The one way to be outstanding in life

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Bruce Lee says"Empty your mind,be formless,shapeless.Like water.Water can flow or it can crash.Be water my friend...................Under the sky,under the heavens,there is but one family.Do not believe in style,style separates man,it's a process of continuing growth."
The message in these words is that we should be unpredictable.We shouldn't do anything we do the same way all the time.Man should be dynamic.That is the nature of water.When you pour water into a cup,it becomes a cup.When you pour water into a bottle,it becomes the bottle.Water takes the shape of anything it is poured into,so we should be open to change.
Here is a good example.A football player that happens to be the world best currently may not be the world best next year.Why is this?Coaches and other football players would have observed his moves and style of play and they will work out counters for those moves and styles.The only thing the player can do that can make him remain the best is to make new moves for himself that will be unexpected by his opponents.This keeps him ahead.A good player should not just have one style of play.
This applies to every aspect of life.Be unpredictable.Be water my friend.
You can get the last interview of bruce lee on youtube.The title is"Be water my friend."
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  • Profile picture of the author Gh0zt
    I agree with you

    Another way of saying the same thing is: be partial, neither for nor against - then all will be clear.
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  • Profile picture of the author RVS3
    I think unpredictability is a good takeaway from Bruce Lee's wisdom, but I see it as flexibility. Charles Darwin said that it is not the biggest, strongest or smartest species that survives, but the most adaptive to change.

    When it comes to this quote, water has the ability to adapt to any situation. It can fill a container shaped like a sphere, a cube, it adapts to the environment it is in.

    This is just my perspective and I hope it provides some value.
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  • Profile picture of the author Awesomeinside
    Bruce Lee had a great mindset on life! Thanks for sharing it!

    Being flexible is important to have since your circumstances can change and you shall follow it or change it.
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