This is going to be one of those lessons that came to me and, as soon as i started writing I realized it’s especially for me; that is, I hope it serves you well too, but I needed the reminder, and so it was sent.
We live bust, fast paced lives and, in many cases, efficiency is important.
But there are others in which less efficiency can serve us well.
I thought about it while running around back and forth getting some chores done and, after thinking to myself about how I could be more efficient about it, chuckled when I thought “I’m getting some steps in”.
This kind of efficiency applies to parking far out when you go to Sam’s, for the extra exercise on the way ion and out and to avoid getting dings on your new truck. 😉
Likewise, taking the stairs, old school exercise, pulling weeds, pushing a mower or “going the extra mile”. 😉
It’s especially true in relationship.
I struggle with this one.
I’m a driven hard worker, and always going a hundred miles an hour.
And I know that there are important relationships that I need to spend more time on.
Sometimes I can be a little too efficient and, as we should know but sometimes for get (I hope you don’t mind that I keep including you in my own lesson to me), efficiency is only best when it is also effective.
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 commissioned 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.
The Krav MagaMartial Arts Headquarters is in Lutz, FL at 1900 Land O’ Lakes Blvd., 33549. Krav Maga Martial Arts serves Lutz, Land O’ Lakes, Wesley Chapel, and surrounding areas.
See stephendelcastillo.com for more information and to order my book, Developing Your Superpower, Meditations on Mastery, Volume 1.
