These are the journals of Silent River Kung Fu I Ho Chuan team members as part of Tom Callos' Ultimate Black Belt Test.
Sunday, November 13, 2011
Goals
Goal setting is important in all areas of our lives. Whether you are setting fitness goals, weight loss goals, how to get a promotion goals or how to be a better person goals, it is important that you write them down, recite them often and remind yourself throughout the day. When I set a major, long term goal, the steps that I take to get there are many and keep me involved throughout each day. Every part of my being needs to be involved in working towards that goal. When I set getting a black belt as a major goal several years ago, I don't think that I understood the process that it would take to get anywhere near there. I could imagine (sort of) dedicating myself daily to working towards a goal but I didn't understand the transformation and how it would impact all aspects of my life. I have changed how I eat, always keeping in mind the energy that I will get from the food I eat and how long I can train before I have to eat again. I don't always make the right choices but I always consider the impact of what I am doing. I have changed how I treat people, I try to hold myself to higher standard than before, I want to be that person that it always kind and considerate. I will always strive to be that person. I have changed who I spend my time with, my free time has decreased quite a bit, so it is important that I spend time with people that I care about and that have the same goal-oriented principles that I have. A few years ago, I met someone and we started to be friends, when the opportunity to do 1000 push ups in a day came up, I was very excited at the prospect of learning something about myself. This new person in my life suggested that I lie and tell everyone that I had done the push ups when I had not. That person is no longer part of my life. It wasn't a hard choice to make, we were just so fundamentally different, it wouldn't have made sense for us to remain friends. I made that choice because my goal is always in front of me and I can't allow for any part of my life to not be affected by it.
So all day long, about a thousand times, I am thinking about my goal and choosing to do things that put me closer to that goal. I no longer think that it is just about the goal, I now know that it is about the process, it is all about the process. I am fully enjoying the process and I know that I have learned some life-long lessons throughout it.
Until next week, work hard and have fun.
Sihing Kichko
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