In my life I’ve had rare moments where I just feel on fire. Life is going amazingly well. I’m proud of myself. I’m in a peak state. I’m teeming with energy, just wanting to burst out some workout sets, feeling unstoppable.

What would it be like to feel that every day? To be able to summon that feeling at will, and sustain it over an extended period?

A great memory I have of when I was living and working with David Greene was him showing me a jiu jitsu hold, either a choke or an armbar. “This is what I feel like all the time. In control. I don’t think you ever feel that way.”. I forget the exact context but I was likely confessing to my lack of self confidence. The lesson, expressed in a physical manner, was clear. I don’t want to be choked out by life. I choose to pursue control.