My freshman year of soccer, I saved a goal with a header, but took the opposing team’s header to the face in the second following. I got knocked out and woke up on the ground with my eye already swelling shut. Within 5 minutes, my eye was shut, swollen, and nasty. Fortunately, we didn’t have phone cameras in 2000. . In the days following, the swelling went away. In the…
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Have An Injury? Good. Get To Work…
So you have an injury? Good. -Jocko (basically, but probably) There’s no way around it-injuries suck. And if you are someone who has a sport they love to do, like Jiu Jitsu, then they can really, really suck. You can wallow in self pity and cry and complain, and you know what, I think those things are completely fine to do and easy to justify doing…for a minute. Then, you’ve…
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Learning To Extend Myself & Others Grace
When I experience negative things in life, I like to think that I now have one more experience with which I can understand someone else. When I started experiencing anxiety in Jiu Jitsu, I figured that once I overcame it, or at the very least learned how to operate with it, I would be an even better coach as I had a new perspective. It doesn’t take a lot of…
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Active-Passiveness
“John Leach uses the term “active-passiveness,” meaning, ‘the ability to accept the situation one is in but without giving in to it…’” -From Deep Survival Halfway through reading Deep Survival, a book recommended to me by my friend, Tom, I mysteriously injured my neck. At first it just felt “out,” but it quickly progressed to 24/7 pain running down my arm and back, less than 3 hours of sleep each…
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I DO NOT Have It Together
It never fails. The second you feel like you’ve got it together (insert anything you want in place of “it”), you get slapped in the face with reality. Life reminds you that you certainly DO NOT have it together. I suppose it’s just life cycles. Marriage, parenting, jobs, friends, sports. There’s never a point at which you “arrive” at all the knowledge and understanding you need for something, and if…
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Growth Mindset
I watched as she left her group and stood facing her back to them. Arms crossed, and unresponsive to her name, she was clearly upset. Being 10 is hard work. Working among other 8-10’s can sometime exacerbate that difficulty. “I didn’t like that my partners corrected my grip. They’re younger than me and a lower belt than me.” “Hmm…that’s an interesting problem to have, isn’t it?” “It’s just embarrassing. I…