The meaning of life: part II

“Begin each day as if it were on purpose.”

~ Mary Anne Radmacher

Testing your own limits and conquering what you fear brings about a huge sense of accomplishment, even if you’re not completely successful in the endeavor. It’s the fact that you faced it and gave it your best shot that makes you swell up with pride and gives you the feeling like anything is possible. Read the rest of this entry »

The Balanced Life: Success

The greatest barrier to success is the fear of failure. - Sven Goran Eriksson

Everyone is tested in life, everyone has something that they want but the fear of failing is greater than the need to succeed.

I’ve done it before and I’m sure that at some point in you’re life you have as well.

You have a goal, but then you realize just how much hard work it will take to succeed in making this dream a reality and you begin to cheat, or skip out on some of the work, or procrastinate and find something else to occupy your time.

• Here’s an example of what I’m talking about: Your goal is to get ripped for the summer and you go 2 straight weeks without missing a workout. Then one morning you wake up feeling a little flat and you decide it won’t do much harm to skip out on just one. A week later you miss your second, a few days after that your third, you continue repeating this patter until you’re only making it to the gym a couple times a week, if that. Needless to say your goal of getting ripped by summer has taken a back seat to sleeping in every morning. Read the rest of this entry »

Lessons Learned in the Boxing Ring

The challenges I have faced in life are much like the challenges I have face in the boxing ring. It’s just that in the boxing ring you’re held accountable by your trainer and the people watching the fight, whereas in life you are often forced to hold yourself accountable.

Here are some lessons I learned in the ring that apply to life as well.

1. Face your fears and go on anyways. There were so many times in training, sparring, or in an actual fight where I wanted to quit but I never did. I’ve tried my best to carry that over to life and have been successful in doing so, but far from perfect at the same time. The adversity I faced in boxing is in front of everyone, I was held accountable. My trainer could see if I was going to give up and I didn’t want to let him down. But why should life be any different?

You should want more than anything not to let yourself down.

“It’s not how many time’s you get knocked down, it’s how often you get back up and go forward that counts.”

This quote is attributed to a lot of people, but I’ll give it to Rocky Balboa.

2. Get out of your comfort zone. Most growth in life only happens when you’re out of your comfort zone. In sparring I had to try new things to become a better fighter, even if I was going to pay for it, I had to give it a shot. Life is the same way. There won’t be much growth if you just stick to the same old way of life.

In business you have to continually try new things and continually push your own limits. To grow mentally and spiritually you have to get out of what makes you comfortable and push yourself if you truly want to grow as a person. In the gym its the same thing. If you don’t push your body beyond what it’s used to, you’re not going to see any benefits.

We cannot become what we want to be by remaining what we are. – Max DePree

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