Soar High Personal Development

 Ron talks about some success stories. One is a boxer with the name of Butter Bean that after his boxing career became overweight and had some hip problems. He had good people around him that helped him make a dramatic turnaround to loose weight and have hip surgery to make him more mobile. Also talks about Gene Simmons who was born into poverty but kept moving forward and working hard, following his dream and eventually became part of the Rock Group KISS and went on to become a successful businessman. 

 There was a Jiu Jitsu tournament over the weekend and one of his young students won a couple of gold medals. He asked the student if he was going to hang his medals on the wall at the gym. The student said no he was hanging them up in his room at home. Ron explained how it could help encourage and motivate the other young students to get better and improve. The next day the student brought the medals in and hung them on the wall at the gym. 

 Whenever you are working with or involved with multiple people and personalities there will always be some disagreements or drama. Ron gives an example of a local music artist that opened for Tage Feront and went on tour for over 3 years, but now it has ended and they split up. There were some disagreements that caused the split. Challenges and drama will happen, so you have to take the high road and try to make the best of it or develop solutions to keep moving your goals forward. 

 Ron had someone come into the DOJO school the other night he never met before and he was drunk. The students wanted the guy to leave, but Ron spent some time with him, tried to help him and told him to come back. He felt compelled to help this guy out. Sometimes you have to go the extra mile to help someone because you never know how much it might make a difference in their life. Ron also talks about some musicians/artists he met years ago, that went on to have successful careers. 

 Ron talks about his recent visit to the prostate doctor. And how important it is for you to manage your health. Also Ron's friend recently had a huge opportunity come along for this career, but could not take advantage of it because of his poor health due to bad habits. If your health is good, your going to be much more productive. 

 Ron talks about mental illness and he had a friend at the gym this week talk to him about his struggles with mental illness and had a really hard time keeping it in check. But he is doing much better now and believes he is on the right path. Also someone he worked with, that was 29 years old and a music artist committed suicide. Not sure why he did, but believes it had something to do with drugs, maybe some mental illness and his environment. Ron says to work out, eat right, hang out with the right people and pray often. 

 Ron talks about how he competed in a Jiu Jitsu tournament over the weekend, and was scheduled to compete against someone closer to his age, but ended up competing against someone that was in his 30's. The guy quickly did a choke hold and picked him up off the mat. Ron said you never know what is going to happen, so you should always prepare yourself for the unexpected or what might happen like working out for example. As you get older, you don't have as much stamina. 

 Ron talks about anxiety and depression and how it can affect your life and suggestions on how to improve. A viewer commented that they are stressed and cannot sleep. Ron also talks about overcoming fears and struggles. Don't sweat the small stuff, everything is small stuff. 

Ron talks about addictions like food, gambling, sex, drugs and how they can get you off track and get in the way of you trying to accomplish goals. A viewer sent in a message saying that a family member recently passed away and they watched the podcast and was glad there was a positive message in the podcast that made them feel a little better. 

 Ron talks about a local success story. Someone that live just 10 minutes down the road from Ron, worked really hard on playing the piano, writing songs, and singing wherever she could then went to Los Angeles California to pursue a music career. Got signed by a label to a record deal and after a short time they dropped her. She moved back home and kept singing and writing and believing in herself. Then moved back to Los Angeles again and recorded a song she wrote several years before that called Pink Pony Club and it was a HUGE hit! Chappel Roan is now is a successful Pop Artist and even won a grammy! Goes to show you never give up! Keep working on your goals!