1. Over 10 years have passed since the publication of your hugely popular Way of the Peaceful Warrior. How is its message relevant today? I’ve aimed to remind readers about life’s higher promise, purpose, and potential. Woven into the stories are essential life skills like the power of constructive action in the present moment. With the pace of change accelerating, these perspectives about what we’re doing here—and what we’re here to do—remain both timely and timeless. 2. Martial arts play a significant part in your books. How does that training relate to greater life mastery? Unlike modern sports and games, where winning or losing points is at stake, the martial arts grew from a lineage of life and death. Many martial arts have become ways or paths to focus the mind and relax the body. Some have evolved into spiritual disciplines and metaphors for living, teaching practitioners to go with the flow of life rather than merely resist it. 3. You describe your character Socrates as an archetype of a mentor. Do you consider yourself a mentor or a student? The circumstances of my …