Competitive Success as a part of our Ultimate Success Plan!

Competitive Success? Yes!   

Good morning, folks! I am Jin with Morning Mindfulness Podcast. Hope you’re having a fantastic day! Let’s breathe and smile.

One thing I never thought I’d be talking about is competition. I’ve said many times, my whole Path has been non-competitive. I am not into sports at all. Not playing, not watching. Martial art is not a sport, it is a survival training. Yoga, Qigong, Tao Yin – all these are not sports. Of course, you can make any of them a competition, but not me. They are part of a lifestyle. And I’ve never really cared what the World thought about me.

However, I was listening to my coach a while ago, and he said something I have to agree with. Any success, whether in business, personal life, sports or even martial arts for that matter, is a result of a competition.

He clarified that for us. Success is not about me competing against somebody. It is about me today vs. me yesterday. What can I do to become a little bit better today than I was yesterday.

As I am looking back at my life up to date, I realize that almost everything I’ve done has been a competition against my own laziness, fears, inertia, procrastination, excusitis. Even with martial arts I love so much. I realized very quickly that the road was going to be really bumpy. Pun intended. And I had to compete with myself every time I was going to class.

Now I think, maybe I was indeed trying to prove to the World that I could do it. That may be another podcast topic.

Speaking of the World… How much do we have to emotionally compete agains media, news, coworkers, friends and family members who may want to try to steal our dreams and push us off the Path to success? Think about that.

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Jin

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