Diaundra's TL;DR - Striking Thoughts š„
āLife is better lived than conceptualizedā - Bruce Lee
Letās get this out the wayā¦.
Have I ever seen a Bruce Lee movie? No. Was I hesitant to read this book? Yes. Did I only read it because it was on Naval's recommended reading list & I am a Naval fan? Yes. After reading, can I now concur that Bruce Lee is indeed āhim?ā Very much so.
Takeaways:
Words
Don't speak negatively about yourself, even as a joke. Your body doesn't know the difference.
āWords are energy and cast spells, that's why it's called spelling.ā Change the way you speak about yourself and you can change your life.
Learning
The only thing to know is that you do not know. You cannot fill your cup if itās already full.
Life is our teacher, there is something to learn in every single moment. Look for the lesson.
If you have to think, you still do not understand. Feel.
Time
Past = memories. Present = opportunities. Future = possibilities.
To waste time: expend it without thought, carelessly. To spend time: pass it in a specific manner. Once time is gone it's gone.
If you love life, don't waste time. Time is what life is made up of.
The now is the truth. Truth has no future. Nothing exists besides the now.
Anxiety is the gap between the now and the then. If you are living in the now, itās impossible to be anxious.
Being
We tend to have more faith in what we imitate than in what we originate.
Thoughts are things. A man is what he thinks. "As he thinketh in his heart, so is he."
Use your ego, instead of being used by it.
The more we value things, the less we value ourselves.
What we are not changing, we are choosing.
Instead of dedicating your life to actualize a concept of what you should be like, actualize yourself.
Till next time.
With love,
Diaundra
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