Awareness requires living in the here and now, and not in the elsewhere, the past or the future.
With training and self discipline; clear focus and confidence; problems can be overcome and even lead to unexpected gains
For me, personally, when I'm afraid of something - when you're afraid of something, normally you try to go away, you try to avoid it. Instead of avoiding it, to overcome your fear, I believe you need to embrace it.
Because Conor McGregor is so confident - he goes there 'I'll beat this, I will do that' - If I would be his coach I will tell him all the time, behind closed doors, how dangerous [Nate] Diaz is and how much of a war this fight will be and how painful, and long, and uncomfortable it would be, and to get prepared for the worst day of his life.
Respect your opponent, just make them respect you more.
A guy that has more knowledge has the advantage.
In fighting, in evolution, in life, efficiency is the key.
Love, that all gentle hearts so quickly know.
So far there has been no philosopher in whose hands philosophy has not grown into an apology for knowledge; on this point, at least, every one is an optimist, that the greatest usefulness must be ascribed to knowledge. They are all tyrannized over by logic, and this is optimism in its essence.
I try to be as intentional as possible.
I took the first James Kelman novel, 'The Bus Conductor Hines', home to my dad. I thought, 'My dad will like this; it's written in Scots. ' But my dad said: 'I can't read that. ' He was reading James Bond and John le Carre. That was part of what attracted me to crime - the idea of getting a wide audience.