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Primary Programmer

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Primary Programmer   https://www.spreaker.com/episode/primary-programmer--71129602 Are you living a life you designed, or are you just a character in someone else’s dream? We often confuse the "trunk" for the "elephant." We focus on the outward noise—the bills, the titles, the labels society slaps on our chests—and we forget that we are the ones who hold the source code. The tension today lies between the comfort of being defined and the terrifying freedom of defining yourself. Most stay in the "huts" of external validation because the "pyramid" of self-determination requires a sacrifice of the old self. Who told you that you were "just" anything? Call to Inaction: Stop trying to be understood by those who haven't done the work to understand themselves. "What does not strengthen should be released, for it is a false treasure." What title or label can you stop carrying today? Which "Legacy Program" (habit or thoug...

"It Is Time For You To Leave"

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Before you read please check out the video so that you will not get lost, some of my readers are to young to remember the show Kung Fu, and will not understand my references.  What I loved about Kung fu was that it introduced me to different way of thinking. The scene that I am discussing today is the test that was set up in this fictional shaolin temple that determined when it was time for a student to leave. The test was basically the head monk (Master Khan) standing before the student every so often, and challenging the student to snatch the pebble from his hand. When the student missed he went back to his daily practice in the temple as a student. When he was finally able to snatch the pebble he and the master knew that it was time for him to leave. In other words it was made clear to the student and the teacher that student had no more to learn in the temple and it was time for him to continue his studies in the world. If only real life was this simple, and clear cut. ...