
Positive thinking alone won't get you anywhere. You need concrete effort and disciplined practice. Earning a black belt requires blood, sweat, and tears, not just the right mindset.
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Positive thinking doesn't mean a damn. It really, really, really doesn't. And let me clarify that. I'm generally a pretty positive person, and I believe that positive thinking has power, but only if there's action that follows it. All the positive thinking in the world can't get you anywhere until you're willing to strap on your belt and get in the fight. That's the great disservice I think we've done ourselves over the last few years. We depend on that thinking aspect so much that some people feel that the thinking is somehow going to turn the universe into some kind of cosmic vending machine. It doesn't happen. You got to put the blood, sweat, and tears in the game to get there, right? It's very— you know, you can You can think you're going to get to black belt, but until you're willing to get there, get on the floor and do the exercises and do the work necessary, you're not going to get there. But that process is very simple. Not always easy, very simple. Simple, not easy.
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