Friday, May 29, 2009
Intensity
Intensity is being in the moment. It is putting all of your focus and energy into what you are doing and being aware of all the pieces that make it possible. You are aware of where you are, who is around you, how you are moving and breathing. All of these things come together to create what you want to accomplish. To improve you intensity, practice with focus and concentration and put all of you energy into what you are doing. Don't hold back for another technique, put everything into the one you are doing.
Intensity in your career and how you organize your life has probably worked well for you. In order to be successful in your job or your education, you have to have intensity, focus and concentration. You also have to be engaged in what you are doing. This means that you have to have your assignments done on time, show up prepared for your meetings/classes and accomplish the work that you committed to doing. Try this strategy with your Kung Fu. Go to class prepared, complete the assigns that you are given and commit to and practice what you say you are going to. Being a martial artist isn't just showing up twice a week and participating in class and not thinking about it for the rest of the week. Being a martial artist is about being engaged in your training, making it a part of your life, practicing with intensity and following through on the things that you said that you would do. We are lucky because our teachers at Silent River make it easy for us, they give us assignments so that we have something to work on between classes, they tell us how to practice and how to be engaged in what we are doing. All we have to do is put into practice what is already laid out for us.
Have intensity in what you are doing always.
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