My Mastery: Continued Education Through Jiu Jitsu
Chris Matakas
Top 10 Best Quotes
“True mastery, it turns out, is not found in accumulating each and every tool under the sun. True mastery is learning that there are really only a handful of tools, and it is the proper application with correct timing and setting that makes them so useful.”
“My time in the woods is time spent with a tutor on how to live.”
“We must not learn to try harder. The key is to learn how not to try in the first place.”
“The point of meditating is not to learn to sit quietly in a room. The point is to live that way in the world.”
“The best yardstick for our progress is not other people, but ourselves. Am I better than I was yesterday? This is the only question worth asking. As long as you go to bed at night a better practitioner than the one who woke up that morning, you have succeeded. Your worth should have nothing to do with how your progress stacks up relative to another.”
“Properly directed thoughts result in properly directed actions. The only way to appropriately guide our thoughts is to know their foundation, our values.”
“Jiu Jitsu forges friendships in a way I’ve never known. Being involved in an art as intimate as this, where bodily connection is a must, the common cultural boundaries of personal space are broken. You will never see more hugs, high fives, and physical expressions of love than on the mats. Ultimately, this proves to be one of the most fulfilling aspects of our pursuit of mastery. Along the way, we learn to love others as we love ourselves.”
“I can think of no more worthwhile aim than pursuing mastery in this craft while transcending one's own limitations.”
“When we know our values, we can easily measure whether or not our actions are in accordance with them. Values are the measuring sticks with which we determine the worthiness of our actions. To be better associated with one's own values is to remove a lot of the needless activities of daily life.”
“When we honestly take stock of our ability, we are then granted the opportunity to improve our circumstance. Accessing where you stand is the only way to stand somewhere else.”
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