Like all of us, I have many identities: Filmmaker, Writer, Martial Artists, Philosopher and more.
I created 7 Major Life Skills for myself and hope that you find them useful, insightful and inspirational. You most certainly have a different learning method, mentality and direction than me - because we are two different individuals. You can skip around, go ahead, go in sequence.
START HERE in my learning ecosystem.
In the meantime, you can check out my articles here on Substack. When you see the various content, you might see a date on the subject line such as below with my good friend, Albert. In the future, when I am posting, I will add the date to the subject line so you can readily see new content. At a certain point - probably 4-8 weeks - I will pluck off the date as it is now part of the course.
We have videos that are original videos, videos aggregated from YouTube, Vimeo and other sources as well as text. The videos that I aggregate in lessons here will shift and change. I will create new subtopics and work to organize the material better and better. After all, if my personal goal is to 'Enlighten and Evolve', then so will the material - this visual and written 'clay' - in a continued sculpture until Life is finished with me. I make use of these videos, grateful for their creation, under the Fair Use doctrine, adding my own content in terms of criticism, learning, insight and research.
In some areas, you will find individual little Lessons, Insights and Brainstorms in a few unique topics:
Scholar Warrior Way: Self Knowledge
Scholar Warrior Way: Seek Inspiration
Scholar Warrior Way: Build Your Knowledge Base
They might seem off topic in certain chapters but they're not. They're just part of interrupting your patterns to get you thinking more. I was once told by a pastor that attending a religious service should have two components in particular. First was ritual to relax both the mind and the body. Second was the imparting of wisdom in this relaxed state to get people actually engaged, involved and evolved.
In other words, the willing reception of wisdom. So think of these Scholar Warrior Way segments as nuggets of wisdom along your Path.
MORE ABOUT MICHAEL
I am not your Guru.
You might find me a Teacher - though I'd prefer that you become your own Teacher. I am a guy - as Matt McConaughey says - 'riding shotgun' with you on your drive through Life. I wish I said that way before Matt did but oh well.
I am learning just like you with curiosity, diligence, organization, interest and passion. This Course was created because I organized my Skills in this Seven Skills manner in a notebook. I first considered sharing my organized efforts with my fellow martial artists at the dojo. Then through a Thinkific course here.
MY GOAL: Continue researching, organizing and learning in a disciplined manner and method to constantly improve myself and the world.