The One Word
In my reading this morning, author Dean Graziosi, shared this:
A great friend and dear friend of mine by the name of Richard Ronsi runs a remarkable company in Washington D.C., creating empowering events tailored to high achieving high school students; they receive life changing knowledge by attending. When I was talking to Richard about his events, I said, “You’ve been blessed to see so many successful high school kids come through your program. If you could identify one common trait, they all have, what would that be?”
He said, “I don’t even have to think about it. It’s one word: confidence.” He added, “It’s not the smartest kids or the ones with the straight A’s that become the superstars; it’s the ones that have an incredible amount of confidence that go on to do amazing things in their lives.”
(Excerpt is from Millionaire Success Habits by Dean Graziosi)
I would agree Richard.
I too have had the privilege of knowing some of the most successful teens that go on to do amazing things.
And, in my case, I also have the privilege of knowing that my team and I helped them get that way- many of them grew up in my dojo.
And, while we also developed Focus, Respect, Discipline, Gratitude, Vision, integrity, perseverance, self-control, fitness, self-defense, and leadership skills in every Blackbelt…
if I would have been forced to choose which one common trait most prepares them for success, I would agree that Confidence is #1.
I’ll share more about how we develop Confidence over the next few weeks.
I will be teaching on the 4 Cs to Confidence at CIT this Saturday by the way!
In closing, allow me to dispel a few common myths about confidence that just aren’t true by the way.
- we are not naturally confident or non-confident. nobody is born one way or the other. Confidence is a nurture, not nature, thing.
- Confidence also isn’t an absolute. Even the most confident people sometimes lack it and even the timidest can find it. The key is knowing how to harness and wield it when, and in the capacity, that we need it!
Let me assure you, Confidence can be developed, and can and should be managed.
With it, anything is possible.
Prepare To Live & Empower to Lead!
Grand Master Stephen J. Del Castillo
Author, MBA & 7th Degree Blackbelt
Founder & Chief Master Instructor,
Krav Maga Martial Arts
p.s. To begin developing Blackbelt Confidence in your child, yourself, your whole family, JOIN US for your free 2 week trial and orientation program and let us show you how we’ll help. I’m confident that we can.
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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.
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