Many experts in human performance believe that the #1 reason why most people will never get what they want is they don’t really know what they want. Imagine how much happier you will be, if you start every day with a purpose and passion for achievement in all areas of your life. Imagine that you had total clarity about your goals and action plan for your health, fitness and Martial Arts. Imagine that you had exciting and very specific career and financial objectives. Plus, you had pre-determined outcomes in mind for the personal and professional relationships in your life, and you had an action plan for on-going personal self development. Can you see where this would give you more excitement and energy everyday? Don’t you agree that greater clarity about your purpose is a powerful motivator?
Begin with purpose…is about making sure you first have clarity on your primary achievement goals and objectives. Finish with victory…is about making sure that you review your daily and weekly victories on a regular basis. At the end of each day, you choose to focus on what went right, or what went wrong. It is a choice and everyone gets to make it. You can focus on the victories of your day, or you can focus on the challenges. Begin with purpose – finish with victory, is another way to train your brain to stay focused on the things that give you energy and inspiration. Instead of allowing your mind to drift to the negatives in life, you focus on the positives.
If you train your brain to look for the good, it will search and find all the good stuff that is happening in your life. This will keep you in a positive state of mind and feed fuel to your more optimistic side. If you allow yourself to get stuck on the negatives and you stay stuck on the negatives, you will become negative and cynical. This tends to lead you toward a negative and pessimistic attitude. A positive state of mind gives you energy and leads to greater productivity and improved results. A negative state of mind sucks energy out of you and leads to lower productivity and lackluster results. It’s a choice everyone gets to make everyday. Black Belt Champions and Elite Leaders choose to focus on the positives and work to eliminate or minimize the negatives. This is what leads them to higher levels of achievement in life.
Begin with Purpose – Finish with Victory!
We would like to congratulate the following students for becoming our latest champions during the Atlantic-Pacific Tang Soo Do Federation New England Regional Championships which took place on Saturday October 13, 2007 in Plantsville, CT:
| Kristan Meetze: | 1st place in Weapons, 2nd place in Forms and 2nd place in Sparring |
| Chris Scarpino: | 2nd place in Weapons, 2nd place in Forms and 3rd place in Sparring |
| Angelika Fretzen: | 3rd place in Weapons, 3rd place in Forms |
| Dan Maibor: | 1st place in Forms, 1st place in Sparring and 1st place in Breaking |
| Tony Messina: | 3rd place in Forms, 3rd place in Sparring |
Congratulations to all of you.
Tang Soo!
Cambridge Tang Soo Do would like to thank Master Molitano for attending our Fall 2007 Gup testing. The students who have successfully completed the test are:
| Angelika Fretzen | Cho Dan Bo |
| Richard Heppner | 1st Gup |
| Daniel Maibor | 6th Gup |
| Jason Green | 7th Gup |
| Anthony Messina | 8th Gup |
| Abigail Capobianco | 9th Gup |
| Stephanie Li | 9th Gup |
A warm welcome to the following students who have decided to start their journey in the Martial Arts at Cambridge Tang Soo Do:
| Abigail Capobianco |
| Mohammed Abu Hassan |
| Stephanie Li |
| Michael DiVerdi |
Black Belt Leaders & Champions are achievers, in and out of the dojang. They strive to be their best in every area of their life. A true Black Belt Leader & Champion in the Martial Arts is always striving to get better and better, on and off the mat.
Why is it so common to see a Black Belt Leader & Champion become an achiever outside of the dojang as well? One of the reasons is that the Martial Arts instills the desire to become the best you can be. As a Black Belt Leader & Champion, you are always striving to grow to the next level. No matter how great of a Black Belt Leader & Champion you become, no matter how many Black Belt Degrees you hold, the biggest room in the world, is the room for improvement.
Black Belt Leaders & Champions in the dojang always strive to be Champions in life. Junior Black Belt Leaders & Champions should strive for academic excellence and to be the best they can be, at home, at school and in the dojang. Adult Black Belt Leaders & Champions should strive to be achievers and leaders in their work environment, at home with their family and in the dojang. The best must always get better and achievers are always searching for ways to improve themselves and the results they produce.
Life is so much more fun when you are excelling at it. Look at your Martial Arts training as much more than just training for another belt, losing weight or getting in better shape. Look at as a success conditioning program that is preparing you to excel in life. Here is a great affirmation to say to yourself as part of your mental conditioning program: I am a Black Belt Leader… I am an Achiever… I am on quest to be my personal best… in mind, body, and spirit… ASAH!!!