What’s a Spike?
A spike is a long, thick, sharp-pointed piece of wood or metal.
Someone once told me that I was spike. It was kind of a strange thing, but someone was frustrated with how I was arguing against the mainstream narrative and blurted out why do you have to be such a spike in everything?
The term was not meant to be endearing, but before I knew it, a few people started calling me Spike as a joke. I took the name that was meant to be offensive and accepted it as an endearing description.
My goal is to be a spike, which is that long, thick, sharp-pointed piece of wood or metal that can do damage. I want to debunk ideas that are not aligned with how I see things. I want to help people find freedom in a world that isn’t always free. My mission is simple, I want to see people live free!
What is freedom though? Is freedom chaos? Does freedom lack discipline? What does freedom truly mean? The definition of freedom means “to be unrestricted”, but what does that truly look like? How would you live if you were completely unrestricted and is that even possible?
I have come to believe over the years that freedom is possible, but it takes a lot of discipline and a lot of personal responsibility. Sometimes the most free people are the people who have mastered the skill of submission. We must sometimes submit ourselves to a lifestyle of discipline, self responsibility, and self control to truly find freedom. I’m not going to pretend like I’ve mastered freedom and every part of my life, but I’m still working towards it. What I’ve come to realize, though I do have freedom and some areas, but I need more freedom in all areas.
My goal with these emails to give people ultimately insight and how to live free. Yes I’m looking at things mostly through the lens of business, economy, finance, etc. but if you choose to continue with these emails, you will find that I ultimately want to see people find freedom in their lives and in all areas of their lives.
Someone once told me freedom is unachievable without understanding the word sovereignty. What is the definition of sovereignty? There’s two parts to it and they are as follows.
1. Ultimate Authority
2. Personal Responsibility
It is my belief that I do not have ultimate authority in every aspect of life. I cannot control the cosmos nor can I control other people. This is why I am unable to have ultimate authority but what I can do is take personal responsibility. I can be personal responsible for my life.
What I have come to realize is personal sovereignty and freedom really do go hand-in-hand. If I want to live free, I must begin with learning how to be personally sovereign. I must learn to take personal responsibility over my life. This means educating myself on various things so that I can become free. If I want to live free, I must first become a sovereign person who takes responsibility and learns to be self-sufficient. This also means finding people who I respect who are further along than me and seeking counsel and guidance from them as they consult with me to pursue such a life. I also want to find a community of likeminded people who are interested in pursuing the same thing.
I would encourage you to find a community and seek to find those people who can consult with you.
I hope you will join me on this journey to become more personally sovereign in order to become more free.
Peace be with you!
Spike
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