Author: rzz
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Stairs
They say success is a staircase not a doorway. Great metaphor for taking baby steps one at a time. Also in there is a metaphor of baggage. We can’t bring all of our bullshit up these stairs. It’s impossible, we have to let some of it go.
This is where we plateau. Where we can’t move forward because we are anchored to the past.
Normally this would be a conversation about having to make commitments and tough decisions, but this pandemic and resulting system shut down just did all of that for us. Our plateau just got blown up and we have no choice. It is mandatory to level up, which means it is mandatory to sort out all this baggage.
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Head
Charles Barkley talks about how one time as a young player he got hit in the head during a rough basketball game. He said something like, “Coach, he hit me in the head,” and his coach says, “He got a head too.”
And now Charles says it all the time when commentating on game action, “He got a head too.” I like it, it’s not about revenge. It’s a statement of truth that leads to equanimity.
At first it feels like revenge, like ok I am going to hit this guy in the head in retaliation mode, and it is partly that. But then the statement settles in and eventually comes the realization that my head and his head are actually irrelevant.
I don’t think this Chuck-ism was meant for this much after thought. Reminds me of Mike Tyson’s famous quote, “Everybody has a plan until they get punched in the mouth.” Like the game hasn’t even started until you get punched in the mouth (or hit in the head). Game on.
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Becoming
You be as is you become. You become as is you be. Now is as then and then as is now. Then is not yet here, only is now. Thus all is now.
