In combat, “mutually supporting elements” is a principle that ensures resilience through overlapping capabilities—not redundancy.

I’ve spent most of my adult life in environments where we train hard and rarely pause. So when my knee loudly popped during an early morning jiu-jitsu session but didn’t cause any pain, I did what many of us do:

One part of transition that often gets overlooked—especially for high performers—is imposter syndrome.

If you just read the above line, you probably thought of a pink elephant, even though the instruction was to NOT think about one, right?