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Bruce Lee: Artist of Life

Bruce Lee

  • Philosophy

A collection of Bruce Lee’s essays, letters and notes on philosophy, martial arts and self-knowledge, compiled by John Little. Here Lee explains why he abandoned styles and arrived at Jeet Kune Do, the “style of no style”.

The main idea is on the cover: a teacher doesn’t hand out ready-made truth, they only help you explore yourself.

Key ideas

  1. Style limits you: look at the situation, not at a memorized form.
  2. Self-knowledge is the goal of any mastery; technique is only a means.
  3. Simplicity is a sign of mastery, not a lack of it.
  4. Acting naturally, without unnecessary tension, is more effective than forcing it.

Where and how I applied it

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  • Demo · Website widget · vanilla JS · leads

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  • Demo · Web app · Laravel · PostgreSQL

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    I pick the stack for the task, not out of habit: warehouse accounting on Laravel and PostgreSQL, bots on Python, shops on WordPress.

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