Students, and others who know me, often think that my consummately positive state of mind comes naturally.

I have an important confession to make;

my positivity comes neither naturally nor easily, but as a choice and the result of much training

and many important daily decisions.

I have decided to make today’s message as succinct and helpful as possible by simply sharing the things I do that allow me to maintain my positive attitude:

• The first thing I do as I awaken every morning is thank God that I did, and in advance for a wonderful day.

• I practice daily gratitude in many ways, including sharing each day on my personal facebook page one of the many things I am specifically grateful for that day.

• I am selective about my associations. We become like the people we hang around.

• I feed myself mental superfood daily, in what I read, watch and listen to.

• I purposefully DO NOT feed myself negative. I minimize my exposure to news, social media and other forces that could have a negative impact on me. I focus one the things that matter and are in my circle of control; I consciously avoid the manipulation of the media.

• I hold myself accountable for my feelings- when I do catch myself feeling fear, anger, angst or any other less than positive and productive emotion, I correct my thinking immediately. I call myself out and then meditate on the things that I can do to improve the situation.

I share these so you can choose to develop these same positive habits if you’d like to.

These, like all things that make us better, are simple but not easy.

They take some work.

But the results are worth it.

Grand Master Stephen Del Castillo, KMMA

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About Grandmaster Stephen J. Del Castillo: Grandmaster Del Castillo is the founding Master Instructor of Krav Maga Martial Arts and has been empowering lives in Pasco and Hillsborough Counties since October of 2000. He is a 7th degree Blackbelt, MBA, author, mentor and success coach, a US Army Veteran and a proud father and grandfather. He is married to Ms. Barbara Del Castillo who helps him run the school. Grand Master Del Castillo began his training in the early 80’s and has high level blackbelts in Tae Kwon Do, Karate, Premier Martial Arts and Krav Maga Martial Arts as well as experience in kickboxing, Jeet Kune Do and Jiujitsu. He has high level instructor certifications from BBSI, IKMF, and KMG and has been featured in numerous Martial Arts publications and also Success magazine. He was a competitive sport karate and American Kickboxing instructor until he enlisted in the US Army where he served in the 82nd Airborne Division, where he won an Army Green to Gold scholarship and proceeded to ROTC and the University of Tampa. He was commisioned in 1992 and went on to serve in Germany with the 3rd Infantry Division and then in several other posts in the US until he left military service to pursue his dream of creating KMMA in 2000.

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