How RAKESH is using Bruce Lee’s system in trading and investments? Use this and you will also be like him

07 September 2018

How RAKESH is using Bruce Lee’s system in trading and investments? Use this and you will also be like him

Greetings from Hitesh! Readers have appreciated our last post – 7 habits of highly unsuccessful investors. It was on dot considering the current market situations. Today I am taking a back seat and share something from BRUCE LEE system. This post requires certain kind of mental set up to grasp the deep meaning BRUCE LEE is communicating. I hope you all will like the same.

When Bruce Lee was at his peak in career, he gave following strategy for the success in any area. I have found to be as good as ZEN. I have experienced a rich reward by following his system. I am sharing the same for the larger benefit of the readers.

At his peak he made a MOVIE - “Enter the Dragon”. This was launched after a week of his death and I have yet to find a movie, which is so effective in entertaining as well as giving success formula.

Let me share the dialogue in the beginning with the SHAOLIN ABBOTT:-

Lee: Teacher?

Shaolin Abbott: I see your talents have gone beyond the mere physical level. Your skills are now at the point of spiritual insight. I have several questions.

Shaolin Abbott: What is the highest technique you hope to achieve?

Lee: To have no technique.

Shaolin Abbott: Very good. What are your thoughts when facing an opponent?

Lee: There is no opponent.

Shaolin Abbott: And why is that?

Lee: Because the word “I” does not exist.

Shaolin Abbott: So, continue…

Lee: A good fight should be like a small play, but played seriously. A good martial artist does not become tense, but ready. Not thinking, yet not dreaming. Ready for whatever may come. When the opponent expands, I contract. When he contracts, I expand. And when there is an opportunity, I do not hit. It hits all by itself. (Read as many times as you like)

Shaolin Abbott:  Now, you must remember: the enemy has only images and illusions behind which he hides his true motives. Destroy the image and you will break the enemy.

This is equal to all the success literature you might have read in life. Let me deal with it.

Of the 1000s of books and material I have gone through – this is the SIMPLEST way to find success in investments or in life or in any other field of your choice.

1^st Point :-

The main issue with a NORMAL guy is that “I WANT to Be SUCCESSFUL”.

If “I” exist – the other also exist. You want success / other also wants success. You are planning and following some STRATEGIES – he is also planning and doing some STRATEGIES. For you – YOU and SUCCESS are DIFFERENT. If you have this DUALITY – you can never become successful!!

(Just to take a leaf from LORD MAHAVIR – he got KAIWAL GYAN (KAIWAL means ONLY / GYAN means KNOWLEDGE – ONLY KNOWLEDGE is LEFT). HE did not get KNOWLEDGE. He became KNOWLEDGE. As BRUCE LEE says – NO “I”)

So, first step TRANSFORM yourself from – I want SUCCESS to I AM SUCCESS. This is going from DOING to BEING.

2^nd point:-

When you say I WANT SUCCESS – you are saying others should not get what I HAVE. ROLEX / PATEK PHILLIP Watches gives you happiness only because most of the guys are not able to afford it!!

In share market when you say you have made X amount – it means somebody has lost that X amount. So, your success comes from the FAILURE of somebody.

This happens when you have a CONCEPT of OTHERS and I. If you have these concepts – you can never follow TRUE AHIMSA or TRUE RELIGION. Just think.

Yesterday we dealt with EGO and ENVY. The concept of DUALITY leads to the EGO and ENVY. When you have EGO and ENVY, you may become successful but not happy or peaceful.

3rd Point :-

When you say “I want SUCCESS” you are saving / protecting “I” while you go in search of SUCCESS. Here “I” is PRIMANY and SUCCESS is secondary. And if “I” is protected – You will never become SUCCESS and you will FEEL something is missing in the END – (once you got everything you wanted). This will deprive you from the HAPPINESS of being successful. Many successful guys go towards DRUGS due to this.

Those who become successful like this – they have more problems NOW – as they must PROTECT two things their “I” and their “SUCCESS” (MONEY/PRESTIGE/BEAUTIFUL WIFE).

