The Farnam Street wrote a nice article on thoughts from Bruce Lee, the great martiat art expert. He has written provoking thoughts on self actualization. In his book “Striking Thoughts: Bruce Lee’s Wisdom for Daily Living”, he expands on the difference between fulfillment and appearances using similar language.
Most people only live for their image, that is why some have a void, because they are so busy projecting themselves as this or that, dedicating their lives to actualize a concept of what they should be like rather than to actualize their ever-growing potentiality as a human being. Wasting, dissipating all their energy in projection and conjuring up of facade, rather than centering their energy on expanding and broadening their potential or expressing and relaying this unified energy for efficient communication, etc.
It bolsters my belief that becoming a legend in one field requires you to know much more about yourself. It requires to fight yourself, your limitations, your engrained beliefs and re-define your boundaries…constantly. It is the journey with pain and hard work where the destination is your innerself.