We allow peace into our lives when we aren’t running away from our challenges.

We’re kidding ourselves when we think that “information-gathering” — listening to podcasts and reading books and streaming through course after course — is somehow the same as getting in the trenches and doing the work. It’s not. It’s tourism. Looking at maps is not the same as cutting a path through the territory.

Let’s remember — our minds have a tendency to imagine outcomes and then immediately assume what those experiences might feel like.

I’ve met quite a few of these inspiring folks over the years, and I always have the same response when I see how they approach their lives with a playful mindset. You can fucking do that? These are the folks who are able to clarify what they want, be bold enough to actually own it, and then do the work to make it happen. They challenge their fears

You see, I had forgotten that I had already been through so much and come out the other side stronger. I had forgotten that I was able to learn. I had forgotten that I was resilient. I had let my fear convince me that being uncomfortable or losing…

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almost all of our responses to whatever happens every single freakin’ day can be boiled down to answering three basic questions... Number 1: “What do I do so that I don’t feel uncomfortable?”

Bottom line: the experiences of freedom, aliveness, love, and peace I’m talking about aren’t something we have to deprive or punish ourselves to earn.

Well, what if the other uncomfortable experiences in our lives — feeling bored or stressed or drained or trapped or isolated — could be used to give us similar information? If we don’t like the way we feel, what if we didn’t choose to dismiss or numb or distract ourselves from that feeling?

if you’re like most of the guys on this planet, you may tolerate a lot of crap and do stuff that ultimately makes you weak in order to feel safe — to protect your income, resources, and opportunities.