The secret of success for many great
people and great fighters is this...
Imagine for a moment that you are
in a ring, about to fight a powerful opponent. What are you
thinking as the blood pumps through your neck and you can't
hear anything but your heart beating? The crowd is cheering
and you have less than a minute before a painful full
contact match.
Fear takes you over and you start
to overheat and the sweat is pouring down your body and
face. Your stomach is aching and trembling but, no one can
see. What do you do? How can you win like this?
Ask any fighter who is willing to
be honest and see what they tell you. They'll tell you that
they go through this every time they fight! But, ask them
how they conquer this and they won't be able to tell you
directly. They may say that they turn their fear into fire
and use it to fight. The fact is that any method they tell
you will be right, but it may only be right for them.
So what do you do now that you have
only a minute left before you are exchanging blows between
you and your opponent? What does it take to win?
Fact: Everyone wins their own way
BUT, there is a common word for all of them. That word is
ACT! Every fighter must ACT. ACT? Here's what I mean:
A - Attitude
C - Commitment
T - Technique
Attitude
As fear takes over you, you must change your Attitude.
Change your attitude and you will change your results. In a
fight that may mean making yourself angry or cold tempered
in order to give you strength. In life it may be being
positive or indifferent. This change is the first step in
winning. Without an attitude change, nothing will follow.
Commitment
Once your attitude is changed, only then can you commit
yourself to winning and acting accordingly. If you are not
committed then you cannot win. Commitment means that you are
not only ready for the next step but, you are also ready to
follow through with your attitude. If you re angry then
someone's gonna get hit! Not only that but your fear is gone
and you've built up the guts to do what you have to. The
same goes for being positive and/or indifferent.
Technique
Following through without a plan and thoughtful action means
nothing but pain for you. Your technique as a fighter is
what you have been trained to do with adjustments to fit the
situation. Mastering your technique is critical to your
survival as a fighter or for anything in life. But remember,
things are always changing so you must continually practice
and study your technique. If you can throw a powerful punch
or kick, that's great. However, no one will fall for it
forever.
There are so many people who do not
ACT in life and without Action they get no results. These
same people are the ones who will find it necessary to
complain about what life has dealt them and how unlucky they
are.
Have you been one of them? I know,
I was one of them at one time. That is, until I found my
ACT.
Remember this: if you do not ACT in
life, then you will REACT to life.
Reacting is like dodging punches
and never throwing any. How can you win?
Think about the now famous William
Hung. Now there's an ACT! It doesn't matter how well you do
it, it only matters that you do something.
Have you seen the movie Troy? The
Greeks ACTed and by appearing to be beaten they:
- Changed their Attitude about
charging the walls of Troy and being slaughtered by
arrows. Instead they chose deception.
- Built the wooden horse and
Committed to deception for victory. The few who were in
the horse would either be killed or conquer and complete
their mission.
- Their Technique was killing
through stealth and then opening the gates for final
victory and success.
Now I don't necessarily agree with
killing and such, but it served its purpose in this ACT.
The next time you get that feeling
ACT or prepare to REACT!
"A warrior seeks to act rather
than talk."--Carlos Castaneda
"Be not afraid of growing
slowly, be afraid only of standing still."--Chinese
Proverb
"The few who do are the envy
of the many who only watch."--Jim Rohn
"A man is the sum of his
actions, of what he has done, of what he can do, Nothing
else."--Mahatma Gandhi
Rasheed Ali is a personal
development coach and speaker who publishes the
'Conquer Your
Adversity' Newsletter.
