What causes some to have unmatched success and others to fade into nothing? Or others to bounce back from what appears insurmountable failure?
Its something I have thought a lot about. And as any good business person, have read a fair amount about. I thought I understood this concept of success.
And then fighting came into my life. And success took on a whole new meeting. I didn't have to just be stronger, I had to be physically better. I had to be able control my emotions, channel them into something that I wanted. When I wanted them. Something I had never experienced before. I never competed in sports growing up, something I now regret.
I have spent a great deal of time talking with others, especially my coaches on this. Its a learning curve. Just as my body went through it and now handles the training with ease, my mind needs to catch up. Im reading the book "The Art of Learning" by Josh Waitzkin. An excellent book, that I would highly recommend to any one. I also started watching this program on The History Channel "The Men who Built America." Its actually been excellent, minus the part of repeating themselves and being slightly verbose. Its telling the story of Vanderbilt, Rockefeller, Carnegie, Morgan...the men who really did build America. To be honest, I knew they were successful business men but I knew little of their path to success. The thing that has struck me the most is these were men on the brink of loosing it all many times, they laid it all out there for something they believed in and even when it appeared the cards were stacked against them, they turned the situation into something favorable for them. And they were ruthless. Their desire to be the best had no limits. They really did see success as their only option. The narrative is also laced with inputs of some of todays brightest and most innovative CEO's, entrepreneurs and business people. Its quite an insightful story.
Normally I would only see the parallels to business. But there is so much more to be gleaned about life and any endeavor from these men. I try not to let my failures eat me up. But they do. I try not to critique my successes. But I do. I just watched my MMA fight (I know I shouldn't have) that I won hands down. There isnt anything about it that I like, except the end when Im bursting with joy as I hug my coaches. All I see is things to work on. But in watching this show tonight, I know that means Ill never be satisfied. That Ill keep working to get better. Even when I win. Even when I loose. Neither will satisfy me.
Its something I have thought a lot about. And as any good business person, have read a fair amount about. I thought I understood this concept of success.
And then fighting came into my life. And success took on a whole new meeting. I didn't have to just be stronger, I had to be physically better. I had to be able control my emotions, channel them into something that I wanted. When I wanted them. Something I had never experienced before. I never competed in sports growing up, something I now regret.
I have spent a great deal of time talking with others, especially my coaches on this. Its a learning curve. Just as my body went through it and now handles the training with ease, my mind needs to catch up. Im reading the book "The Art of Learning" by Josh Waitzkin. An excellent book, that I would highly recommend to any one. I also started watching this program on The History Channel "The Men who Built America." Its actually been excellent, minus the part of repeating themselves and being slightly verbose. Its telling the story of Vanderbilt, Rockefeller, Carnegie, Morgan...the men who really did build America. To be honest, I knew they were successful business men but I knew little of their path to success. The thing that has struck me the most is these were men on the brink of loosing it all many times, they laid it all out there for something they believed in and even when it appeared the cards were stacked against them, they turned the situation into something favorable for them. And they were ruthless. Their desire to be the best had no limits. They really did see success as their only option. The narrative is also laced with inputs of some of todays brightest and most innovative CEO's, entrepreneurs and business people. Its quite an insightful story.
Normally I would only see the parallels to business. But there is so much more to be gleaned about life and any endeavor from these men. I try not to let my failures eat me up. But they do. I try not to critique my successes. But I do. I just watched my MMA fight (I know I shouldn't have) that I won hands down. There isnt anything about it that I like, except the end when Im bursting with joy as I hug my coaches. All I see is things to work on. But in watching this show tonight, I know that means Ill never be satisfied. That Ill keep working to get better. Even when I win. Even when I loose. Neither will satisfy me.
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