Introducing the Warrior Mindset

Have you ever felt like life is hard?

Like it can sometimes be a struggle to

get up in the morning and do all of

the things that you have to do?

Do you ever wake up feeling

constantly tired and stressed? Does

life just seem too much?

Sure, I get it. You have lots of work to do. You have debt maybe. Maybe you’re tired

from shopping and maybe you’ve got a stomach ache.

Now think about a true warrior.

Think about someone who sleeps rough, unsure of whether or not they’re going die

during the night. Then they wake up, no time for a shower or a nice breakfast, and

they leap straight into action. They ignore their wounds, they take lives and they see

their friends and their brothers in arms shot and killed in front of them.

But no I get it. You’re tired. You had to work until 6pm last night…

What I’m getting at, is that your life isn’t really hard. You might think it’s hard and

sometimes it might feel hard.

But there are people out there with much worse lives than you. There are people out

there who live with crippling illness and not two cents to rub together. And many of

them do this with a dignity, a grace and a bravery that puts the rest of us to shame.

You see, the warrior mindset actually has nothing to do with combat. In fact, the

hooligans that start bar fights and that think they’re ‘hard’ for starting fights are

about as far from true warriors as it gets. Ask anyone who has seen real combat if

they would want to risk their health and waste their energy on looking for trouble.

The warrior mindset is different. This is about knowing what you want and going for

it. It’s about being hard and it’s about not letting little things get you down. It’s about

pushing ahead with what you know is right and it’s about carrying responsibility and

hardship on your shoulders with dignity and pride. It’s about not letting your

emotions get the better of you and it’s about not taking the easy answer or the easy

route to solve your problems.

What is the Warrior Mindset?

The warrior mindset is different. This is about knowing what you want and

going for it. It’s about being hard and it’s about not letting little things get

you down. It’s about pushing ahead with what you know is right and it’s

about carrying responsibility and hardship on your shoulders with dignity

and pride. It’s about not letting your

emotions get the better of you and it’s about not taking the easy answer or the easy

route to solve your problems.

So where does this title and this approach come from? What is the theory behind the

warrior’s mindset?

Of course, it comes from our romantic image of the warrior and from stories of

warriors from history. It comes from tales of our bravest men and women who

fought actual battles while remaining cool headed, sacrificing themselves for others

and doing incredible things.

Now, we all know that in reality, not every warrior fits this mould. For every heroic

individual who put themselves in the line of fire, there would have been hundreds

more soldiers that complained, that were in it for the wrong reasons, or that

wouldn’t put themselves out for others. Romanticising warfare is in fact a terrible

idea – it is a truly horrific state of affairs and very few people feel like ‘warriors’ when

they are faced with enemy fire.

But it’s that image of the ideal ‘warrior’ that we’re looking at here. And at our

notions of history’s greatest warriors like the samurai or the Spartans.

The point is that some people manage to stay cool and calm in even the worst

situations. Some people constantly forge ahead and do not allow small

inconveniences or a lack of creature comforts stand in their way.

And those people put us to shame. Those people make our complaints seem very

minor indeed.

Now imagine if you could take that same mindset and apply it to modern life. Instead

of getting tired or bogged down, instead of being distracted and tempted, you would

instead drive forward with an unstoppable, bulletproof mentality. Your enemies

would quake knowing that there was nothing they could do to stop you and your

career obstacles, relationship goals and financial plans would all crumble beneath

your will.

If you apply an iron will and warrior mentality to a modern lifestyle, you get extreme

efficiency, determination and pride. Self-discipline, determination and self sufficiency are traits that make us strong and that help us get what we want. They

are traits that make us good parents, good friends and good partners. They are traits

that help us to live with ourselves and to earn respect and admiration from others.

Imagine if you had the mental strength to sit in a freezing cold shower for hours on

end. Imagine if you weren’t phased in life threatening situations. Take those traits

and then put them up against the absolutely measly challenges that most of us face

today. They would fall like dominos.

Having a warrior’s mindset and going through modern life is like bulging with muscles

and having to lift 5kg. Developing that warrior’s mindset is like a workout for your

mind, your philosophy and your soul.

It will make you unstoppable.