I once heard a guy say that when he gets home, he imagines taking off his armor.
All day he’s in battle mode. Focused. Intense. Fighting for inches. Then before walking into the house, he visualizes removing this heavy suit of armor so he can be calm and peaceful.
Think of any consequential person you can think of.
A president like Eisenhower.
A novelist like Ernest Hemingway or J.K. Rowling.
A business leader like Steve Jobs or (back in the day) Lee Iacocca.
A religious leader like Mother Teresa or even Jesus.
Men typically operate like this.
Point A.
Point B.
Done.
You pull into a car wash. You drive through. You exit. Bing. Mission accomplished. Efficient. Clean. Predictable.
The Daytona 500 is the day after Valentines Day this year…if you don’t think that doesn’t pair well with the unofficial “steak and BJ day”, then you’re unAmerican.
I’m not the kind of dude who spends a lot of time buried in philosophy books. But Aristotle’s idea of the Golden Mean… that one’s actually golden.
Something about road rage seems easy to miss.
Most people don’t start driving angry. They start driving tired. Distracted. Slightly annoyed. Then someone cuts them off, their heart rate spikes, and suddenly they’re making decisions they’d never make on a calm day.
