“Over time, a subtle cancer spread: where you have more experts, you create more bystanders. Professionals did all the fighting and fixing we used to handle ourselves; they even took over our fun, playing our sports while we sat back and watched.”
― Natural Born Heroes: Mastering the Lost Secrets of Strength and Endurance
― Natural Born Heroes: Mastering the Lost Secrets of Strength and Endurance
“The art of the hero wasn’t about being brave; it was about being so competent that bravery wasn’t an issue.”
― Natural Born Heroes: Mastering the Lost Secrets of Strength and Endurance
― Natural Born Heroes: Mastering the Lost Secrets of Strength and Endurance
“Because that’s the ugly truth about heroism: the tests don’t start when you’re ready or stop when you’re tired.”
― Natural Born Heroes: Mastering the Lost Secrets of Strength and Endurance
― Natural Born Heroes: Mastering the Lost Secrets of Strength and Endurance
“True heroism, as the ancients understood, isn’t about strength, or boldness, or even courage. It’s about compassion.”
― Natural Born Heroes: The Lost Secrets of Strength and Endurance
― Natural Born Heroes: The Lost Secrets of Strength and Endurance
“Dr. Neil Roach, of George Washington University, lead author of a 2013 study that tackles the mystery of why, out of all other primates on the planet, we’re the only ones who can kill prey with a lethal throw.”
― Natural Born Heroes: Mastering the Lost Secrets of Strength and Endurance
― Natural Born Heroes: Mastering the Lost Secrets of Strength and Endurance
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