcast.

Consider first the idea from Ultraworking. Ray Dalio says if you are an owner you have to build systems full of people. You are one of those people. Think of yourself as You1 doing the work and You2 bring the outside observer and judge of You1’s performance.

Using this metric, You2 finds many shortcomings in You1’s performance, where “you” is me.

Then the idea of Decision Zombies for Warrior Poet. Is You2 a zombie favoring intellectual completeness and risk avoidance over action?

Survey says “yep”.

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Food

An adequate burrito

On one of my long walks I passed a Mexican restaurant I have driven past 1,000 times before.

I stopped and bought a burrito. Combo burrito, asada. Bottle of Fanta orange.

Filling. Average.

Would do it again, just for the full feeling.

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Question the default

Question your default actions, that is. And this must start with awareness of your default thinking and actions.

How to do this?

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Frustration and failure are not motivating

For most people.

But frustration and failure and attitudes. I am frustrated. I judge this event to be a failure.

Assuming that I am not one of those weird people who say “yeah, pain, bring it on!” how do I reframe my perspective and use the same events as energy sources to redouble my efforts? Ju-jitsu in other words.

Somewhere in here is understanding the crawl walk run process and understanding and liking being on that journey.