Daily Reflections for Living Strong

If it were quick and easy you would have already done it. The fact that it is difficult and time-consuming means you’re doing something truly worthwhile.

The value of any achievement is built with the time and effort you put into it. Keep going, keep building, keep at it and you’ll truly have something of great value.

It is often difficult to stay positively focused. And it is always worth the trouble.

Of course it would be much easier to do nothing. However by doing nothing, you create nothing.

Instead, step forward and do the difficult work that must be done. With each effort, you are adding more value and substance to the achievement.

Feel the satisfaction as you continue the difficult and rewarding work of building that achievement. Know that the value has already started coming to life.

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Imagine that you can a step back from yourself, far enough back to get a good, objective look at the way you are. What do you think you would see?

You already know what it’s like to be you from the inside. Think for a moment how it would be to encounter you from the outside.

Consider how your words, your actions and your priorities look when viewed objectively. Think of the advice you would want to give if you were to observe yourself for a while from the outside.

Stand back and watch the way you spend your time. Look closely at what really works for you, and at what really doesn’t.

Though it is unwise to become obsessed with what others think of you, it is smart to regularly consider your life from an objective viewpoint. It can give you a new appreciation for your strengths and will help to point out areas where you can make valuable improvements.

In your imagination, every now and then, take a step back, and then take a good look. See yourself with objective eyes, and discover new ways to make life better and better.

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Peter Liciaga here with today’s episode of The Black Belt Strong Zone.

Kobe Bryant’s pursuit of greatness and desire to pass on the knowledge not only inspires me, but the entire world. My son and I discussed how one man made such an impact on the world.

Legends never die.

In this episode we are going to continue our conversation about not allowing obstacles stop us from reaching our goals and realizing a vision that we have.

Today I want to share the number one skill for a wise consideration when you are confronted with an obstacle.

and that is to STOP! STOP stands for

STOP

TAKE a step back and

OBSERVE your emotions and

PROCEED mindfully.

(Emotional Detachment is a superpower)

We are coming to the end of the first month of the new year and I’m thinking a lot about family, friendships and people I want to expand relationships with and not take time for granted. The #Kobe news hit me hard in that I know that the moment will come when I will consider what I did with the time I had. As I grow older I am learning more and more to adjust and recalibrate what I will spend my time on… Today, more then last week at this time, I am reminded that “it’s just a matter of time” and to “get what I want to get done done now…whatever it takes… do more now!

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That’s why everything I do as a parent and a teacher at Dinoto Karate Center is because I believe that the world needs as many people as possible to stand up and do the best that they can to be the best role-model that they can be.

I believe that leading the way in discipline, courage and confidence in my family and my community is a responsibility that must be taken seriously.

That’s why I work so hard with Master Dinoto and our amazing instructors at Dinoto Karate Center to serve our students by creating a structured environment where parents and their children can grow and thrive and meet their goals for more focus, discipline, self-confidence and health.

If you want to join our family, visit dinotokarate.com or text me at 856-278-5282.

Thanks for spending this time with me…

You can’t ever make more hours in the day but you can always make more of the hours you have. You can’t ever change what’s already happened but you can always choose what to do with it.

Some options are simply not available, yet that doesn’t have to stop you. Because you have plenty of other options to choose from.

If your path is completely blocked, don’t descend into bitterness, retribution or self pity. Instead, use all your energy to find another path.

Plan well, but don’t get so attached to the plan that you abandon the goal when the plan doesn’t work. There is another way, one that will get you there.

Remind yourself why reaching your goal is so important. Stay solidly connected to your purpose, and you’ll more readily see the alternate options.

Be relentless about achieving the goal, and flexible about how you do it. In a world of endless possibilities, you’re sure to find a way.

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It occasionally happens that you become disappointed in yourself. When that occurs, choose to transform that disappointment into determination.

Many times you will become disappointed by the words or actions of others. At such times, you can take the power of that disappointment and transform it into effective, purposeful determination.

Experiencing the shortfalls in life can actually give you increased positive energy to create real improvements. You have the opportunity to take a bad thing and transform it into a good thing.

Disappointment is powerful because it commands your attention, and focuses your thoughts on what you envision for life. When you feel that happening, what you’re feeling is the chance to make a positive change in your approach.

