I sometimes find myself remourseful over my sins of the past, or regretful about my past mistakes.

But both of these sentiments are counterproductive; once we have repented from our sins and learned from our mistakes,

we need to move forward.

There is a reason that our windshield is so big and our rear view mirror so small.

Can you imagine if it were the other way?

If your rear view was bigger than your windshield it would be impossible to move- forward anyway.

You could only go back.

Our life is like that too. It is imperative that we learn from our past, but that we live and work in the present to create the future.

That’s how winning is done, and that’s when we are happiest.

And it’s not just the past that can distract us from where we want to go. So can the present.

We can allow circumstances to steal our joy and stifle our future.

Just look at individual and corporate responses to the Corona pandemic.

• Some are allowing it to be an excuse to keep them where they are at- or worse.
• Others have managed to find ways to adapt and overcome and get on with their lives.
• And still others have used this challenge as a reason to not only survive but thrive, finding new ways to do what they do or reinventing themselves completely.

What direction are you going? Do you have meaningful goals that you’re chasing? Are you growing? Are we teaching our children to do the same?

These are important questions.

We are in complete control of who we choose to be and how we choose to react, to both our past and to our present circumstances.

Here are a few important action steps to help you do so:

1. Know who you want to be, how you want to be and what direction you want to go in your life.
2. Be careful of your self talk. Leave your past in your past and when the voice in your head that reminds you of previous failures starts talking, tell him to shut up and sit back down. You got work to do.
3. Be careful how you react to other people.
   • Remember that noone can “make you” do or feel anything. We can’t control another’s behavior, but we can always control the way we react.
4. PARI regularly to make sure you’re still going in the right direction.
   • PARI= Plan, Act, Review, Improve

I will freely admit that nothing I have shared in this blog is easy. Like so many things, this process is simple but not easy.

I write to remind myself what to do as well as to share with you.

I hope it’s helpful, and now we all get a choice about what we will do.

Stephen J. Del Castillo, MBA

Founder & Master Instructor, KMMA

JOIN US FOR OUR HALLOWEEN PARTY TOMORROW NIGHT

CLAIM YOUR 2 WEEK FREE TRIAL OF OUR LEADERSHIP DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM

   That also includes fitness and the most realistic self defense system in the world for free!

———————————————————————————————————————-

TampaKravMaga.com and Krav Maga Martial Arts have been empowering lives through the martial arts in the Tampa Bay area for 20 years!

Founded in 2000 by Grandmaster Stephen J. Del Castillo, a 7th degree Black Belt and Sr. Master Instructor, Krav Maga Martial Arts and Karate lessons for pre-school children ages 3-6 and elementary age kids ages 7 and up are designed to develop the critical building blocks kids need – specialized for their age group – for school excellence and later success in life.

Krav Maga Martial Arts Adult Krav Maga training is a complete adult self defense, fitness, and conditioning program for adults who want to learn real world self defense, lose weight, and/or get (and stay in shape).

If you have any questions about our program, or would like to go ahead redeem your 2 weeks FREE, you can call us anytime at 813-547-6368 or visit our Krav Maga Martial Arts website.

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.

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.

Also, check us out on Fun4TampaKids & on Go2Karate.com