You may be celebrating the Independence Day holiday, but I am celebrating the official launch of the new edition of Dojo Wisdom.
Of course, I will also be celebrating the Independence Day holiday. Everyone needs some fireworks in their lives! Hope you enjoy yours!
As regular readers know, I am very excited about the re-release of Dojo Wisdom, which will be out July 1. (You can preorder it here.) To that end, I’m planning to excerpt a few of my favorite lessons from the book. Here’s one. #84: Embrace the Dragon According to martial arts legend, Shaolin temple…
For the next few weeks, I’ll be running excerpts from Dojo Wisdom, which is officially releasing on July 1. This is one of my favorites, #50: Know what to do next. Know what to do next. For every Plan A you devise, you should also have a Plan B in mind for when Plan A…
In honor of the official re-release of my favorite book, Dojo Wisdom (which you can find here), I wanted to run an old essay about my favorite warrior and the day she found out the truth about her life. Jessica the Wise “Where is your scar, Mama?” Jessica asks as she brushes her short brown…
When I first began training in the martial arts, I met a lot of people who were interested in what I was doing, a certain number who would do it themselves if only they weren’t so afraid of getting hurt, and a handful who rolled their eyes and asked me if I thought I was…
One of the things I love about writing is getting into that mental state where the words come effortlessly, without my having to think too hard about it. That moment where I’m lost in the work, and have no awareness of the ticking clock or the buzzing fly. Just me and the work. Beautiful. Zen….
I have already settled on an approach! I am just going to label entries by week. That way you can follow along without my having to pretend this is anything more than a series of blog posts prompted by my revisiting Dojo Wisdom. Last week I talked about what people sacrifice to reach their goals….
