Never give in...

“Never give in--never, never, never, never, in nothing great or small, large or petty, never give in except to convictions of honour and good sense. Never yield to force; never yield to the apparently overwhelming might of the enemy.” - Winston Churchill

It exists, it is real, it is possible, it is yours...

"Do not let your fire go out, spark by irreplaceable spark, in the hopeless swamps of the approximate, the not-quite, the not-yet, the not-at-all.  Do not let the hero in your soul perish, in lonely frustration for the life you deserved, but have never been able to reach. Check your road and the nature of your battle.  The world you desired can be won. It exists, it is real, it is possible, it is yours." - Ayn Rand   
  

 

There is always someone to tell you...

"Whatever you do, you need courage. Whatever course you decide upon, there is always someone to tell you that you are wrong. There are always difficulties arising that tempt you to believe your critics are right. To map out a course of action and follow it to an end requires some of the same courage that a soldier needs. Peace has its victories, but it takes brave men and women to win them."- Ralph Waldo Emerson

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~

What is...is constantly moving...

A very powerful quote, on staying true to oneself, written by Jiddu Krishnamurti...

To know that one is in a certain condition, in a certain state, is already a process of liberation; but a man who is not aware of his condition, of his struggle, tries to be something other than he is, which brings about habit.  So, then let us keep in mind that we want to examine what is, to observe and be aware of exactly what is the actual, without giving it any slant , without giving it an interpretation.  It needs an extraordinarily astute mind, and extraordinarily pliable heart, to be aware of and to follow what is; because what is, is constantly moving, constantly undergoing a transformation, and if the mind is tethered to belief, to knowledge, it ceases to pursue, it ceases to follow the swift movement of what is.  What is not static, surely – it is constantly moving as you will see if you observe it very closely.  To follow it , you need a very swift mind and a pliable heart- which are denied when the mind is static, fixed in a belief, in a prejudice, in an identification; and a mind and heart that are dry cannot follow easily, swiftly, that which is.