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How to Be Excellent
Key lessons from a famous philosophy book.
Now that the biggest milestone I’ve ever set for myself in martial arts has come and gone, I’ve had a few weeks where I felt aimless.
At first, I’ll be honest, it was nice.
I got lots of attention for my performance (although it’s funny how the vain side of me always wishes it was a little more), I started a new teaching gig at the gym, and I kind of just reflected on what happened. I wrote a bunch of articles on it too.
But you hit a point where you realize that you need to move on to the next goal. The next thing. You can’t just relish in the past.
It kind of made me feel icky to reflect for so long, but I honestly struggled with getting past this milestone. ADCC is the Olympics of BJJ — what do I do after the biggest thing I’ve ever done? Was that my peak? Is it all downhill from here?
These questions can keep even the most peaceful people up at night.
“Sometimes it’s a little better to travel than to arrive.” — Robert M Pirsig, Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance
Here’s where I am going next.
