What’s Your Chapter 7?
This morning I was listening to Patrick Bet-David and he gave a great analogy for finding your why.
“You build a great car: eight hundred horsepower, incredible chassis, zero to sixty in 2.8 seconds. But that alone won’t get the car to move. You need something else to actually drive it.
You need gas. You need fuel.”
In the first 6 chapters of my book, Developing Your Superpower, I teach on what I coined The 6 Foundational Superpowers.
These are Focus, Respect, Discipline, Confidence, Gratitude and Vision; the superpowers that I believe are essential to succeed at whatever we are called to do and, incidentally, also an important part of the success skills we develop in students at my Blackbelt Leadership academy, that also happens to teach the most practical self defense.
But chapter 7 of my book is about discovering the unique superpower that you, and your kids, are endowed with to make your and their contributions into the world.
When I wrote the Vision statement for my academy almost 24 years ago:
The vision of Krav Maga Martial Arts is to touch lives in a positive way and improve people, families and society – one Black Belt at a time!
Our Mission is to create confident and competent Blackbelt Leaders, Prepared to Survive and Thrive in any situation, and empowered to lead- where they’re at and into their future!
This was the original mission by the way:
- The mission is empowering lives through martial art!
- To teach excellence, achieved through the values of perseverance and honor and conduct all business in accordance with these same values.
- To arm children with self-esteem, provide them with the life skills of success and partner with parents and schools to prepare them to lead productive lives.
- To provide the highest quality instruction in the martial arts and help people realize their personal goals through our various programs.
- To provide fun, positive and open atmosphere where people are respected, families are appreciated and community is strengthened.
- To continuously evolve to better serve our customers and team members towards the realization of our mission statement and values.
- To raise up tomorrow’s leaders today by providing the culture, training, environment and opportunities to the youth, teens, and adults can grow into the leaders they are called to be – in their homes, communities, country and world.
I share both to say that it’s what we do.
And it’s because I knew it was what I was called to do, since early.
My childhood experiences, which weren’t all good, my military, martial arts and academic education, my adult experiences with and in each, and my associations with great mentors, and not so great…
all had come together to prepare me to what we do; what I was called to do.
But that’s enough about that, because I wanted this to be about you and, if you have kids, about them too.
In chapter 7 of my book I say that:
“I believe that every person was placed on the earth to fulfill a particular purpose. Unlike the six core superpowers, that can be developed by anyone and are essential for everyone (at least to do great things), each person has a unique, personal and special calling- a mission in life that God created them to do and that only they can do in the particular way they are called to do it. It’s a travesty in life when people fail to discover what their calling is, and even worse when they know it, but fail to answer the call. Fear, complacency, confusion, distraction, low self esteem, or a lack of any of the core six superpowers could be the enemy that keeps the would-be superhero from answering his is her call.”
I’ll close with this…
the book I was reading from Patrick Bet-David was called Choose Your Enemies Wisely.
I was having a little trouble with that.
Then I looked back at Ch 7 to write this blog for you and realized I had identified my enemies right there.
“Fear, complacency, confusion, distraction, low self esteem, or a lack of any of the core six superpowers could be the enemy that keeps the would-be superhero from answering his is her call.”
Those are my enemies and, thus, my fuel to do what I have been called to do; what Team KMMA and I do.
I challenge you:
1. Find that for you too. There is no greater satisfaction in life than doing what you are called to do, and the passion and purpose that fuels that.
2. Help your kids to do the same too.
3. Develop the 6 Blackbelt Superpowers, and your unique ones too. And of course help your kids do the same.
By the way, if you’re reading this and are already in our tribe, please reply and let me know how it goes for you and your kids. How is KMMA helping you?
And if you’re not yet, we sure would live to help you too. Call 813-948-4844, or click here to begin your free trial!
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.
The Krav MagaMartial Arts Headquarters is in Lutz, FL at 1900 Land O’ Lakes BLVD and now our new location in 8836 US 19, Port Richey! Krav Maga Martial Arts serves Lutz, Land O’ Lakes, Wesley Chapel, Port Richey and surrounding areas.
See stephendelcastillo.com for more information and to order my book, Developing Your Superpower, Meditations on Mastery, Volume 1.
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