Emotions and Logic

So I’m reading a great book by Patrick Bet-David, Choose Your Enemies Wisely- Business Planning for the Audacious Few.

     If you happen to be en entrepreneur or business leader, I highly recommend it for you.

But he said something in it that I thought would be useful for all my my Krav Maga Martial Arts  audience.

     He talked about the importance of having emotion and logic.

He told a story about two team members that he had giving him their annual business plans.

     The one (Ernie) was full of passion, purpose and emotion, but when the author asked him how he was going to accomplish the powerful goals he had, his plan was incomplete.

The other gent (Larry) had an amazing slide presentation, and charts and graphs. His plan and presentation was powerful.

     But when Patrick asked him why he wanted to succeed at his plan, he was unable to give a compelling answer.

You may already know somewhat where I am going with this, but it was what the author asked next where I had the greatest aha experience…

     he asked:

“Based on what you know about these two guys, who would you bet on to succeed in achieving their goals, whether they are losing weight, starting a business, or moving up the ranks in their company?”

Instead of telling you what I answered, allow me to ask you the same thing.

     Who do you think?

But it’s what he said next that was the aha:

“Your answer to these questions will tell me a lot about you. If you’re more in your head, you’ll bet on Larry. If you’re more in your heart, you’ll bet on Ernie.”

Then he said, “What I’ve learned over two decades of experience is neither Larry nor Ernie is a smart bet to accomplish his goals. The logical people are right to believe that Ernie won’t be able to stay organized long enough to get the job done, and the emotional people are right to wonder what’s going to keep Larry motivated.”

    Based on my 24 years building this business, I agree.

And, in transparency, I’m the passionate and emotional guy.

Early on, I hadn’t figured out the logical part- the planning, statistics, and other business elements of a business that make it tick, and grow.

Luckily, my hunger was great enough that I’ve kept learning and growing and am better on that side today and also surrounded by some better at it than I as well.

And, as “luckily”, I have always been passionate enough about my calling to keep fighting on no matter what.

Since I threw the term “fighting” out there, let me address this principle as pertains to a self defense situation too.

     This requires both things as well.

The “logic” side are the techniques, principles, curriculum and training methods of our self protection system…

     but the emotional side connotes the heart and spirit of a warrior- also developed through what we do.

Both are essential in self defense, business, and life.

   And developing both in future Blackbelt Leaders is what we do. 

Prepare To Live; Empower To Lead!

Grand Master Stephen J. Del Castillo
Founding Master Instructor, Krav Maga Martial Arts
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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 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.  Today I continue to train, learn, sow and grow under the mentorship of World Champion Grandmaster Jeff Smith, who regularly visits the academy to help sow into my teams and students as well.

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