Why the Warrior?
The greatest fight you will ever have is inside your own head. Mindset is key. Yet we act in an outside world to seek opportunities, adventure, comrades-in-arms and a fulfilling and authentic life. At the same time, we inspire and find great inspiration in films that are Epic like "Gladiator" or dangerous like "The Great Raid" or "Saving Private Ryan".
This section is about Badassery in real life and in films so you might find Martial Arts, Movies, Fool Stunts and more. Oh, weapons and World War II.
I think that there’s an admirable point here whereby one has to take a Leap of Faith. The comedian Steve Harvey has the same sensibility saying that you take a leap and, hitting the cliff on the way down taking your bruises, then you land well.
I went through all the times that I’ve taken a Leap of Faith both big and small, making a list. In this way, I could actually say to myself: "Whoa, you’ve done this a whole bunch."
A lot more than I gave myself credit for. And by coming up with a good long list, even times when it didn’t work, then I could realize more and more that I’m actually pretty good at it.
In getting some perspective, I keep thinking about baseball players and their batting averages. I am not a baseball person big fan. But I watched a cool documentary on the game. A good batting average for a Major League Baseball player is .300 which translates to a 30% batting average.
So what is your average? Figure it out and realize that - perhaps even hitting 20-30% of an average - you are still far ahead of the game. Come up with the losses too. I realized that my losses were challenging to remember. But those victories were very good and I could build on those victories over the years and on projects and for my skills.
I challenge you take take 20 minutes to write down risk and rewards on a piece of paper. Be honest. Good risks that paid off. Risks that you lost.
You can then create your own new Identity even with a qualifying component: “I am a Risk Taker.” With the list above, you will realize that you already are a Risk Taker - and better at it than you remembered.