What do you do when you don’t want to compromise on quality. I think the choice I’ve continued to see is you can leave, stay and bitch or build something better. Leadership continues to appear to be a rare quality. If you really want something to get done, you often have to put in the effort.
Source: Will to Power – the Philosophy of Nietzsche – Great Courses
Lesson: Become who you are. Take Responsibility for who you are.
I’ve really enjoyed this course. I think his philosophy resonates with me more than I thought, or probably would have liked. I think most of his thoughts are completely reasonable from a modern mindset. It made me wonder what was the life of a philosopher like in the past. How much do we we just accept at face value. There were a lot of parallels of Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance. In that I mean there’s a focus on quality. When you experience quality you know what it is. I think Nietzsche would state that we need to continue working on becoming the highest quality person that we can be. We should experiment and fail with different modalities and traits until we find a life that is consistent with our personal values. We should question the values that are bestowed upon us. It doesn’t matter what we’re given. Fate doesn’t matter, but we need to do out personal best.
Source: Attempts – Dan John
Lesson: Show up, don’t quit, ask questions
I continue to view Dan John as one of the most reasonable people that I’ve read. I’ve enjoyed most of his work and I appreciate it more with time. I often think that emulating aspects of his life will lead to long term success. I think his tenets of hammer the fundamentals is the most important aspect of life. Chose once and you don’t have to decide later. Embrace the obvious and make them your fundamentals.
Source: Peter Attia
Lesson: Fiver Levers to improve longevity – nutritional biochemistry, exercise physiology, sleep physiology, distress tolerance, exogenous molecules.
We try to control a lot more than we really can. In last weeks knowledge project they discussed improving your thought process by thinking about what you can control. Constantly evaluating your thought process no matter what the outcome was. The outcome is what matters, but it shouldn’t trump the thought process. Things happen. Sometimes it’s not “meant to be.” Develop a framework to dominate the basics.
Album of the week: Adele 25
Seeking Progress 