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Your Habits Will Determine Your Future
Norm Bettencourt
We all have dreams, desires, goals and it's great to daydream
about what it would be like holding that title belt high in
the air feeling the energy of the crowd cheering you on. Back
to reality now and here's a question for you. How much time
do you put into a day to make that dream come true? The time
you spend training or doing something productive to get closer
to your goal or dream, compared to sitting on your couch watching
TV. Don't get me wrong. Daydreaming can be productive if you
know how to creatively visualize. Realize that your habits
will determine your future. Successful people have successful
habits, unsuccessful people don't. To get your dream to materialize
you need a plan to structure your time into productive slots.
All successful people have a plan, follow it, and gauge their
progress by it. Work towards making the majority of your time
being productive towards your goal, i.e. training and conditioning,
read and view material that is going to help you become a
better fighter such as viewing video of your fights and your
opponents to see what you need to work on.
It's All About Where You Put Your Focus
Ninety percent of your focus and energy should be directed
at your fight plan and career if you want to succeed in the
MMA world or in any goal in life. Instead of coming home from
a long day at work kicking back with a beer and watching the
game, put on an instructional DVD to help you learn new techniques
or improve on your speed or power. Go to the gym. Lift weights,
do cardio, strength train or work on techniques with your
sparring partner. During work or on your way home visualize
yourself in a match performing a technique you have recently
learned, so it becomes ingrained in your subconscious and
is in your arsenal. Build on your strengths, not on your weakness.
There are three kinds of people, people that make things happen,
people that watch things happen and people who say what just
happened. Which one are you? So if you keep asking yourself
why your fight career isn't happening take an honest inventory
of yourself because it's about where we put the focus in our
life that determines where we are going. If you keep on doing
what you've always done you'll keep getting what you always
got. Making your dreams become reality is not about luck,
or "if it's meant to be it will happen". It's not hocus-pocus;
it's all about where you put your focus.
Norm Bettencourt is the creator of TACT Self Defense
which specializes in combat management tactics for mind, body
& spirit. Visit TACT
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