My favorite mentor was a big Jocko fan. He loved that book. I’ll have to give it a read sometime myself.
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I doubt it will be anything ground breaking for you.
Like The Richest Man in Babylon though, it’s very good at getting the basic principles to sink in. By the end of the book, you will know those principles inside out.
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With so much of my undergrad focused on the Greeks, nothing really new is out there, haha. But I don’t look for new: I look for better ways to understand and express the old.
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I have a far less extensive history of reading than yourself (unless the works of David Eddings and Terry Pratchett count). Even I find that most of the things I read are just the same thing from a different angle, or with a different accent. Sometimes the new angle is much more memorable or useful though.
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The art of war. It also doubles as a non- quantitative game theory textbook
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Exactly! I love having that “Dr House” moment, where an idea I’ve been exposed to a dozen times before suddenly clicks.
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The reason I love Hogfather so much is that it was an idea that I was struggling to put into words for years. Pratchett managed to take that idea, pare it down to a sentence, then build an entire storyline up around it. That’s exactly why I read.
Is that readable as a stand alone? I’ve probably read/heard much of the ideas through other sources but I’ve never got round to the original.
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The version I read had more footnotes than text.
Sun tsu wrote the thing pre-paper. It was either silk (basically cost as much as writing on gold leaf) or on bamboo tablets. Each tablet weighted 40+ lbs and took forever to carve. Either way, he had to be VERY breif
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It is, and it’s enjoyable, but I felt it was overplayed since the 80s got a hold of it, haha. I enjoyed “Book of the Five Rings” as well, but more just as an enjoyable read.
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@anna_5588 @T3hPwnisher I’ll add them to my list, thanks.
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So I finally know your weakness now Pwn. Lol
I have many weaknesses. I’m pretty upfront about them. Biggest one is being a fast food addict. I’m really self-destructive too.
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Favorite fast food joint?
Taco Bell, but I’m partial to Jack in the Box because my home town grew it, and In n Out because it’s amazing.
I also ate the Carl’s Jr Double Six Dollar burger every single day of the summer when I was working at Big 5 Sporting Goods at age 19.
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Read it again, but strictly from a martial artist’s mindset (which, honestly, I think is the only real way to read it because it’s how Musashi wrote it). His writing is crass and rough, but you can tell he was a phenomenal warrior.
I would also suggest reading The Unfettered Mind. Think of it as a precursor to BoFR. Also, as the writer was a Zen buddhist monk, he is a FAR better writer. Reading that then BoFR is tough — you can tell Musashi is not a gifted writer.
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Absolutely what I got from it. Pun can’t be avoided, but he cuts through so much and gets to some real truth.
Appreciate the recommendation.
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Funny but also worrying how minds with similar interests seem to think along the same lines.
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Book of five rings is one of my favorites
How long do you give it before making a judgement there? Given that a fat-adapted individual will inherently become/be poor at processing carbohydrates I expect similar regulations to occur with regards to other food stuffs. Maybe there are some bacteria missing, or aren’t around in adequate quantities, in the gut that will after time make up a greater proportion of the gut flora.
If being off of carbs is enough to make a person insulin resistant I don’t see my above thinking as being a stretch.
Also, I noticed that your portions are really accurately measured. Seeing as I know how “much” 6oz of (cooked) meat is I’m presuming you are talking cooked here? I know you eat a billion meals a day but, if I consider this,
and make the opposite interpretation (i.e. 1oz uncooked) then that strikes me as oh so very little.
I’ve been deep into Jon Andersen content lately thanks to you and obviously you’ve done the original Deep Water, but I was curious if you’ve tried his Deep Water superset program?