So go ahead, and feel the legitimate disappointment, but don’t let it disappoint you for long. Know right away that you can let it inspire you, motivate you, and create an unstoppable determination.

Grab the opportunity that disappointment brings. Feel, in a new and powerful way, your desire to move forward, and put the energy of that feeling immediately to work.

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Even while life throws you frustration and disappointment, you can quietly and steadily achieve. Even when you cannot make a lot of progress, you can make a little progress.

That small progress adds up, day after day. Soon it becomes much more valuable than anything you could accomplish in a single effort.

Sure, some things can be accomplished in a burst of determined effort. However, the most valuable achievements take time, with one small, yet effective action after another.

Determination is a powerful force that can compel you in an intimately meaningful way to take action. And determination becomes much more powerful when you’re able to spread it over long periods of time.

The longer you can maintain your determination, the higher the level of achievement you’ll be able to reach. It’s great to be determined, and even more powerful when you can stay determined.

Keep your determination alive and growing by reminding yourself again and again of why it’s important to you. Keep your actions coming by continuing to fuel them with the power of positive determination.

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You can learn, and adapt, and adjust, and persist. You can decide what must be done and take the action that will make it happen.

You can set ambitious goals for yourself and then do what is necessary to reach them. You can dream incredible, meaningful dreams and then make them real.

You can stumble a dozen or a hundred times and keep getting back up until you stumble no more. You can come up against tough, stubborn challenges and then find a way to work through them.

You can live each moment with integrity in a world that seems not to always value it. You can experience real joy and spread it to others.

You can create value and appreciate beauty. You can follow your highest vision.

As the old year draws to a close and a new one begins, keep in mind that you can do all this and more. You can and, if you choose, you will.

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What upsets you is not what happens. What upsets you is your response to what happens.

Just as easily as you respond in a negative way, you can easily and naturally respond in a positive, empowering, uplifting way.

The biggest problems are often caused by what you choose to do about the smallest problems. Most of those big, painful problems are so unnecessary.

Keep reminding yourself that you are in control of you. You are in control and you can decide exactly how you wish to feel at any point.

Imagine the power of remaining calm and focused and resourceful when some totally unexpected, disappointing development interrupts your day. Truly, you can make the disappointments not disappointing at all.

Respond on purpose, with purpose. Feel the power and the joy as every moment gives you a way to move forward.

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Don’t base your attitude on how things are. Choose your attitude so that it supports and expresses the way you wish to be.

Events and circumstances swirl around you in a constant state of flux and confusion. Yet those things you perceive and experience do not define who you are.

You are more than the fleeting situations and occurrences in your world. Living within you are the steady values, purposes, intentions and dreams that transcend all the ups and downs playing out around you.

Let your feelings be guided and inspired by the best that’s inside you. Don’t let those feelings be tossed in every direction by whatever happens to come your way.

There is no end to the number of distractions fighting to pull you away from your purpose. Yet there is no good reason to give in to any of those distractions, for each one will soon pass on by.

Live with a steadfastness of positive purpose. Be black belt strong and who you are will always be much stronger than whatever you might be going through.

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Every day is a test of your ability to get up, get out and get it done. To make the most of the twenty four hours that you have been gifted.

To prepare your mind, body and spirit to succeed and live your day full out with the indomitable strength of a warrior. Not just for yourself but for everyone who depends on you. Your family. Your friends. Your neighbors. Your community.

Your discipline and indomitable spirit will embrace each and every hour’s challenge with a purpose and drive that will obliterate that challenge.

You cannot dictate what those challenges will be. You can only prepare …. prepare physically, mentally and emotionally to mitigate those challenges.

Every day is a gift. Never take it for granted.

Train. Prepare. Be equipped to never have to worry about what is around the corner. Never waste a moment wondering whether you can deal with whatever darkness and evil comes into your world.

Know that without hesitation… without doubt, or uncertainty you will stand and fight, to the death if necessary, if it means protecting your loved ones and your freedom.

Any time. Every time. Every day.

And, at the end of the day, you will lay down your head with the confidence knowing that you will get up, get out and do it all again… tomorrow.