Greetings!

 

I love getting on the floor and soaking up the positive energy that just naturally comes out in a great training environment. You can feel it when you walk in the door. The focus, determination, and positive attitude are infectious.

 

Wouldn't it be great if we could just bottle some of that up and carry it with us all the time?

 

You Can! Well OK maybe you can't exactly bottle it, but you can keep it with you. Too many times we fall prey to negative thinking in our everyday lives. We allow ourselves to fall into victim mentality.

 

Why does this always happen to me?

How come it is always easier for everyone else?

Why didn't I get the promotion?

 

And so on...

 

This is where we have become a self fulfilling prophecy.

 

If you were to get up everyday and perform as though you already had everything that you ever wanted, do you think that it might lend  an hand in actually having everything you always wanted. I can share with you from my experience that this has made a difference in my life to such a degree that I can't even measure it. The attitude that I go into a challenge or situation with has a direct impact on the end result. Have you ever watched a UFC weigh in and pre fight interview. If you have then you have noticed that the fighters are usually very confident. Can you imagine a fighter saying" Well I have trained really hard, but I am probably going to lose any way. I always do, and the other guy is probably better than me". This seems absurd, but this exactly what is happening when we go into life with the wrong attitude.

 

Martial Arts has the focus of helping us to overcome this "Stinkin Thinkin". It helps train us to see the possibilities. Every time that I learn a  kick or a  technique, it comes with a new and exciting rush of possibilities. The more that I feel this, the more that I become accustomed to feeling this way. Now this is how I live.  

 

I will win... because I refuse to lose.

 

Respectfully,

 

Jason Sa Bum Nym