Broken Bones, MMA Fights and Delayed Goals

This week a client of mine broke his leg and delayed a major goal for his first fight later this month. He was in a MMA conditioning session that I teach 3 times a week.

I’ve been training and teaching Martial Arts for over 12 years now and have seen bruises, sprains and some cracked bones….some were mine. But, this week I witnessed an ugly break of a 26 year old guy’s left ankle.

Think about your left ankle on the outside of the foot where the leg joins the foot…that bone is the fibula and we heard it snap when he hit the floor. He just stepped in a awkward motion and we heard it….SNAP.

The sad thing is he had a fight he was training for and the weigh in was only 3 weeks away. That fight was a goal he has been working toward for a few months. Now that goal is gone. Yes…he will be back and ready to go again after several months of healing and rehab, but the moment he worked for has passed.

Think about some goals that you have been working toward and had a major setback that prevented you from achieving that goal. Did you give-up that goal or did you get back on that horse and learn to master your stick-to-it skills?

Life will beat us up at times and leave us feeling like we may never have a victory. I believe that the more you show the Universe that you are willing to take a stand for your own self, your own way and you plan to have a victory in some form or fashion, the Universe will start to help you out.

Hard work and preparation are a must! But, you also must test yourself by taking the actions needed. Some people will work and prepare to only do nothing because of the fear of not winning.

Set those audacious goals that to most seem out of reach and take action. Because, if you never reach that goal you will still achieve so much more from being in the fight.

Spectators have fun too, but not as much as the ones that are in the mix!

1. Keep training yourself.

2. Fight a good fight.

3. Learn from the people you train with.

4. Life will beat you-up at times

5. Life can be a great coach.

Thanks for your time.

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R. Lynn Lane