Little Kung-Fu Master

Let me introduce you to my little nephew Ethan.

He is the reason I work as hard and as much as I do. I want him to have a future that is rewarding and full of adventure.

I never had kids of my own. But this little guy is just like my own son. He will be 4 years old this summer and he is a pistol.

I’ve been practicing martial arts for a long time and fulfilled a life long dream of owning my own karate school.

We teach only Adults because of the style we teach. We teach a Kenpo Base with a mix of Chinese, Hawaiian and American Kenpo. We also add Kajukenbo the original MMA, it started over 60 years ago.

A good Kenpo Practitioner can hit you 6 to 12 time per second.

I’ve had the pleasure to teach FBI, Police and Special Forces members and trained with some of the greatest martial artist from all over the USA.

Not many people know it, but the late Ed Parker founder of American Kenpo and also known as the Father Of American Karate was responsible for bringing Bruce Lee into the public eye.

Both these men helped explode the martial arts onto the scene in the 1970’s and I’m glad they did.

I  hope to get my nephew Ethan as excited about the martial arts as I was as a kid. You can see in the photo that I have his uniform ready!

BTW the definition of Kung-Fu is hard work. You are all Kung-Fu Masters!

Thanks for letting me ramble.

Have a kickin’ week!

Let’s Get Started

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Relationship For Success

Relationships are very important in your life. We never climb the mountains

of life and go through the valleys of life alone.

 Never deny others the privilege of helping you when you need it.

 I had a problem with that in my early days. I was hardheaded

 and didn’t want help from anyone.

 I wanted to prove to the world and every person that I could do it all on my own.

 Whatever your goals are in life, you need others to help you along the way.

 That includes at work, business, home, family and in your spiritual life too.

 I opened my first karate school in a gym/fitness club here in North Carolina.

The only reason I could do that was because the manager and part owner of

the gym whose name is Laurie helped me out.

 I met Laurie years before and made a good impression on her

as she did on me and because of that, half of  the work was done

before I ask about working with her.

It’s always good to meet people and get to know them.

One day they may be able to help you out or you may help them out.

 Meet as many people as you can; you may never get a second chance.

When you see someone new, give them a smile and say hello.

You never know the full impact that person could have in your life.

You never know when life will kick you!

Our relationships help carry us through the tough moments that happen in life

at times. It’s your relationships that help open doors for you in many areas of

your life. It’s your relationships that help you mold the person you are today.

Your relationships help you create your personality, demeanor, values and

character.

Learned Helplessness

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Learned helplessness is a psychological condition in which a human being or

an animal has learned to act or behave helpless in a situation, even when it

has the power to change its circumstance. The brain just says forget it, I’m

helpless.

The theory of learned helplessness comes from experiments done back in the

mid 1960’s on dogs. Dogs that had been previously conditioned or “learned”

that they could do nothing to keep from being shocked, would just lie down

and whine. Even though they had the ability and could easily remove

themselves from the shock, but the dogs didn’t even try.

Locus of Control

Years ago a man sold all he had to buy a silver mine that looked as though it

would produce enough silver to make him and his family very wealthy. He

worked hard day and night in that mine, digging and shoveling tons of earth

to find his treasure. Though he worked hard for days and weeks and weeks

turned to months he was going broke because the mine never produced any

silver.

Soon his belief, faith and hope of being wealthy began to wear thin. He

started to have thoughts of quitting and selling the mine to some other sucker.

Well he did sell the mine and lost a large amount of money, time and pride.

He became conditioned to believe that nothing he did would ever produce the

outcome he had hoped for in the beginning.

The new owner began to work hard with all the same enthusiasm, hope and

action the previous owner had. As he started to dig he only went about three

feet deeper in the same spot the previous owner had dug and unearthed a

large vein of silver that produced enormous amounts of wealth, he was a very

rich man.

The previous owner quit three feet short. He simply lost hope.

Know that you always have a choice to create an outcome. Zig Ziglar helped

me change my life years ago when he taught me that if you don’t like

yourself, you’re not stuck with yourself. You can change who you are.

Have a Wonderful Weekend!

Personal Power

Most people think of power as the ability to have authority over another. Or

that it’s the ability to conquer others. Hitler had that type of power.

The government seems to have that type of power when it comes to you working

and giving up a huge portion of your earnings. Or taking your tax dollars and

bailing out the airlines, mortgage companies and the list goes on, but that’s

another rant.

That is one type of power.

When I speak of power I’m referring to personal power. The type of personal

power the founding fathers of the United States had. The same type of

personal power Martin Luther King Jr. had to help move a nation. Not the

power of superiority or the power to conquer people. Not the power over

another person, but over yourself.

Personal power is one of the most misunderstood abilities we have, yet so

many people are volunteer victims because they never learn to use their own

personal power.

Personal power is taking control of your own destiny with goals, planning

and taking action. Without action you have no results. Personal power is

bolstered by linking these three things together to produce an outcome you

desire.

Most people never use their personal power because it takes work and some

discipline and action steps. You can flex your personal power muscles by

making a choice to do so, and by making a decision to go forward toward

your desired outcome.

Why is it most people never use their personal power to achieve great things

in their lives and contribute to others? Many suffer from learned helplessness.

Learned helplessness comes from not making the connection between taking

an action and creating the desires we want.

Learned helplessness is a psychological condition that I will talk about in the morning.

Have a wonderful day!

What is Success?

What is success?

Success can be very subjective. We get many meaning from many people.

Many people live a life of wishing and hoping for success, that things will turn out the way they want.

I know a guy that is amazingly bright and his whole life he had people to tell him he should start his own business. One rich businessman with money was ready to help him get started.

This guy would always say, he didn’t want a business because then he would have to make important choices. He thought about having to deal with the taxes, tax laws, people, accountants and paperwork. He didn’t want to risk much or take a chance.

He would decide to work for other people his entire life with very little regret. He does a good job for the people he works for and he is using his skills, abilities and talents. He could use more money and more stimulation from his job, but he settles for what he has.

Now, would you consider him successful?

In the true meaning of the word, sure you could say he’s successful. Success really means to reach a result. He made a choice and he arrived at the end result. That makes him a success.

The word choice is what separates the top achievers in this world.

If Michael Jordan had made the choice to not challenge himself to be a successful basketball player we would not know the Jordan name today. He was cut from his high school team. He could have made the choice then that he had reached a result and quit there.

Top achievers continue to challenge themselves to be at a high level of success (results) and do it at the best of their ability.

When death knocks for me and I look back over my life, I want to say, that I lived my life, all I could, with all I had, with all my ability.

 How about you?