PLEASE Read and I appreciate your time! I relate to you in many ways and feel as if I’m at a stage you were at before hence I’m younger. A lot of things are so relatable and feel as if you could really help answer some of my questions!! I tried to make this short as possible and summarized it in ChatGPT the rest. Hard to express all on text: A lot of the lines you said in the documentary were EXACTLY verbatim thoughts I’ve had myself—especially recently”disgruntled kid, I’m an abused child, confused 20” It felt less like I was just listening, and more like hearing things I’ve already been thinking but couldn’t fully articulate. When I first read your book, I didn’t fully understand it—I was just at the beginning of becoming aware of my own patterns. After watching your documentary, a lot of it clicked in a deeper way. I relate heavily to your story. I came from a severely abusive background and was fortunate to be adopted. SIMILAR HERE: used to despise my birth mom then she died “weird thoughts for a kid” now I’m stating to despise my adopted mom feel as if I’m adopted for $$$ I found outlets like wrestling and later martial arts, which helped channel a lot of that energy. Looking back now, I realize those things were also a kind of “mask” for me. Even the drive I’ve always had since I was young, chasing something big, although I now believe that is another “mask” Right now I’m in a phase where I’ve slowed down for the first time in my life, focusing on learning, building, and figuring out my next steps (AI, eventually law school). I’ve only been able to see these things because of that—when I was fighting, everything was so fast-paced and constant that I didn’t have the space to recognize any of it. But it’s also made me realize how much I relate to what you said about being a “confused 20-something.” I still deal with moments where old patterns or unconscious reactions show up, and I think part of that “confusion” shows up as feeling awkward in certain situations even when I logically know there’s no reason to. Especially in things like communicating or making deals, it feels like there’s a gap between my awareness, my drive, and my execution.

I like this post. I’ve noticed a lot of analogies from martial arts all of the martial arts they have concepts that translate over to life like this one. I would love to see more how they carry over to being an entrepreneur/business. Like timing for example a great move can only be used when it’s the right timing. When it’s the wrong timing it can fail just like timing in life.