If you study the life of most successful guys – say STEVE JOBS – you will find he became HIS PURPOSE. HE WAS NOT THERE – JUST PURPOSE to INNOVATE and CREATE WAS THERE. That was the reason he was NOT VERY NICE when dealing with his colleagues or subordinates. He didn’t care to become a NICE guy. He had become SUCCESS before HE DIED.

NOW LET US DEAL WITH OPPONENT: -

Say you have transformed from I want SUCCESS to I am SUCCESS – so for you there is no OPPNENT.

But the other guys are still in the look out of OLD way of success – which you were following in PAST ( i.e. before you BECAME SUCCESS). So, for them– there “I” exist and for them you are an OPPNENT. So, you must KNOW how to deal with them.

Here is the TECHNIQUE (Actually NO TECHINIQUE): -

1.A good fight should be like a small play, but played seriously.

It is a PLAY or LEELA as known In Indian terminology. You are playing it seriously not because you want something out of it – but because you are forced to play – thanks to NORMAL guy in front of you seeing you as his opponent. (Keep this in mind).

2.A good martial artist does not become tense, but ready.

Since you do not want to GAIN anything out of the above, you are not worried for LOSSES also. So, you are NEVER TENSED. You are just prepared.

3.Not thinking, yet not dreaming. Ready for whatever may come.

Not thinking and not dreaming. This point is called the SHUBH MUHURTA. Traditionally, we go to an astrologer for SHUBH MUHURTA. But the moment your mind stops, that moment is shubh muhurta and you should begin any new things with NO MIND.

When you invest – you are always thinking how much I will gain and dreaming what will you do with those money!!

Here you are just ready for whatever happens. This can only happen when “I” is not there, and you are just PLAYING for the sake of playing.

Just see BUFFETT is perfectly okay if market closes for 10 years after his investments are done. He can say this only because for him – Investment is a SERIOUS PLAY. He can invest is a SUCCESS for HIM!! He has nothing to gain!! (Most guys will find this difficult to understand and digest). He donated most of his money with small portion to all his children.

4.When the opponent expands, I contract. When he contracts, I expand.

You just do opposite of what market is doing. If it goes down – you just go on buying and if goes up – you just go on selling.

5.And when there is an opportunity, I do not hit. It hits all by itself.

This is the most important factor – most guys do not understand. He is talking about BEING and not DOING. If you have “I” – you will do. But when you become SUCCESS – you are in BEING!! Just think. You don’t have to do anything, it just happens on its own.

I would have gone through at least 50 commentaries to understand the famous slok of GEETA. Most commentators were explaining – do without expectations and things like that. But DOING can’t happen without expectation. It’s BEING that can happen.

Karmanye Vadhikaraste, Ma phaleshou kada chana,

Ma Karma Phala Hetur Bhurmatey Sangostva Akarmani

If you are reading this SLOK from DOING PARADIGM – you will never be able to follow what Lord KRISHNA says. For this you must go into BEING first!!

NOW the MASTER STROKE:-

ABBOTT is talking about TRUE AHIMSA –

The enemy has only images and illusions behind which he hides his true motives. Destroy the image and you will break the enemy.

You are not there to KILL somebody. You just find out the hidden motive and destroy them. TRUE AHIMSA.

When a market goes down or up – lot of analyses comes up WHY this and WHY NOT this. Your whole life will be short – if you understand each reason. Moreover, you will have so many factors to consider that you will fail to analyze correctly. You will get puzzled. We have dealt with WHY in detail in yesterday’s post.

Don’t look at why they are doing? Just find out WHAT they are doing? It will be EASIER and more ACCURATE to find out. Once you know that – your action will be AUTOMATIC!!

What NEXT?

Whether it is RAKESH, BUFFETT or GEORGE SOROS, all great guys are following the same path what BRUCE LEE has talked about.

This is the biggest gift BRUCE LEE has given to all of us through his MOVIE. He does not want you to stop at getting SUCCESS. He wants you to become SUCCESS!!

If you feel you are lacking success in any area of your life (money/ career/ relationships/ health)– just approach us. We will help you become SUCCESS in those areas.

Wish you all a HAPPY SUCCESS.

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Hitesh Parikh.