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Rise Again From The Struggle
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- Rise Again From The Struggle
Maximize your lows
When you're not at your best, do the most with what you have. Getting frustrated and stuck only slows you down. Find a way to maximize the time you have with…
- Rise Again From The Struggle
Focus on to become...
What you focus on you become. Looks like this is old wisdom. Yet, it still applies.
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Unexpected mental training
Static holds definitely work the physical aspect, but they are great tools to work your mind as well. They do a lot of work on your nervous system and really…
- Rise Again From The Struggle
Beauty in the struggle
When water goes through a point of struggle, we see the beauty of the water. Ever wonder why we love an underdog story? They struggle a LOT. So why do you keep…
- Rise Again From The Struggle
If you let them...
Your excuses will eventually take you down, if you let them. There's good news, though. You can stop making them at any point and start taking control of your…
- Rise Again From The Struggle
Give your all...
I felt the panic creep in along with the whiney voice at first, then I caught it and turned it around. I didn't have it today. I could not get my partner off…
- Rise Again From The Struggle
Bad luck?
I don't believe in luck anymore, but this quote still has merit in the message. Spend less time feeling sorry for yourself. It could be worse. Just because it…
- Rise Again From The Struggle
No bad days!
It's easy to feel sorry for yourself or tell yourself you don't have the energy for something. But what if that thing were the thing you needed to gain the…
- Rise Again From The Struggle
Control the outcome?
We don't control outcomes. The only thing we control is our own effort and attitude. So what if it doesn't work out? You'll still learn and grow if you choose…
- Rise Again From The Struggle
Storms not permanent...
You're supposed to cycle through your emotions thoughts and feelings. They aren't meant to be permanent.
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Little by little...
Little by little, a little becomes a lot. As I said yesterday, small progress compounds. That eventually turns into something you one believed to be…
- Rise Again From The Struggle
Small progress?
Not all progress needs to be huge. Some skills are just more complicated. Maybe you have a bigger learning curve. Start paying attention to the small things…
- Rise Again From The Struggle
No tricks just the trade...
When you spend more time understanding the problems and solutions, and less time trying to figure out how to get out of it quickly, you actually learn the…
- Rise Again From The Struggle
Let it die...
You don't just live once. A version of you dies of each time you want to grow and develop. Learn from the past, but let it die so you can live again.
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To compete...
If you're never challenged, you won't grow. That means you need to be willing to lose, and not lose your mind because of it. To compete is for both parties to…
- Rise Again From The Struggle
Not a finished product
None is us are finished products. See the vision for the future version, work on the present version.
- Rise Again From The Struggle
Train your nervous system
Sometimes your body forgets it's alright to move a certain way. Maybe it hurt once, but your body didn't forget. Now you accept the limitation without knowing…
- Rise Again From The Struggle
Learn the skills
With all the training and travel, my body likes to fight back at times. So yeah, I know what is like to fight those internal battles. Yet somehow I'm still…
- Rise Again From The Struggle
It's all their fault...
Give a researcher long enough and they will give you plenty of reasons to explain why breathing is bad and why your parents are the reason your lungs now have…
- Rise Again From The Struggle
I had to disengage today...
I had to put this stuff into practice today. I didn't need to be obnoxious, rude, or try to be anything more than subtle. That wasn't the time nor the place. I…
- Rise Again From The Struggle
Which one are you?
Think about this during your next conversation. Are you simply talking about people? Events? Ideas? You'll have your answer soon enough.
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Become a man of value
If you just chase success, you're likely to lose yourself. Chase being the one that adds value to those around you. That's the real win. And success will find…
- Rise Again From The Struggle
Quit or push on?
When you push through and find a way through a challenging moment, something inside you changes forever. Did deep and push through. You'll know it in the end.
- Rise Again From The Struggle
Well, it wasn't terrible 😂
Well, I actually did better in one area I wasn't sure was up to par. It was another area I wasn't expecting that created more problems for me today. Those…
- Rise Again From The Struggle
Preloaded excuses?
This goes back to my distinction of excuses and reasons. I'm looking at things I did or didn't do to prepare myself for this challenge. All the things I'm…
- Rise Again From The Struggle
Accept your emotions...
The longer you ignore the emotion, the longer it delays your growth. I don't need to continue laying blame on this lady for anything. Her actions created real…
- Rise Again From The Struggle
Strong and easy?
True character is revealed when shit hits the fan. You can't know your true nature until then. You only know what you want yourself to be.
- Rise Again From The Struggle
Creative excuses...
Excuses are easy. Solutions take time and energy. You can seek pity and sympathy, or you can find a way to overcome. It's still a choice, either way.
- Rise Again From The Struggle
Medicine of discipline...
Lock in and get it done. It'll change your life.
- Rise Again From The Struggle
Feelings aren't facts!
Oh boy. And we wonder why you see so many people constantly breaking down? Maybe we need to stop teaching everyone their feelings are always accurate. They…
- Rise Again From The Struggle
Keep moving forward
You could argue that I need to plan better, and you'd be right. But I'm also very confident in my ability to work through problems calmly and find a way…
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Did you mean to agree?
