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The Warrior Within

John Little

  • Philosophy

John Little retells Bruce Lee’s philosophy in plain language and shows how to apply martial arts principles in everyday life: at work, in relationships and in arguments with yourself.

It’s rooted in Taoism and Zen: flexibility instead of rigid rules, attention to the present moment and honesty with yourself.

Key ideas

  1. “Be water”: flexibility is stronger than rigidity, and form adapts to the task.
  2. Research everything, discard what is useless, add what is your own.
  3. An obstacle is material for growth, not a reason to stop.
  4. Knowing is not enough, we must apply; willing is not enough, we must do.

Where and how I applied it

  • Demo · Telegram Mini App · payment · statuses

    A store in Telegram

    The catalog adapts to the buyer: a Mini App inside Telegram, buttons right in the chat for those who dislike apps, and a regular page in the browser.

  • Demo · Web app · PWA · vanilla JS

    Offline courier app

    A lost connection is no reason to stop: the app works offline and sends the changes when the connection is back.

  • Demo · Next.js website · AI translation, per-language SEO

    An export website in four languages

    The site changes shape for the language: four languages, including right-to-left Arabic, with their own fonts, currency and page addresses.

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