The Way of the Superior Man | Book Highlights
The Way of the Superior Man by David Deida
Stop waiting. Feel everything. Love achingly. Give impeccably. Let go.
Your edge is where you stop short, or where you compromise your fullest gift, and, instead, cater to your fears.
And a fearful man who still leans into his fear, living at his edge and putting his gift out from there, is more trustworthy and more inspirational than a fearful man who hangs back in the comfort zone, unwilling to even experience his fear on a day to day level. A free man is free to acknowledge his fears, without hiding them, or hiding from them. Live with your lips pressed against your fears, kissing your fears, neither pulling back nor aggressively violating them.
Your fear is the sharpest definition of your self. You should know it. You should feel it virtually constantly. Fear needs to become your friend, so that you are no longer uncomfortable with it.
Own your fear, and lean just beyond it. In every aspect of your life. Starting now.