RE: insane “Rōnins” share an ancient discipline secret...

Warren Buffett said: "We look for three things when we hire people. We look for intelligence, we look for initiative or energy, and we look for integrity. And if they don't have the latter, the first two will kill you, because if you're going to get someone without integrity, you want them lazy and dumb."

Hi, Have you ever heard of the "Rōnin" of central Japan? Lived there for many years worked for NTT as consultant for bell labs' Lucent Tech., now Nokia.  If you haven't, you're in for one crazy story (and two lessons I'll be sharing right after)... Summary: In feudal Japan, Lord Asano rules his province with fairness. However, jealous Lord Kira (Tadanobu Asano) fears that the shogun favors Asano over him and hatches a plot that ends with Asano's ritual suicide. After Asano's death, his samurai, led by Oishi (Hiroyuki Sanada), are forced to live as outcasts. Oishi wanders for several years but realizes that he must turn to Kai (Keanu Reeves), a mixed-blood warrior he once rejected, to help him and his ronin comrades take revenge on Lord Kira. The revenge of the forty-seven rōnin (四十七士, Yon-jū-Nana-shi, forty-seven samurai), also known as the Akō incident (赤穂事件, Akō jiken) or Akō vendetta, is an 18th-century historical event in Japan in which a band of rōnin (leaderless samurai) avenged the death of their master. The incident has since become legendary.[2] But there is one part of the rōnin  challenge that makes The event unlike anything else ever…   Do you know what it is? This true story was popularized in Japanese culture as emblematic of the loyalty, sacrifice, persistence, integrity and honor that people should preserve in their daily lives. No second chances...   The story tells of a group of samurai who were left leaderless after their daimyō (feudal lord) Asano Naganori was compelled to perform seppuku (ritual suicide) for assaulting a court official named Kira Yoshinaka, whose title was Kōzuke no suke. After waiting and planning for a year, the rōnin avenged their master's honor by killing Kira. They actually carry  a small sword at all times on their journey. Just in case... They were then themselves obliged to commit seppuku for the crime of murder. This true story, as mentioned, was popularized in Japanese culture as emblematic of the loyalty, sacrifice, persistence, integrity and honor that people should preserve in their daily lives. The popularity of the tale grew during the Meiji era, in which Japan underwent rapid modernization, westernization, and the legend became entrenched within discourses of national heritage and identity. Fictionalized accounts of the tale of the forty-seven rōnin are known as Chūshingura. The story was popularized in numerous plays, including in the genres of bunraku and kabuki. Because of the censorship laws of the shogunate in the Genroku era, which forbade portrayal of current events, the names were changed. While the version given by the playwrights may have come to be accepted as historical fact by some,[who?] the first Chūshingura was written some 50 years after the event, and numerous historical records about the actual events that predate the Chūshingura survive. I do mention a movie by Keanu Reeves, in the Summary, above as an example. 47 Ronin is a 2013 American 3D fantasy action film directed by Carl Rinsch. Written by Chris Morgan and Hossein Amini from a story by Morgan and Walter Hamada, the film is a work of Chūshingura ("The Treasury of Loyal Retainers") serving as a fictionalized account of the forty-seven rōnin, a real-life group of masterless samurai under daimyō Asano Naganori in 18th-century Japan who avenged Naganori's death by confronting his rival Kira Yoshinaka. Starring Keanu Reeves and Hiroyuki Sanada, the film was produced by H2F Entertainment, Mid Atlantic Films, Moving Picture Company and Stuber Productions, and was released theatrically by Universal Pictures on December 25, 2013 in the United States. Although its action sequences and visuals were praised, 47 Ronin received generally negative reviews from critics and grossed $151 million against its total budget of $175 million, making it a box office bomb and leaving Universal deeply in the red for 2013.[2] Variety magazine listed 47 Ronin as one of "Hollywood's biggest box office bombs of 2013".[3] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/47_Ronin_(2013_film) The bakufu's censorship laws had relaxed somewhat 75 years later in the late 18th century when Japanologist Isaac Titsingh first recorded the story of the forty-seven rōnin as one of the significant events of the Genroku era.[3] To this day, the story remains popular in Japan, and each year on December 14, Sengakuji Temple, where Asano Naganori and the rōnin are buried, holds a festival commemorating the event. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Forty-seven_r%C5%8Dnin And in the last 320+ years, only 47 Rōnin have actually completed this challenge. The original 47, save one. Now, what does all have to do with you? Well, if you want to KILL your procrastination for good - here are two lessons we can learn from these Rōnin. A Task Expands Into The Size Of Its Deadline "Hey, go run 36,000 kilometers, good luck!" If this was what the Rōnin were told on Day 1 - how many people would actually start the challenge, and complete it within just a year? Probably no one. So Rōnin don't approach the Rōnin - Akō incident (赤穂事件, Akō jiken) or Akō vendetta, like this, they approach it in bite sizes. They make non negotiable daily deadlines. And that's what you should do too, with intermittent goals & objectives. Many people set a goal for themselves but only reevaluate at the end of the year. They make a goal in January, and then in December they ask themselves: "Did I hit my goal?" "Did I write it down, somewhere?" Instead of doing this, break what you want to do into daily pieces or intermittent goals & objectives, ensuring that you meet them. This way, you'll very quickly know if you're on track or not. And this way, you're actually training your mind to get something done within a time period. And the second part to this is... Set 'Do Or Die' Deadlines, literally Rōnins take what they have to do seriously. And if they don't get it done what they say they're going to get done in the day… well, you know... ...there are  pretty devastating draconian, consequences... Now, you don't have to carry a small knife with you to 'work' or 'telework,' to make sure you finish a project. But you can give yourself consequences for not finishing things on time... For example: "If I don't finish X by 6 PM, (or if you doing it as a Side Hustle by 11PM) I have to do 20 pushups." "If I don't finish X by 6 PM, (or if you doing it as a Side Hustle by 11PM) I have to tell my friend that was keeping me accountable that I failed." "Or if I don't finish X by 6 PM,(or if you doing it as a Side Hustle by 11PM) I have to give my friend 100 bucks." Whatever it is you decide for consequences, they need to be more painful than procrastinating. We usually procrastinate because we think it's LESS painful to procrastinate. But when the consequences of procrastination are even MORE painful than getting it done - then it's a LOT easier to do. It's like a debt that must be paid, some for example pray 5x a day... Keep going... And remember: Kill procrastination, or procrastination will kill you. My thanks in advance for you attention, consideration, energy, trouble and time. To Your Abundant Success! Cheers, João A. d'Silva João A. d'Silva, IT &eBiz Consultant joaoa.desilva2020@gmail.com The Asian Dragon - Gaijin P.S. When you're ready, here are some of the things I can help you with in life and in business: 1. Gain Financial Confidence By Learning Your First High-Income Skill. Discover the little-known skill responsible for creating some of the biggest, most confident "heavy hitters" in the world. 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