00:08:08.180Same thing if we're talking about fighting.
00:08:10.400If you do want to participate in some sort of fight, MMA fight or Thai boxing fight or whatever,
00:08:18.920a good coach will tell you if you're not ready.
00:08:23.620Then he will say to you, you know what, for your own well-being, you need to train more.
00:08:29.560I personally get quite angry when I see guys going up in the ring and they start, you know, to flinch back big time when they start getting hit.
00:08:39.320And you see that who let him go up in the ring because he's not ready.
00:08:44.860He will only injure himself and that will be not only a blow, you know, to his physical well-being but also to his mental well-being.
00:08:54.200He might have had, you know, a good momentum otherwise but now he might be completely demoralized
00:08:59.160because someone who should have had his back did not tell him that now is not the time.
00:09:06.640So it's good to have older guys looking out for you saying that you are not ready.
00:09:13.720And you shouldn't take this as an insult or anything like that.
00:09:18.100You should take it as a sign of that your coach then he cares about you, that he doesn't want you to get injured,
00:11:27.420He stops, you know, he stops having that positive mindset and then he spirals down.
00:11:32.900It's very common and it's not super complicated why it happens.
00:11:37.260Because if you don't have that forward momentum, you slow down and then you get drawn down in a dark pit, so to speak.
00:11:45.520So what you need to do as soon as possible if you get injured, you need to find another path to go forward on.
00:11:53.300So I mentioned in the last video that I recommended a friend to try to meditate a bit more, to do some more breathing exercises.
00:12:01.300Because that's another path he can go forward on and then eventually he has, you know, been excited for, you know, the progression on that path.
00:13:54.180Then of course we can talk about, you know, truly brutal stuff such as being disabled.
00:13:58.760Um, and I'm not gonna, you know, sit here and say that everything is fine and you can still, you know, live as you did before because of course you can't.
00:14:07.200But you can still make the best out of a bad situation.
00:14:09.820So one of my favorite authors, Julius Evola, which, you know, I enjoy reading his insights.
00:14:36.040He went out into, um, during a bomb raid, uh, in Austria.
00:14:40.420So he went out to just tempt fate, which maybe not the most intelligent thing to do, but, but, you know, I'm not gonna say anything about it because he was a great mystic and thinker and author.
00:14:50.500Um, and he wrote many of his finest books when he was in a wheelchair.
00:14:55.180So if you are in a wheelchair, I'm not gonna comment too much about it because I don't have any experience, but I'm saying that you can still contribute greatly even though you are disabled.
00:15:07.980Um, disabled still managed to produce some really thought-provoking texts and, uh, great works that we can enjoy today.
00:15:16.780So if you are disabled, and again, I know this is easy for me to say, but you can still try to, you know, appreciate that you have eyesight, you have, you know, working hands, a working mind.
00:15:27.180You can read, you can write, you can contribute in a positive way.
00:15:31.060So anyway, the point there is that you can often, at least, you can find a way to progress in something.
00:15:38.200You can engage in art or you can delve deep into some, some interest you have.
00:15:44.020You can read books, you can do all of these things, you can continue to get better at something at least.
00:15:49.340And now, it depends on how injured you are, uh, I can only paint with a very broad brush here, but what I want to say is that the main thing, find something that you can go a path.
00:16:02.160Find a path that you can begin walking and then you will feel better.
00:16:07.960Now, on a similar note, it's very important that your motivation comes from within, so that you don't rely on necessarily the approval of others.
00:16:20.000Now, don't get me wrong, it can be nice to get the approval of others, but the, the sense of accomplishment, it needs to come from within.
00:16:28.160The motivation, it needs to come from within, that you enjoy every step of the journey.
00:16:32.620Because if you don't have that mindset, and if you rely on positive reinforcement from others, then, you know, you sort of, you will stand still the minute that motivation disappears.
00:16:45.200So, to yet again use the example of the injured powerlifting who does calligraphy now for the coming months.
00:16:54.020Because if you lift for, you know, maybe you wanted to go to the gym in the first place to, uh, to look good for the ladies, which is, you know, a perfectly fine reason to do it.
00:17:07.440But, when you outsource your motivation, when you outsource your inner sense of accomplishment, of thumos, then, yeah, it can be taken away from you.
00:17:19.580So, if you instead have an inner sense of the path of the overman, that you continuously take one step that no one really needs to know about it.
00:17:29.840No one needs to know what your ideal of yourself is, as long as you know it, as long as you gain a sense of accomplishment when you've taken one step.
00:17:40.880So, instead of impressing others with a big lift in the gym, you impress yourself with a fine stroke of the pen, a fine stroke of the calligraphy pen,
00:17:52.340so that you get the sense of accomplishment, so that you are happy with your performance.
00:17:57.480So, I'm not sure if this sounds reasonable, I'm not sure if this makes sense, but think about it.
00:18:04.820Think about it, and you will be in a better situation, especially if you are injured or in a bad situation.
00:18:13.320So, as long as you have a strong central core, motivation comes from within, the sense of achievement comes from within,
00:18:21.240then it's easier for you to be happy and to feel accomplished.
00:18:26.380And, again, when you are happy, you will be healthier.
00:18:30.860If you're unhappy, you will be unhealthy.
00:18:33.240It's just how cruel life can be sometimes, that life or Mother Nature or the gods, they look at your momentum, and they bless the momentum.
00:18:42.300And if you lose momentum, you will slowly sink.
00:18:45.280So, you need to find a different momentum to build up, and then you will be happy, and then you will heal yourself quicker.