It's That Deep Ben

This week Mike is off pursuing a way to change the world and Ben talks through some of the weirdness doing a podcast solo. Its That Deep will also be going on hiatus until the new year, so we'll see you then!

Bruce Lee is a rare person. He's the kind of person that changes the essence of the world. Over his lifetime Bruce Lee would be a child actor, a teenage delinquent, a student of philosophy, a teacher, a father  and so much more. Simply put, Bruce Lee is a man that is remembered, both by history and by culture. This week we look at Bruce Lee, greatness itself, and probably get lost along the way. 

Who was Albert Einstein? Certainly one of, if not the single, greatest scientific minds in history. Alongside all of his accomplishments were many shortcomings, just as every person is cursed with. What does it take to manifest genius? We try to get to the bottom of this and may or may not get lost along the way.

What does a true obstacle look like? Likely, it's some difficulty so great that you must fundamentally change to even face it and must also be fundamentally changed in overcoming it. Helen Keller faced this kind of obstacle when fever stole her sight and hearing. Despite this, and with the help of Annie Sullivan, Helen was the most popular girl in school, wrote an extraordinary amount, and became the Helen Keller we all should study. What was the last obstacle that you overcame? 

What makes a great person great, or, what makes Michael Jordan, Michael Jordan? Is it the heights they're able to reach, the difficulties they overcome, or any one of an infinite number of other reasons? This week we try to get to the bottom of that and do our best to explain why we think these giants among men are simply always in a state of becoming themselves.

This week we take a look at what a high quality friend looks like, what a high quality friendship feels like, and why it might be in everyone's best interest to pick the best friends we possibly can