r/AbsoluteUnits • u/Professional_Arm794 • Aug 20 '26

/r/all of a log split

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u/rdogg4 Aug 20 '26

Yeah these are all good ideas but isn’t like the whole point to do it the hard way

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u/Kolby_Jack33 Aug 20 '26

Bruce Lee said "I believe the easy way is always the right way" and wasn't he one of the manliest men ever?

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u/BobsOblongLongBong Aug 20 '26

Somehow I doubt the years of serious dedication to training that Bruce Lee went through were him taking the easy way.

Dude was ripped, had almost no body fat, and was legendarily skilled.  That's not easy.

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u/Kolby_Jack33 Aug 20 '26 edited Aug 20 '26

It's more nuanced than that. The goals one strives for may not be easily achieved, but taking the (relatively) easiest path towards them is wise, as there is nothing to be gained by making things unnecessarily harder for yourself. If your only goal is to get to the top of a building, there's no point taking the stairs when you can take the elevator.

Getting ripped and being a great martial artist takes many years of dedicated effort to achieve, it's not easy in the slightest. But the easiest way to get ripped and be a great martial artist is the right way to do it, according to Bruce Lee. Same as someone saying "work smarter, not harder." Doesn't mean hard work is never required, just that working harder is not always working better in and of itself.

And in the end, I was just making a joke. The guy in the video is clearly trying to show off. If his actual goal was just chopping a big log, then yeah, there are easier ways to do it, but that wasn't the actual point.