Sublime

Fight to remain the person that philosophy wished to make you.

for my past self. It is exactly what I needed to know five years ago before I met my wife. If I had understood the contents of this book back then, I could have saved my wife and I so much suffering and misunderstandings and hurt feelings. But I didn't know it, because I had been indoctrinated with lies and misunderstands about men and women, and h

the man in the arena is admirable. As is the soldier and the politician and the businesswoman and all the other occupations. But, and this is a big but, only if we’re in the arena for the right reasons.

Leadership has never been about putting yourself above others. In front of others? Possibly. Above others? Never. Pedestals and leadership don’t mix. This is why so many men in positions of authority fall into the trap of “imposter syndrome.” I know. I’ve been there. I’ve been tasked with a job, assignment, or project that I felt completely unquali

We are the rightful heirs to this tradition. It’s our birthright. Whatever we face, we have a choice: Will we be blocked by obstacles, or will we advance through and over them? We might not be emperors, but the world is still constantly testing us. It asks: Are you worthy? Can you get past the things that inevitably fall in your way? Will you stand

“Never forget, it’s now your job to put yourself out of work.” That’s the uncomfortable truth about leadership so many men are unwilling to acknowledge—that it isn’t about leading perpetually. In fact, if your people (family, friends, colleagues, coworkers, etc.) cannot function without you there, you are the antithesis of a leader, not the embodim

John Boyd, a sort of warrior-monk who revolutionized Western military strategy in the latter half of the twentieth century,

True authority and true leadership come from knowing who you are and not pretending to be anything else.

Romans 13:4