9 Tips From a Samurai to Help You Live a Winner’s Life
“Study strategy over the years and achieve the spirit of the warrior. Today is victory over yourself of yesterday; tomorrow is your victory over lesser men.”
— Miyamoto Musashi, The Book of Five Rings
I’ve been writing about a samurai named Miyamoto Musashi a lot recently, but I can’t seem to help it. He was a remarkable man.
Musashi was a legendary 17th-century samurai who is renowned for being undefeated in 61 duels, many of them to the death. He wasn’t just a skilled swordsman, though. Musashi was also a multi-hyphenate, a man armed with deep expertise and knowledge in many areas.
Musashi counselled feudal lords, opened his own school of swordplay, and created beautiful ink paintings now considered national treasures of Japan. He is so well-respected he was given the honorary title of Kensei, which literally means “Sword Saint.”
Impressive though these achievements may be, Musashi’s main claim to fame is being the author of The Book of Five Rings, a classic treatise on strategy. Written during his final years, the Five Rings contains the…
