How To Effectively Handle Resistance in Life
Posted by Peter James | Posted in Balanced Life, Mixed Martial Arts Development | Posted on 02-12-2008
Tagged Under : armbar, bjj, brazilian jiu jitsu, going with the flow, mma, resistance
‘Peter, please don’t touch the stove.‘
PJ: ‘Okay Mom‘
(2 seconds later)
PJ: ‘Owwwwww!!!‘
‘Peter! James! Normandia! What did I just say?!!‘
Welcome to the life of a hardheaded child. Growing up I can certainly say that the best way to get me to do something was to tell me I couldn’t. It was like a trigger inside my hard head. All I would hear was a voice saying…
‘What do you mean I can’t do it? Who are you to tell me what I can or can’t do? I’ll show you.’
I guess as Humans, we all have our share of hardheaded experiences. For me, it was more of a life theme. I was as hardheaded a child as you could imagine. I simply learned better from experience than anything else. I didn’t just want to know why, I wanted to experience why.
