Adam Cox

And you may even begin to enjoy how calm feels powerful.

You may have noticed the smallest, weakest dogs bark the loudest.

The dogs with real strength

power, real capabilities, tend to be calm, observant.

And I wonder if you can unleash that power to give you the capability, combined with the discernment, to feel that you can use it, but you're choosing not to.

Wise people have said, it's better to be the warrior in the garden than the gardener in the war.

To have the capability combined with restraint is itself a superpower.

And I want you to imagine a situation, perhaps, a few days from now, a week from now,

where previously you may have felt that desire to seek justice, to set someone straight, see it clearly, see yourself like you're someone else.

But this time, see yourself capable yet composed, powerful yet calm, observing, adjusting, choosing,

And maybe you notice how different that version of you looks.

If you could read your cortisol levels, they would be low.

Having the power to not be triggered again is a superpower.

See how there is no urgency, no loss of control.

calm, measured, precise.

And you may even realize this version of you gets even better outcomes with less effort.

And if you feel that reactor intensifying its energy, your first thought

is not anger, aggression, but deployment.

How can you put that energy to use?

I want you to think of a forest fire.