Great Ideas Cross Cultures, Languages, and Boundaries

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— Mindset Machine  (@Mindset_Machine) August 1, 2025

Great ideas cross boundaries and language. Life offers opportunities to craft excellence. Extrapolate from the Twitter message to our lifes. 

Ikigai - Purpose

Purpose propels us. Think about great historical leaders like Abraham Lincoln. The Emancipation Proclamation of January 1, 1863 offered new beginnings to twenty percent without status. 

In "Drive" Dan Pink shares three motivational values - autonomy, mastery, and purpose. Play great volleyball because you love the game. 

Kaizen - Incremental gains 

"Marginal gains" craft big results. British cycling leveraged "one percent" gains into Tour de France and Olympic gold. Better hygiene reduced infections. Personal bedding enhanced sleep. Muscle massages improved recovery and performance. Daily one percent gains produce stagging 37+ fold results. 

Improve your platform skills one percent, your service toss one percent, your attack footwork one percent daily. 

Shoshin - Beginner's mind

The video tells the story. Live with a "Beginner's Mind," receptive to coaching and committed to learning. 

Hara Hachi Bu - "Temperance" 

Ben Franklin wrote of "temperance." As a young man, Franklin sought to achieve 13 virtues, not always successfully. "Temperance" or moderation came first. "Temperance — also known as restraint, the practice of self-control, abstention, discretion, and moderation."

You may know the expression, "moderation in all things." He also wrote that he would never fully achieve humility. "If I achieved humility, I would surely be proud of it."

You cannot smash every attack "full throttle." Using craft of your tip game, placement over power, and tooling the pin blocker's outside hand score points without overindulgence. 

Summary:

• Purpose
• Marginal gains
• Beginner's mind
• Temperance 

Lagniappe. Great is the enemy of good. Favor good passes over great ones. Excel at serve receive to earn court time and score points with the coaching staff.