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The Meaning of Life According to Bruce Lee
Martial arts, life lessons, and the art of living.
Bruce Lee was an extremely interesting guy.
He was a philosopher, writer, martial artist, movie star, and inventor of a martial art that is still practiced today (Jeet Kune Do).
Bruce Lee is the martial arts archetype that many people want to live out for themselves. He also wasn’t the kind of armchair philosopher that we see a lot today from celebrities when they start preaching to people telling them to “do X and Y like me to be successful like me”.
Bruce Lee actually had good ideas. He actually wrote interesting philosophy. He was smart.
But, unfortunately, most people just remember Bruce Lee from Enter the Dragon, and they forget about his ideas and his books.
I didn’t forget though. A few years ago, Bruce Lee taught me what he thought was the meaning of life in his book Striking Thoughts.
At the time, I didn’t really understand it, but after reading another book recently, I think I do now.
Let’s piece it all together.
