Be Water, My Friend

By Shannon Lee

Bruce Lee is a martial arts icon who took the world by storm with the invention of Jeet Kune Do and his passion to be the very best. But in doing so, he also became a modern philosopher, and his daughter - Shannon - shares his core principles as tools for personal growth and self-actualization. Together, the two of them go in-depth into exactly how Bruce came to step into this status, what went wrong in both of their lives, and how they came to truly understand the Eightfold Path.  Personally, it's how they form those concepts and warp it to their own advantage that piqued the most interest. Having the right mindset, cultivating the progress from unconscious to conscious and shaping it into how it works for someone personally... That's the essence of learning to me, and just a part of what I want to instill in my students. As a physics teacher, it's not about what to think, but how - if we think critically about the fundamentals and apply them to new and interesting situations, we can advance exponentially.