Are You Only Interested in a Quick Fix?

Greetings Team,


I wanted to touch on a topic today that I feel can have a great impact on your Martial Arts training, and your life off the mats. The idea is having a LONG Term outlook on your training, your fitness, your relationships, etc. If you look at the things you are trying to accomplish as "get rich quick", you'll find SHORT Term happiness, but LONG Term dissatisfaction.

Let's take a look at your Training. If your goal is to get a good as you can in 6 months at Martial Arts and then move on to other activites, the way you practice may actually hurt your goal. Sure, you may win a few "matches" by being overally competitive. But, at the end of the day, you will be only feeling short term happiness. The "wins" you are experiencing are not allowing you to truely understand the skills. Most likely you used strength, size, or speed to allow you to win. That's not Martial Arts. That's athleticsism. If, however; you have a Long term look at learning the Martial Arts, you can TAKE YOUR TIME EACH AND EVERY PRACTICE. You can pick ONE move to work on for two, three...SIX months at a time. After all, if you believe you are going to be Training A LONG TIME, how long is six months in the course of in a ten, fifteeen, TWENTY year endeavor?The point is, if you just want to be good, and never define how long it should take you, you can relax. You can be patient. And, you can ENJOY your training. More than likely, you will also be one of the BEST Martial Artists on the Mat in the process.

Isn't this true in our Personal Lives, as well? Do you always want to try the "new" diet? The "new" workout class or regimen? Ask anyone who is fit and stays fit. It takes hard work and discipline EVERYDAY. There is no quick fix. Sure, you can do an Atkins diet, or get a Gastrointestinal bipass...but that is a quick fix. Would you agree that either you or someone you know who tries "the easy road" may succeed at first, just to gain back the weight, if not more? But, if you commit that you will be healthy for life, you succumb to the fact that you will just have to work at being fit EVERYDAY. Each day working hard toward your goal. Not only will you get there, but you will be able to sustain it.

I feel this idea to be true with so many areas of our lives. Focus each day on being happy and succesful THE REST OF YOUR LIFE. Not just tomorrow. Not just this Weekend. There are so many things we can do to "be happy". Alcohol make us happy....for a night. But, does that short term happiness come with long term pain? I'm sure you would agree. Why not do things for yourself that make you happy, but rarely have bad side affects? Wouldn't this help you to be happier LONG TERM?

My encouragement for you this week is to simply take a look at your perspective of things. Maybe you can do a little adjusting to look further down the road at your happiness and success. You just may see some Quick returns on your efforts!

I truely hope you gained some benefit from this Today!


ALL THE BEST!
COACH