Look me in the eyes...

"Look me in the eyes. Its okay if you're scared. So am I, but we're scared for different reasons.I'm scared of what I wont become, you're scared of what I could become. Look at me. I won't let myself end where I started. I won't let myself finish where I began. I know what is within me...even if you cant see it yet. Look me in the eyes.I have something more important than courage. I have patience. I will become what I know I am". - Michael Jordan

In a constant world of chaotic duress...

“Military tactics are like unto water; for water in its natural course runs away from high places and hastens downwards... Water shapes its course according to the nature of the ground over which it flows; the soldier works out his victory in relation to the foe whom he is facing. Therefore, just as water retains no constant shape, so in warfare there are no constant conditions. He who can modify his tactics in relation to his opponent and thereby succeed in winning, may be called a heaven-born captain.”- Sun Tzu

In a constant world of chaotic duress where aggression reigns supreme, we must never forget that our initial psychological make-up is derived from the early stages of human evolution and are comprised of the instinct known as “Survival”.  From a business perspective, it is the act of timidity that ruins relationships and transcends weakness.  Therefore, we must adapt and overcome.  

Through the years I have personally experienced this mindset, as my personal conceptual knowledge is supported via my own personal triumphs and down falls.  As I share the following posting below, please note that my preferential bias is supported with credible primary and secondary information.  As I tend to transcend from one topic to the next, this blog is designed to extract the inner workings of the psychological mind.  So let’s get to work….

                             “Que desiderat pacem praeparet bellum” - Vegetius

As the quote above, in Latin, via Vegetius states, “LET HIM WHO WANTS PEACE PREAPARE FOR WAR.” The challenge is that society has created a world full of timid and dependent robots.  I don’t mean to sound barbaric, but the reality is that we are all trained for peace, when the real world is in fact at constant war.

“This war exists on several levels. Most obviously we have our rival’s on the other side.  The world has become increasingly competitive and nasty.  In politics, business, even the arts, we face opponents who will do almost anything to get an edge.  More troubling and complex, however, are the battles we face with those who are supposedly on our side.  There are those who outwardly play the team game, who act very friendly and agreeable, but who sabotage us behind the scenes, use the group to promote their own agenda.   Others, more difficult to spot, play subtle games of passive aggression. Offering help that never comes, instilling guilt as a secret weapon.  On the surface everything seems peaceful enough, but just below it, it is every man and woman for him-or herself, this dynamic infecting even families and relationships. The culture may deny this realty and promote a gentler picture, but we know it and feel it, in our battle scars.”- Robert Greene

Furthermore, the future belongs to groups that are fluid, fast and flexible.  From a capitalistic and entrepreneurial mindset, we are facing times of mind-boggling duress.  As our constitutional rights are being stripped away with every new control, regulation, bill, and false patriotic propaganda implemented. We are in time of great scrutiny. On the contrary, it is these times that make, the select few of us, whom we are today.  So keep on fighting……Vereour Nasquam….and VIVA LA RESISTANCE! 

Rocky Balboa on moving forward...

"The world ain't all sunshine and rainbows. It's a very mean and nasty place and I don't care how tough you are it will beat you to your knees and keep you there permanently if you let it. You, me, or nobody is gonna hit as hard as life. But it ain't about how hard ya hit. It's about how hard you can get hit and keep moving forward." ~Rocky Balboa~

Can I live.... by J-Cole... (Video and Lyrics)

"Somebody told me that it's only one shot, so I'll be God damn, If I'm ever gonna stop.. Promise to my momma I'm a make it to the top.. So I'm a keep climbing to my heartbeat drop" - Can I Live... J- Cole

Like Hov said it Can I Live?
Aye dear Lord, Can I live? -Hey!
Now am I Living to get paid just slaves for a wage (all week)
I can't do no 9 to 5 told my momma (sorry)
I can't do no suit and tie, no I want the (glory)
If you knew me know my life is like a movie starring me
Pardon me, if it seems that I'm following my dreams
I ain't reading off the script that they picked (for me)
I ain't pissed, naw could'ntgive a shit (hardly)
I be shitting on them niggas that was shitting on me
Will I live or will I die before they get to know me
If I go I know the ones that's pouring liquor for me
And I know the fake niggas really hating on me
Knew that I was bout to blow so they was waiting on me
But Oh-No, Lord
See I'm smarter then they know-oh-oh
So hold on, Lord, Cause I ain't quite ready to go-oh oh

Can I live