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Friday, September 12, 2008

It's Louse Time ! Stick to your Dreams

If you're new to my list of focused, motivated, self- starters, Welcome.
(if you're not (new) jump right away to today's lesson below)

Every day I communicate to you the best ways to train and the kind of mindset it takes to get results either in your physical fitness or martial art training.

Friday is always what I call: "Louse Time". Modeled after Bruce Lee's strategy in Enter the Dragon.

You know that part where he's having tea with the government agent but he's disturbed by one of his students and Bruce Lee tells the agent: It's Louse Time! The agent replies with his british accent: "yes of course".

Since I'm 6 years old that scene has always stuck with me and I'll be using that same strategy with YOU every week.

Friday is where I share with you Life Lessons and Direction given to me by my dad (and Sifu) every Friday.

Today's lesson is: Stick to your Dreams

No matter what your situation is, you can accomplish anything you desire.

If you have a DREAM, you can make it a reality.

A dream keeps you motivated, especially in times of doubt when things aren't going as planned and you feel like quitting. It'll help you get through a difficult phase of your life because you keep your focus on the big picture. The VISION you have for yourself.

Patenaude's Schools of Martial Arts is but a dream my dad had when he was 14 years old.

His peers didn't share the same vision though. He remembers quite vividly one of his teachers in school screaming at him: "You'll never amount to anything!", don't you wish your kids had that same kind of encouragement? Still he stuck to his dream.

It confirms what he's been saying for 3 decades: If he can do it -- so can you.

No matter how distant your dream seems to be right now, apply some "stubborn persistence" into the mix.

You just need to believe in yourself.

If you're unsure of what you really want to do, ask yourself:
What do you want to accomplish? What do you think about most?

What's EASY for you to do?

What doesn't seem like work?

Whatever that is THAT'S your dream and you should pursue it.

Some people around you might not agree. You might be criticized but you have to be immune to it. No one can control your destiny -- only you can.

Once you know what you want, stay persistent and keep this saying in mind: "The nose of the bulldog is slanted backwards so he can continue to breathe without letting go."~ Winston Churchill

Be like the Bulldog,

Master Yourself,

Sifu Martin

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Monday, January 28, 2008

Smiling in the face of Adversity

You've heard me talk about my flat tire stories. Well guess what, one more last night!

This is number 6 for me.

As I was driving back from my mother's birthday supper, it happened.

This is really testing my patience, but as the saying goes: "If Life throws you lemons, you turn them in lemonade".

What kind of lemons is Life throwing at you?

You might be going through a divorce, sustained an injury that has put a hamper on your training, loss of work, death in the family, an unforeseen mechanical problem on your car (my favourite), poor investment returns, and on and on we go.

Whether you like it or not, my mother would say: "This too shall pass"

I also like this quote by Frank A. Clark: "If you can find a path with no obstacles, it probably doesn't lead anywhere. "

We've had our share of set-backs, challenges and criticism over the years and for them we are thankful.

You become very resilient and creative as well as strong and un-shakeable. You learn from every experience. That's why experience is so valuable. It shows you've been there, you've made mistakes and recovered, you've faced adversity and succeeded.

You should have a rule: you will not learn from anyone who hasn't been there. Let's take strength training for example. There are many places you can go to learn about it. But...

How many people can say they've tested their training philosophies for the past 30 years and experimented what worked and what didn't on thousands of students. Saving you the time and money to do this on your own.

How much would it of cost you to keep a center open for 30 years, trained over 25,000 test subjects and monitored their results, targeted every kind of person: big, small, tall, short, young, old, weak, strong, to know how they responded to the training, spent countless hours doing the training yourself to see which exercises would yield the fastest results.

How much? 100 thousand, 50 thousand, 25 thousand. It's priceless.

When you buy our strength training kits, that's what you're buying, all that time and experience, all that testing of what works, the trials and errors, all that for 79 $ bucks.

This is what I love about modeling. Instead of doing all the work you let somebody else do it for you. And this what we've done. I don't think you want to go through what we've been through to bring you this information.

Do it the smart way, your tried and true strength training kit is waiting for you right here.

Adversity?

Bring it on,

Sifu Martin

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