ESPN recently aired their 30 for 30 on Bruce Lee. If you haven’t watched it, I highly recommend it.

Bruce Lee was someone that I group up admiring. I watched his movies, admired his physique, his strength and his confidence.

The Warrior Within is a favorite of mine that offers many of Bruce Lee’s philosophies.

As I started my coaching career, I started to dive into philosophy’s of coaches and others that I admired.

Bruce Lee was one of these people.
Bruce Lee’s philosophy’s and teachings are legendary.
He realized that life was meant to be lived to its fullest.
He not only pondered but actually applied his teachings and thoughts.

Here are some of his thoughts he’s shared:

Under the sky, under the heavens, there is but one family.
Always be yourself; express yourself; have faith in yourself.
Be a practical dreamer backed by action.

To change with change is the changeless state.

Research your own experience. Absorb what is useful, Reject what is useless. Add what is essentially yours.

My favorite of his teachings was:

Be Water, My friend.
Empty your mind. Be formless, shapeless, like water. You put water into a cup, it becomes the cup. You put water into the bottle, it becomes the bottle. You put it into a teapot, it becomes the teapot. Now water can flow or it can crash. Be water, my friend.

This teaching can be applied to so many things we encounter in life. When you get challenged, when you hurt, when you fail, when you experience success and joy, be water.

Water flows.
Water finds paths.
Water finds the way.
Water doesn’t stop.

Water will always find a way to get where it needs to go.
When the path is clear, Be Water.
When there is something in the path, Be Water.