Im with ya on exploring inward and bringing it outward. “Information without action is useless” really resonated w me! If your learning and learning and not practicing applying it authentically whats the point? Thanks for writing this piece.
Im with ya on exploring inward and bringing it outward. “Information without action is useless” really resonated w me! If your learning and learning and not practicing applying it authentically whats the point? Thanks for writing this piece.
Let's think about the line from Enter the Dragon which you'll resonate with in relation to physical training:
"We are unique, gentlemen, in that we create ourselves. Through long years of rigorous training, sacrifice, denial, pain, we forge our bodies in the fire of our will."
Consider what you enjoy most about physical training: Is it what other people think about you? Is it what accolades you can acquire? Because you're masochistic and like self denial and pain? Is it how you compare to others? I doubt it -- more than likely what keeps you interested is being able to bring about tangible, beneficial changes through applied reason and force of will.
Copious amounts of data will show you getting married, having kids, subscribing to a religion, or acquiring a God complex and attempting to save humanity are all both extremely unlikely to make you happy and extremely unlikely to be something you stick with. Divorce is more common than not, everyone complains about being a parent, very few people are actually dedicated in a meaningful way to their religion, and even Bill Gates with his infinite resources doesn't make much of a dent in the trajectory of the world.
What if all 4 of those things are nothing more than suitable playing fields for the exercise of character development? Each an opportunity to "through long years of rigorous training, sacrifice, denial, pain, we forge our [spirits] in the fire of our will"
What would you say to someone who asks you if picking up heavy objects is the secret to happiness?
@scooby This also touches on the original piece I wanted to write, about which struggles are worthwhile and which aren’t. Inspired by Camus and Sysiphus. Think about the inverted U-curve of happiness. Why does the median person chase things like marriage, family, etc if the moderate-term outcome is lower self-reported happiness for essentially three decades? Probably because the long-term outcomes make it worthwhile. Character development is irrelevant. It’s also innately human. Why is your Facebook timeline 90% birth, death, and marriage announcements?
Im with ya on exploring inward and bringing it outward. “Information without action is useless” really resonated w me! If your learning and learning and not practicing applying it authentically whats the point? Thanks for writing this piece.
Well written piece Dan.
Im with ya on exploring inward and bringing it outward. “Information without action is useless” really resonated w me! If your learning and learning and not practicing applying it authentically whats the point? Thanks for writing this piece.
I think you're missing the point a bit...
Let's think about the line from Enter the Dragon which you'll resonate with in relation to physical training:
"We are unique, gentlemen, in that we create ourselves. Through long years of rigorous training, sacrifice, denial, pain, we forge our bodies in the fire of our will."
Consider what you enjoy most about physical training: Is it what other people think about you? Is it what accolades you can acquire? Because you're masochistic and like self denial and pain? Is it how you compare to others? I doubt it -- more than likely what keeps you interested is being able to bring about tangible, beneficial changes through applied reason and force of will.
Copious amounts of data will show you getting married, having kids, subscribing to a religion, or acquiring a God complex and attempting to save humanity are all both extremely unlikely to make you happy and extremely unlikely to be something you stick with. Divorce is more common than not, everyone complains about being a parent, very few people are actually dedicated in a meaningful way to their religion, and even Bill Gates with his infinite resources doesn't make much of a dent in the trajectory of the world.
What if all 4 of those things are nothing more than suitable playing fields for the exercise of character development? Each an opportunity to "through long years of rigorous training, sacrifice, denial, pain, we forge our [spirits] in the fire of our will"
What would you say to someone who asks you if picking up heavy objects is the secret to happiness?
@scooby This also touches on the original piece I wanted to write, about which struggles are worthwhile and which aren’t. Inspired by Camus and Sysiphus. Think about the inverted U-curve of happiness. Why does the median person chase things like marriage, family, etc if the moderate-term outcome is lower self-reported happiness for essentially three decades? Probably because the long-term outcomes make it worthwhile. Character development is irrelevant. It’s also innately human. Why is your Facebook timeline 90% birth, death, and marriage announcements?
“Do it, it’s true”