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Bruce Lee: Productivity Dragon
grant balfour | May 9 2008
The aptly named "Positivity Blog" recently had a rather compelling overview of Bruce Lee, Productivity Guru.
Like our own dear Merlin, Mr. Lee was from the Bay Area and took a lifelong interest in the fundamental rules underlying systems; unlike Mr. Mann, Bruce Lee could break Chuck Norris in half but never once listened to Zen Arcade. What's more impressive, though, is how much of the Little Dragon's martial arts philosophy can be applied to pretty much everything. I'm especially fond of #4 on Positivity's list (“Take no thought of who is right or wrong or who is better than. Be not for or against.”), but probably need to work most on #2: Quote:
I'm not going to argue with that.
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 The Circle with no CircumferenceSubmitted by teapotmonk on May 12, 2008 - 7:31am.
Lee´s contribution to not just the martial arts but to all of the personal development disciplines was, and remains disproportionately influential. Not necessarily because of what he said - and yes there are some great quotes - but because he clearly did the things he spoke of. And it is is this elusive quality, the ability to absorb an idea into our daily practice that so clearly illuminates those that do it. AS far as Lee´s philosophy went, he agreed it was mainly derivative (Simple blend of Lao Tsu, Chuang Tzu and Krishnamurti) as is all creative thought and action. But the capacity to live out the thought, now that is worth learning: He wrote - It is not a question of developing what has already been developed but of recovering what has been left behind. These things have been with us, in us, all the time.....my art is not a matter of technology, but of spritual insight and training. Returning to an Uncarved Presence. » POSTED IN:
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