I Have a Dream. Saving the planet, humanity, is about as hard as it is to go to the gym. Very easy, also..very difficult.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Back in my ego driven days, I was a real tight operator. I crushed every goal that I desired, and every obstacle that got in my way. Who would think that someone who was so driven could have problems achieving something?<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Going to the gym was hard. I didn\u2019t like it. So I never went. Even though I wanted to. The Tibetans say that one\u2019s mind is like a pack of wild horses, all tied together with a rope, running in different directions. Tiring, to pull the pack in any single direction. There were too many horses pulling towards their own selfish goals, to care about the “body”.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
I think that the untrained mind is more like a pack of wild humans, tied together by a planet. Running in all different directions. Tiring, to pull the pack in any single direction. There were too many humans pulling towards their own selfish goals, to care about the “planet”.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
I heard once that as you age, you either become familiar with the gym, or develop a long rewarding relationship with a good tailor. I chose the latter. It was great.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
My guy was a pro who worked out of Hong Kong. He would fly in 3 times a year with the latest fabrics, I\u2019d get to shop without shopping. And I LOVED it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
And I got heavier and heavier, but no one noticed. I still got girls, promotions, clients, all the things ego desired.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
No matter how I tried, I could not develop a solid practice of going to the gym. There was just something wrong with me, or maybe it just wasn\u2019t for me.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Sure I\u2019d like to be healthy, but all the reasons I wanted to be healthy were being shortcutted by the fact that I was ALREADY getting all my desires met. All the external validation I thought one would get by having a nice body, were already here, so what was the point?<\/p>\n\n\n\n
I kept digging into the reserves that my body had, not sleeping enough, eating properly\u2026It\u2019s been working so far right? There\u2019s no crisis, look at all the wonderful things I have!<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Then the polarization happened. It happened at the peak of ego, where I was part of an entrepreneur mentorship group. I\u2019d get to tell war stories with lessons in them, helping the next generation find their way. And I did it with 3 bottles of wine and as much top shelf scotch as you could imagine.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
On a lark, I had visited a doctor and got a sleep study done. Not because I thought I had a problem, I just thought the science was neat. I had an app that tracked it and as far as I was concerned other than snoring it was great.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
I was so shocked when he told me I had a life threatening problem, and I needed to act right now if I were to avoid the risk of sudden death.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
What the fuck?<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Isn\u2019t everything fine? You mean cutting down all the bodies natural reserves of nutrients, polluting it\u2019s lungs, and poisoning it\u2019s waterways eventually reaches a breaking point?<\/p>\n\n\n\n
I feel GREAT! I call fake news. This doctor is bullshit. He also sold me a $2000 machine that he said was my only hope.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
In his words \u201cYou couldn\u2019t lose enough weight to fix this, it\u2019s just something you have to live with\u201d.<\/p>\n\n\n\n