THE SIGN POST UP AHEAD

On your last day on earth, the person you became will meet the person you could have become.

-Anonymous-

The New Year is coming , time for resolutions change and rebirth.

The most common is the elimination of bad habits and a commitment to get fit.

Take care of your body. It’s the only place you have to live.

- Jim Rohn- 

Healthy diet and physical activity are the first two steps 

The difference between a short term habit and a long term goal is really,

 a matter of goal setting, writing them down and most importantly sticking to it. 

Life is like a card game; it's not so much the cards your delt but how you play them. 

Overnight success is a myth . Slow and steady wins the race.

Think smart not hard.

Coach Tony Blauer talks about reverse engineering a fight or an ambush 

to create a more accurate training model. This method is called science. 

If we reverse engineer our own life experience we are more likely to succeed

than hoping for a magic bullet or a first responder to sweep us from

 the arms of danger or failure. Fear of failure, success or even the unknown 

is the single greatest cause of failure, in life, love or self defense .

Fear is a normal human emotion. It is not in itself a killer. We can learn to be aware when fear grips us, and can train to operate through and in spite of our fear. If, on the other hand, we don’t understand that fear is normal and has to be controlled and overcome, it will paralyze us and stop us in our tracks. We will no longer think clearly or rationally. We prepare for it and control it; we never let it control us.

-Gen Colin Powell-

Knowing what you can and can't control allows focus on one task with laser precision and see it through rather than 'shotgun blasting' all the obstacles at once, leaving most unfinished.Along the way you'll sacrifice some things that in the end will seem insignificant compared to the achievement of your goal. In other words , you'll sacrifice little to achieve much.

The Haters

This year I learned a valuable lesson about all successful people,they have haters.
Having a growing number of haters means your doing something significantNo matter what not everyone is going to like you especially if you are authentic.

The only way to avoid pissing people off is to do nothing. My friend Allison is constantly 'Banning the snowflakes' on her FB page.

The future is a blank page, there are no secrets or guaranties  for success only hard work, preperation, dedication and the willingness to get back up seven times after failing six.

-Buckland-

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The Truth

Everything we hear is an opinion, not a fact.

Everything we see is a perspective, not the truth.

-Marcus Aurelius-

 

 

Successful or not,

 we tell our stories the way we wanted them to be,

 not necessarily as they actually happened.

 Our stories have certain events removed, certain interactions re scripted,

 and certain motivations adjusted,

 so that the story in its retelling more closely aligns with our world view,

 and how we want others to view us.

 

 The heart of the discerning acquires knowledge;

 the ears of the wise seek it out.

 

Proverbs 18:15

 

  In the fight game........

 the basics are very complex for someone who has never done them before.

  Failure is eminent without the intent and knowledge of how to employ them in a

 combative environment.

 

 NO BATTLE PLAN SURVIVES CONTACT WITH THE ENEMY

 

-Helmuth von Moltke the Elder-

 

McDonald's sells junk food, we all know this.

There is NO nutritional value,

  were not going to see McDonald's going out of business any time soon.

  Women's self defense programs in many cases, seem to be on the same path.

 Make money giving people what they think they want: fast results with little effort.

 

There are three types that would bring violence to our lives.....

 

The severely disturbed

 

Those in great need

 

Those who enjoy acts of violence

 

 These mindsets are important to understand, they don't reflect normal thinking.

Most people pretend such thought process don't exist.

If you deny this reality you cannot understand or empathize with the threat.

 

- Rory Miller -

 

 

The more you sweat in the gym 

the less you bleed on the street

In the 'REAL World' the trophy is your life !

 

 

Home of the Brave

A Christmas story,
Garbage men have saved more lives than every policeman and paramedic combined, ever.
So did the designers of the sewer systems in major citys.
 

  Good deeds. Heroically good deeds. And done every day.
  People who are nice everyday,

 make the world better everyday.

  Not just on Christmas.

 

-Rory Miller-
 
There are many unsung heroes in our communities.
Volunteers at animal shelters to those serving meals to the elderly,
single parents and our underpaid educators.
 These people pass under the radar and are unrecognised for there efforts.

 

The theft of your passion....

Mainstream media and politicians misdirect your attention and cause a 'split focus'.

 The Anti-Defamation League (ADL)

 wants the government to regulate the purchase/possession of firearms.

 The League urged, "Do this to keep guns out of the hands of violent bigots."

They also claim to be deeply concerned about the possession and use of firearms by children.

Home of the brave ?

Our government promotes a justice system based on reform and reeducation.

How about educating children on the proper use of firearms,

firearms safety & unarmed self defense.

What if Vicky Soto had been armed or trained ?

 "Assault" rifles are used least in murders but are demonized by politicians.

 Clearly,

 the Government fears militarily effective weapons in the hands of the it's people.

Whats next.....?

Perhaps I should register my hands !!!

 

'Uncrowned Champion'

 One such boxer was tough enough to be nicknamed ” Bad “.
He was Bennie Briscoe from Philadelphia.
  He was the most feared middleweight of his era.
 If you were bad there, you were bad everywhere.

Briscoe turned pro in 1962 and would win his first fifteen contests.
Bennie was among the middleweight elite.
In 1970 Bennie began to make his march to the world’s middleweight title.
He won eleven straight fights.1973.
 

In 1973 Briscoe would then go undefeated in his next thirteen bouts.
 He won nine and drew in four.
 By 1977 any middleweight who dreamed of becoming champion
had to meet Bennie.

His legacy, 
 96 fights against many of the toughest welterweights and middleweights of his day.
 He won 66 fights and an amazing 53 of those by knockout.
 He was stopped only once in his career.
His record reads like a who’s who of boxing in that era.
If ever an uncrowned "champion" fighter deserved the Hall Of Fame,
 it's Bennie Briscoe.

 

Let’s honor all of our unsung heroes past and present.
When you live on a round planet, there’s no choosing sides
 Lives have been changed forever because of their courage,
tolerance, and perseverance.
 They deserve it.

-Robb Buckland-