Daily Letter
Rambling thoughts on why we do what we do, strategy, building teams, building you, and doing work that matters.
“A thought-provoking collection of ideas and musings that if taken to heart, have the potential to add immense depth and richness (with compounding interest) to your life”
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What is she fighting for?
The last double edge sword quality that we find in a warrior is her motivation.
Aggression is necessary
We live in a society that values being calm and collected over being aggressive and violent, and this is a good thing of course, most of the time.
The problem is that we then end up often valuing passivity more than activity. Violence and aggression are necessary elements needed to make decisions, especially difficult ones.
Zen 7. Ken 3.
The Samurai, the elite japanese swordsmen, had a very specific code that they lived by called the Bushidō . There was a saying about what was important when training to be a Samurai; Zen 7 and Ken 3. Zen is spirit and Ken is sword.