Jim Murphy
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For sure.
And so I think it's really, it is significant, like you said, that he failed twice greatly just before he went.
And he was filled with fear the day he was going.
And so fear is not the problem.
Fear is not the enemy.
Fear has power.
The problem is when you're afraid of fear.
Great things happen when you're filled with nervous energy and fear.
What stops people is they're afraid of fear.
That's why we got to make it smaller and smaller until you can take that step.
Yeah, I think the greatest challenge that we face in life today, other than self-centeredness, is the anxiety that comes from too many thoughts, from too many concerns, and being too busy with too many things.
That comes from not having a clear purpose for your life and being too busy and therefore too distracted.
Yeah, because if I was born 100 years earlier or 200, then I would have been a samurai, at least if my mom would have married another Japanese guy.
Yeah, my mom from samurai descendants.
So it's got a very personal connection.
What's amazing that I found really amazing is as I was researching the book,
I realized in my mind, love, wisdom, and courage were the three most powerful resources.
And then once I decided on that, then I found out that's what the Bushido code was of the samurai is based on love, wisdom, and courage.
And that was amazing.
The way I think about it is I want to be prepared to fully live or fully give up that life to die at any moment's notice.