#96 5 Ways of Flow

Five Ways of Flow

  1. The highest truth is inexpressible.

  2. Spiritual cultivation cannot be cultivated.

  3. In the last resort nothing is gained.

  4. There is nothing much in the teaching.

  5. In throwing punches and moving, therein lies the wonderful Tao.

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#95 Transcendence

“A struggle of any nature can never be settled satisfactorily until the absolute fact is touched. Where neither opponent can affect the other – not neutrality, not indifference, but TRANSCENDENCE is the thing needed.”

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#94 The Center

“Centering is the reconciliation of opposites so that they no longer waste energy in useless struggle with each other but can join in productive combination and interplay.”

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#93 Conquer Yourself Part 2 – The Keys

“A man is born to achieve great things if he can conquer himself.”

Last episode we talked about the things with which we shackle ourselves, and this episode we discuss the keys that will unlock our fetters and liberate us.

“True mastery stems from mastery of oneself.”

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#91 Brandon Lee

This is a special episode of the Bruce Lee Podcast honoring Brandon Bruce Lee. We just celebrated Brandon’s birthday February 1st and coming up on March 31st is the 25th anniversary of his passing, so Shannon wanted to share some stories of growing up with Brandon as her big brother and share some excerpts from Brandon’s journals.

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#90 Broken Rhythm

“Ordinarily, two people (of more or less equal ability) can follow each other’s movements. They work in rhythm with each other. If the rhythm has been well established, the tendency is to continue in the sequence of the movement. In other words, we are “motorset” to continue a sequence. The person who can break this rhythm can now score an attack with only moderate exertion.”

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#89 The Tools

“Your tools have a dual-purpose, to destroy whatever is in front of you that stands in the way of peace, justice, and humanity, and to destroy your own impulse of self-preservation, to destroy anything bothering your mind, to overcome your own greed, anger, and folly.”

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#87 Becoming a Warrior

Bruce Lee is a true warrior. He’s a fighter, with expertise in combat.
A warrior is often thought of in the physical sense, as a fighter and physically strong.
But Bruce Lee was a true warrior in mind, body, and spirit.

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#86 Core Values at Work: Part 3

In our final Core Values at Work Episode Shannon and Sharon discuss Relationship, Communication, and Trust.

These Core Values are derived from Bruce Lee’s philosophies and Shannon has adjusted them for her workplace. Shannon has put together these Core Values based on how her workplace functions best, incorporating the philosophy and essence of her father, including what was important to him and what is important to Shannon.

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#85 Core Values at Work: Part 2

Embrace change. Be open to change. Learn to love change. Change is inevitable. Don’t get paralyzed in the face of change. Be open to pivots, goal shifts, reframes, change of strategy. This is a living organism in constant process.

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#84 Core Values at Work: Part 1

At the Bruce Lee Family Company, Shannon has created core values for the company based off of her father’s philosophy. With the New Lunar Year fast approaching, Shannon has decided to revisit and refine those core values.

In Part 1, Shannon shares her core values of Best Effort, Personal Responsibility, and Uplift. These values inform how Shannon wants to show-up in the workplace and how she expects her employees to show-up.

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#83 Compassion

For Bruce Lee the notion of compassion extends beyond the common definition that compassion is “allowing ourselves to be moved by suffering and wanting to alleviate or prevent suffering.”

Compassion is acceptance of others for who they are and where they are. It’s freedom from judgment and acceptance of your whole experience.

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#81 Natural Action

Bruce Lee referred to Natural Action in different ways. He would write about “spontaneous action” or “naturalism” or used a Taoist term “wu wei” which means non-action or non-doing.

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#79 Peace of Mind

“All in all, the goal of my planning and doing is to find the true meaning in life – peace of mind.”

Achieving peace of mind was Bruce Lee’s ultimate goal. Peace of mind is something that we all desire, whether we know it or not. We want to feel peaceful so that we can enjoy life fully.
 

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#78 Motivation When You’re Stuck

For our end of year episode we asked our listeners to submit questions they wanted us to answer or advice they wished they could receive from Bruce Lee. We had many, many questions submitted and we noticed that many dealt with finding motivation when you’re stuck. People were feeling stuck and unmotivated in a range of topics from their work and jobs, to dealing with injuries and feeling isolated.

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