Archive for June, 2011
Monday, June 27th, 2011
The 10 Steps I strictly adhered to for 3 months to reduce 10% bodyfat:
Eliminating sugar (including fruit juices and sports drinks that contain HFCS) and all foods that contain flour.
Eating proper fats - Use healthy animal fats to substitute fat calories for calories that formerly came from sugar and flour.
Eliminating ...
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Sunday, June 12th, 2011
Secret #9: “Do Nothing which is of no use.” by Scott Sonnon
Discard Baggage. Order Clutter.
House-cleaning. How could I expect to order my life, when my body was a wreck? I knew from an early age, to the specific day, when I realized this. Having been discharged from the mental hospital ...
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Saturday, June 11th, 2011
Secret #8: “Pay Attention to Little Things.” by Scott Sonnon
Study the Details. The Devil is in the Details.
The Devil’s in the details, lurking to sabotage the careless and hasty. I could never afford to ignore the small, seemingly inconsequential, minutia. My genetic disadvantages – learning and physical disabilities – demanded ...
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Friday, June 10th, 2011
Secret #7: “Perceive those things which cannot be seen.” by Scott Sonnon
Lift the veil of illusion. Play the Game, but don’t be “in” the Game.
When Musashi wrote that to master one thing is to master 10,000, he didn’t claim that if you become an expert at one thing then suddenly ...
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Thursday, June 9th, 2011
Secret #6: “Develop Intuitive Judgement in Understanding” by Scott Sonnon
Learn to Develop and Trust your Intuition.
Our mind clouds: too much, too fast, too soon, too hard, too many... We feel robbed of compass and map, overwhelmed, under-equipped and behind the gun. The throat tightens, teeth rattle, head pounds, gut clenches, ...
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Wednesday, June 8th, 2011
Secret #5: “Distinguish between Gain & Loss in Worldly Matters” by Scott Sonnon
My martial arts coach in Russia and I were discussing the effectiveness of different knife fighting styles. During the knife fencing sessions, I was repeatedly winning over my opponents using the lunge he had taught me. However, during ...
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Tuesday, June 7th, 2011
Which of the Four Types of Athletes Are You?
A long time ago, my first Sambo coach - a US Olympic Greco-Roman Wrestler, a Class A national gymnast, 5X World Sambo Vice-Champion, and former special operations soldier - said to me ...
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Tuesday, June 7th, 2011
Secret #4: “Know the Ways of All Professions” by Scott Sonnon
Develop Professionalism par excellence!
The principle actually describes understanding the “job” all people do in order to appreciate their lives and perspectives. But going deeper, we discover that this relates to appreciating the value of seeing the total project from ...
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Thursday, June 2nd, 2011
Secret #3: “Become Acquainted with Every Art” by Scott Sonnon
Art might be defined as expression of the deep psychological and spiritual structure of the self, refined through technique. The art that I’ve studied most is human movement, in particular martial. Becoming a student ...
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Thursday, June 2nd, 2011
Secret #2: “The Way is in Training” by Scott Sonnon
Daily, Diligent, Consistent Training.
Although I’ve won international gold medals in 5 sports, written nearly 20 books, published 2,000+ articles, produced well over 200 videos, presented at universities, agencies and organizations worldwide, as well ...
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