People dislike “extreme” in general because it requires much more effort and work, like A LOT more - it’s so much more convenient, and it also sounds so much better to just be “balanced”. A little bit of this, a little bit of that, a glass of wine on saturday, a cupcake on sunday. Balanced and beautiful, right? And so simple too.
To be honest, I wasn’t joking with my extreme comment - I can’t stand the word “balanced” in my vocabulary or mindset.
Sure, I’d like to have a balanced energy - but that’s about it, that’s exactly as much balanced I want in my life. No one who achieved anything of greatness ever lived anything close to a “balanced” life. I can tell you for sure that Captain himself isn’t anything remotely close to living a “Balanced” life - he is extreme in what he does, and therefor successful at it.
I’ve noted the times I bring this up, it’s often females who does not understand this mindset or oppose it/argues against it. Probably due to biological differences.
Think there was a study about athletes where they were asked if they would deduct 20-30 years of their total lifespan if they could be #1 at their sport, or keep their whole lifespan but always being #2 at the sport.
I think the end result was something like 88% of the answers were deducting 20-30 years of their total life span if they could be #1 for a longer period in their sport.