Know what you know and don't bend just to keep the peace. It's not incumbent on you to make others comfortable with the truth. That doesn't mean you are always…
- Rise Again From The Struggle
Offend and inspire...
Spreading truth and living in reality will hurt the feelings of those that want to live in a dream world. They aren't the ones you're going to change. There's…
- Rise Again From The Struggle
Rep it out!
It's funny how quickly something can become second nature. It just takes reps. Find a way to be interested in whatever that thing is you want to get good at…
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Who cares more?
Don't get your feelings hurt in this one. Just because you don't like being pushed, doesn't make that person the mean one that doesn't care. It's usually the…
- Rise Again From The Struggle
Defeat not unwelcome?
This one was surprising to me at first, then it made sense. Most are taught to give up unknowingly. When something is too difficult early on, most just build…
- Rise Again From The Struggle
Small changes, big results!
Small changes lead to some of the biggest swings in momentum and results. The thing is, though, you have to be willing to be wrong and allow for correction…
- Rise Again From The Struggle
Whiny bitch voice...
It's way easier to talk yourself out of doing something difficult than it is to talk yourself into doing that same thing. But it's not about being perfect in…
- Rise Again From The Struggle
Humble or blind?
It's a good thing to be able to accept that you're capable of doing something worth acknowledging. That doesn't make you arrogant or less humble. It's could…
- Rise Again From The Struggle
Sauna for the win!
It's an incredible mental battle while you're in the sauna, but the results in the long run are way more valuable than the temporary discomfort. One day in the…
- Rise Again From The Struggle
Head cold and training
I really wanted to roll tonight, but that would be disrespectful to the person I would have paired with along with the coach. Oh well, I got a good home setup…
- Rise Again From The Struggle
Training fatigued...
If you only train in optimal optimal conditions, you'll struggle when you need it the most and aren't in top form. Train in the conditions you are when you're…
- Rise Again From The Struggle
Bad beginnings...
Bad beginnings don't always lead to bad endings. And the ones that do, teach you just as much anyway. There important part is beginning in the first place. You…
- Rise Again From The Struggle
Struggle and strength...
Struggle builds strength that comfort never will. Stress and adversity are required for growth. When you let others do things for you that you're capable of…
- Rise Again From The Struggle
Others will bash you enough...
Why do you need to put yourself down when so many others are just waiting to do it for you? Be your own advocate. That doesn't mean to be blind and pretend…
- Rise Again From The Struggle
Offended by truth?
Those who are weak of mind can't handle hearing the truth. Those who are strong of mind won't deal with hearing your lies.
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Start small and progress
I'm not perfect. I have worked to build means and methods to catch my slips and get back on track, though. And I'm not concerned with starting small and…
- Rise Again From The Struggle
Frustrated to fascinated
We all get a little frustrated at times. The question is, how quickly can you turn it around and get fascinated instead? That's where the growth happens.
- Rise Again From The Struggle
Justice is violent...
You know, it's funny how people who tend to be incapable of physical violence live to use emotional and mental violence to try and take others down. Too bad I…
- Rise Again From The Struggle
No common sense?
So now psychology wants us to believe not planning everything out means you have no common sense. Yeah, that's not a thing. People make a big deal out of…
- Rise Again From The Struggle
Not all valid...
I'm going to keep saying this. Not all thoughts, feelings, and emotions are valid. That word has a meaning, and that meaning would state that you are telling…
- Rise Again From The Struggle
Just a moment...
It's easy to feel stuck in a moment of time. But good, bad, or indifferent, it's still only a moment. There will be more of all of those, so accept it for what…
- Rise Again From The Struggle
You need the struggle
On the days that feel like the worst, they are often the best in the long run if you have the right mentality. Those are the days you get to practice that…
- Rise Again From The Struggle
Are you willing?
You can change, but only if you're willing to let go of the version of you that you are now. Accept that part of you is gone. Thank it for its service, then…
- Rise Again From The Struggle
All gas, no brake...
When you go into something with all the motivation and zero skill or ability to adapt, most people stop just as fast. Only extremely resilient people tend to…
- Rise Again From The Struggle
Hearing from the problem...
Just because you've heard something bad about a person, doesn't make it true. Even if it was at one time, it doesn't mean it still is. Yes, this can work both…
- Rise Again From The Struggle
Ass whoopin' lessons 😂
If you don't take it personally, getting beat up on purpose can teach you way more than you think 🤣. The trick is to keep trying to find a way. Pay attention…
- Rise Again From The Struggle
Never miss your mistakes?
Some people only want to see what you do wrong because they already painted you as the monster in their story. Stop trying to justify yourself. You don't owe…
- Rise Again From The Struggle
Fire and adversity...
Who you are in the fire is who you really are in your heart. Do you like that person? If not, go to work and build those character traits up.
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It's not hard...
Most things aren't hard. Your ego is too big to admit you might be wrong, might suck at things, or you lack many life skills. Being uncomfortable with your…