Being self-employed means I AM THE RAINMAKER. Every day I take what I learn on the mats into MY life. Yes, I am 41 but I only grow old when I think old. What he learns on the mats he can take into life.įor me, I am learning the only limits I have are those I have set in my mind. He’s learning patience, tenacity, and to be positively absolutely RELENTLESS. He is learning there ARE NO SHORTCUTS to authentic success. Try harder.įor my son, he is learning to have a healthy relationship with failure. BJJ reminds me every day that I can get up again. I love BJJ because no one is handed a black belt. They willingly subject themselves to being tested day after day. People who dare to great things appreciate this. Skill comes from reaching out to those who are better, wiser and asking for help. Skill eventually rises out of the ashes of our failures because we have made all the wrong moves and so we begin to recognize the right ones. Skill only comes when we appreciate that if we aren’t failing, we aren’t doing anything interesting. Skill only comes with getting back up knowing we could fail again. Hammering on our will, our mind, our abilities day after day after day. We can’t earn skill on the sidelines, only on the mats. Skill is only something we can earn with blood and sweat and pain.
Talent is nothing if it isn’t paired with skill. They fail to understand that talent is natural but it isn’t anything all that remarkable. We see Navy SEALS, Special Forces, triathletes and marathoners all through the upper echelons of publishing.Īs a writing teacher I get a lot of newbies who all want to be a New York Times Best-Selling Author with the very first thing they write. They learned to give up what they wanted NOW for what they wanted MOST. Almost ALL of them come from professions that instilled in them the ability to delay gratification.
It is a habit.Īs a writer, I’ve noticed that many of the mega authors I work with have a common thread. Maybe we DID have good examples, but we need some reinforcing because the world and all its junk has eroded our resolve.īJJ is one of the best places to learn and develop solid character. Our parents made excuses and took shortcuts so we learned to do the same. It’s a lie.įor our young people, what will become the foundation of their character? For those of us who are older, do we need foundation repair because we grew up with poor examples? We’re all concrete and no rebar. We live in a world of “viral success” “instant fame” “easy money” “NO RISK” but that’s not reality. Why Jiu Jitsu is relevant for ALL ages is we all are fighting the same battles from a different vantage point.īattles against culture and against SELF. It goes beyond fitness for the body and it creates fitness of mind, will and character. Why life? Because Jiu Jitsu is far more than grappling. Gracie Barra Mansfield believes in Jiu Jitsu for everyone and Jiu Jitsu FOR LIFE.
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