
societyMay 19, 202145:33pending
Fight The Inevitable Decline By 'Keeping Your Edge'
About this episode
What is important to you right now and is there anything you can do now to ensure it will be there in 30-50 years time? In Episode #191 on 'Keeping Your Edge' Juan and I discuss: what we consider to be our edges right now, why having the ability to think is important, what it means to be a physical polymath, how Juan's training is definitely unsustainable and will require changing in the future, why losing your edge might just be due to lower energy levels, our current edge maintenance protocols and whether we might take up martial arts in the future.
FYI. The inspiration for this episode came from the discussion between Brett McKay and Vic Verdier in Ep #704 of The Art Of Manliness podcast.
As always, we hope you enjoy, Mere Mortals out!
Timeline:
(0:00) - Intro
(2:05) - Definition
(4:58) - What are our edges?
(9:53) - Keeping your intellect
(15:14) - Becoming a physical polymath
(19:27) - Comparing yourself to the world
(28:56) - Discipline and energy
(35:36) - Anything we are implementing right now to keep our edge?
(38:45) - General tips from the podcast
(40:40) - Mere Mortal Moments
(42:21) - Next week's homework and random Spanish stuff
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