The love for food

I’ve been trying to get to my ideal weight for some time. Making progress and then bouncing back. Seems easy but there is on thing that prevents me from being successful. The love for food. 

Sweet, salty, spicy  it doesn’t matter  I like it all  

It is all connected

 I like how things connect. One move leads to the next. As a black belt I know that not everyone see the connection. I know I didn’t. And I’m sure I’m still missing some. But it is amazing when these connections do happen naturally. 

I hate being sick

 I hate being sick.

When I'm sick, while I want to train, my body will not cooperate. I've been sick in the last few days and it has halted my running routine and most of all other training I've been doing. 

Can't wait till I'm back on track.

Morning classes

 I miss the morning classes. I used to participate and then moved into teaching the early morning classes. Every Tuesday and Thursday. I used to be there at 6 and get at least half hour of training before class. 

Since the classes were canceled, I’ve been still training in the mornings but my focus shifted. 

Sometimes I miss these morning classes. But life is progressing and so should I. You should always adjust to what life puts in front of you. 

Black or white

What is harder to get? Black belt or white belt?

I guess it depends on how you look at it. For many, it will be white as they never take the first step. For some it will be black as they stop training. 

To get your black belt (or get to anything in life) you have to start and then keep on going. 

Gut feeling

 Sometimes things are not what you think.

I think I have good intuition about people. But today I got surprised by 2 individuals. In the last 2 weeks I’ve been watching 12 candidates in an evaluation course. One of them seemed really good and another really bad. But today while presenting their built system, the one who I thought was good, did really bad and the one I had doubts about, aced it. 

Makes you think about how many times your gut feeling was wrong…

Are you a cow or a buffalo?

Do you know what the difference is between cows and buffalos?

When a storm is coming, the cows run away from the storm while the buffalos run towards the storm. 

When the storm eventually catches on to the cows, they are tired. Not ready to face the storm. The buffalos face the storm when they are strong. 

Well - maybe I butchered the story… but the moral is that you should face challenges. Not run away from them. 

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