The Quiet - Duel

We usually think of duels as loud. We picture the clash of steel, the bang of a pistol, or a heated exchange of words in a crowded room. But the most significant battles we fight rarely make a sound.

The reason this duel is so dangerous is that nobody else knows it’s happening. When you lose a public fight, people offer sympathy or advice. When you lose the quiet duel—when you talk yourself out of a dream or succumb to a bad habit—there is no audience to pull you back up. The Quiet Duel

The "Quiet Duel" is the one happening internally. It’s the friction between who you are and who you want to be, or the tension between a difficult truth and a comfortable lie. We usually think of duels as loud