A speaker reflects on conversations with book mentor Bruce Filer about overcoming loss and addiction. They discuss framing resilience as becoming a 'savage' to inspire others facing their own battles.
But I'll tell you how I arrived at this, this moment of clarity. I was talking to my book mentor, Bruce Filer, and I'm at his home in Brooklyn, and he's, okay, just give me your life story, right? He's telling me everything from beginning to end. And I shared much of what I shared with you just now. And he's. I'm curious, and I think other people are curious, too, after all the challenges that you've been through. And I. It's not even a half of it that I told you so far. Getting fired, battling alcoholism. But at the same time, over the last 10 years, I've also lost my brother, my father, my son, and my grandfather, and I'm still here. He's like, you know, hearing all this, like, how are you just engaged in these arenas and fighting battles that some people never get a chance? And you still win, you still thrive, you still survive. How? And I was like, I don't know, man. It's like, when I'm at the gym, I'm just a fucking savage. And he's. That's it. He's. That's it. That's what your book should be called. And teach other people how they can become a savage as well. So, like, I hear, I've seen the light bulb go off with you.
