Never Be Daunted—Success Secrets
Here’s one of my favorite bits of advice. You’re welcome to use it too.
It’s from Ernest Hemingway’s the Sun Also Rises. It’s a masterpiece. A bold, straight-talking book that exemplifies Mr. Hemingway’s potent and succinct style.
Bill, friend to the main character Jake, offers advice over a few drinks…
Ought not to daunt you. Never be daunted. Secret of my success. Never been daunted. Never been daunted in public….
Not in public. If I begin to feel daunted I’ll go off by myself. I’m like a cat that way.
You and I have lots of tools in Taijiquan and the martial arts to prevent being daunted.
In the past, I covered reflexive self-defense and bits about eagle-vision. Those help prevent feeling daunted. Other tools, techniques, and tactics do it too:
- C-curve or straight spine
- lighting the reptile-brain
- relaxing
- soft-focus
- mirroring-matching
- and…what else?
What do you use?
What do you want to learn about?
