How to Be a Modern Samurai · 10 Steps to Finding Your Power & Achieving Success by Cummins, Antony -- Read -- Imperial Library of Trantor

Index

The Way of the Samurai: An Ancient Path Introduction The 10 Steps

Step 1. Control Your Mind Lesson 1. Realign Your Attention Lesson 2. Strive for Perfect Calm – but Accept You Will Never Find It Lesson 3. Learn to Meditate Lesson 4. Relax to Build Chi and Be Calm Lesson 5. Be Prepared Lesson 6. Discover the Breaking Point of Your Resolve Lesson 7. Plan an Escape Route Lesson 8. Dispense with Fleeting Fashions Lesson 9. Be Aware That Your Social Circle Will Alter Your Mind Lesson 10. Understand True Honour

Step 2. Lead a Samurai Lifestyle

Lesson 11. Get Up Early and Plan Ahead Lesson 12. Attend to Details Lesson 13. Dedicate Time to Your Goals and to Your Finances Lesson 14. Celebrate Festival Days Lesson 15. Focus on Your Family – Past and Present Lesson 16. Host a Japanese Poetry Party Lesson 17. Create an Artwork Lesson 18. Make a Structured Floral Design

Step 3. Engage Strategically with the World

Lesson 19. Modify Your Behaviour in Public Lesson 20. Be Selective in What You Share Lesson 21. Know When to Let Go and Drink Freely Lesson 22. Do Not Draw a Sword in Haste Lesson 23. Know How to React Appropriately Lesson 24. Do Not Say Everything You Think Lesson 25. Do Not Contradict People in Public

Step 4. Build a Fortress

Lesson 26. Defend Your Home Lesson 27. Follow the Way of Weapons Lesson 28. Create Your Own Heraldry Lesson 29. Create a Wall of Death and a Book of the Dead Lesson 30. Build a Sacred Area in Your Home Lesson 31. Protect Your Home with a Talisman Lesson 32. Have a Place for Artistic Display Lesson 33. Install a Nature Window Lesson 34. Build a Tea House Lesson 35. Perform the Tea Ceremony Lesson 36. Grow Bonsai

Step 5. Follow a Way

Lesson 37. Practise Your Art Regularly Lesson 38. Join or Create a School Lesson 39. Build up a Library of Books to Study Lesson 40. Study Epic War Tales Lesson 41. Build up a Shelf of Notebooks Lesson 42. Distil Your Knowledge Lesson 43. Study First Aid Lesson 44. Become a Person of Note

Step 6. Build an Army

Lesson 45. Find Your Place, Then Train Lesson 46. Raise Your Own Army Lesson 47. Establish an Identity for Your Followers Lesson 48. Do Not Over-Promote Your Leaders Lesson 49. Value Loyalty Above All Things Lesson 50. Treat All Your Troops with Respect Lesson 51. Rally Your Troops Lesson 52. Network with Influencers Lesson 53. Assess What You Need to Keep Secret Lesson 54. Assess Your Creative and Destructive Relationships Lesson 55. Leave an Enduring Legacy

Step 7. Understand the Way of War

Lesson 56. Lay Plans That Have a Beginning, a Middle and an End Lesson 57. Clarify Your Goal Lesson 58. Remember That Steady Progress Is Better Than Rapid Growth Lesson 59. Be Flexible Lesson 60. Delegate According to Skill Lesson 61. Know When to Change an Approach and When to Hold Position Lesson 62. If in a Weak Position, Go on the Offensive Lesson 63. If You Are Losing, Make a Stand Lesson 64. Lose on Purpose Lesson 65. Cut out the Dead Wood Lesson 66. Never Underestimate Anyone Lesson 67. Never Get Carried Away by Victory

Step 8. Adopt the Way of the Ninja

Lesson 68. Cultivate Spies Lesson 69. Build a Psychological Profile of Your Opponents and Allies Lesson 70. Learn How to Get Someone to Divulge a Secret Lesson 71. Know That a Ninja Appears Honest Above All Things Lesson 72. Present a False Front Lesson 73. Do Not Be Seen as a Gossipmonger Lesson 74. Find Out What People Really Want

Step 9. Study Samurai Magic

Lesson 75. Create a Secret Scroll Lesson 76. Bind a Book, Japanese Style Lesson 77. Respect Your Magical Teachings Lesson 78. Secure Divine Protection Lesson 79. Perform the Ritual of Kuji-Kiri Lesson 80. Perform the Ritual of Juji Protection – the Tenth Sign Lesson 81. Create a Personal Talisman Lesson 82. Banish an Evil Spirit in Four Steps

Step 10. Tread the Spiritual Path

Lesson 83. Read The Analects and Other Confucian Texts Lesson 84. Polish Your Core Virtues Lesson 85. Aim to Be a Superior Human Being Lesson 86. Engage with the Simplicity of the Tao Lesson 87. Practise the Concept of Mui Lesson 88. Build a Buddhist Altar Lesson 89. Pray at a Butsudan Lesson 90. Build a Shinto Altar Lesson 91. Pray at the Kamidana Lesson 92. Build a Shinto Shrine Lesson 93. Pray at a Shrine Lesson 94. Combine the Four Great Paths Lesson 95. Do Not Force Your Dreams Lesson 96. Have Proper Intent Lesson 97. Seek Comfort and Harmony, Not Excessive Wealth Lesson 98. Understand the Laws of Karma Lesson 99. Choose Your Approach: Purity or Destruction

Conclusion

Lesson 100. Tend to the Way

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