Empowerment

Empowerment

Empowerment literally means the giving or delegation of power or authority; authorization.

We are basically giving ourselves permission of said power or authority…mainly over ourselves.  In today’s times, to be empowered…is to have and demonstrate confidence.  Where does this confidence come from?

Any activity or endeavor that we excel at, we become empowered first within the realm of that thing that we mastered.  Do this a few more times and we become empowered to act on many things that are outside our comfort zone. 

I can give you examples that I have used, but what is more important is for you to think back about times that you succeeded at something…anything…that gave you that feeling of empowerment.  Some of these things may seem small or insignificant to another, but to you…they were like climbing Mt. Everest!

When we focus on that “feeling” of accomplishment…we start to stand a little taller, walk more confidently, and our eyes have a sharp focus that is not there when that feeling is absent.  We can use this every day to get us going in a positive direction, no matter the circumstances.

Self defense is a great way to get and retain these feelings of empowerment.  It first starts off with a few simple techniques and principles.  Once we have a better grasp of the material…the learning curve gets less curvy and length of time it takes to not only learn, but grasp the material, get shorter.  This affects our every day life in such a positive way that it is hard to calculate. 

In our self defense classes we focus directly on each person’s strengths and weaknesses.  I am talking more about the mental side than the physical.  It all starts with the “Yes I can attitude” and the rest become easy.  Remember…A journey of 1000 miles starts with a single step.

Next time we will talk about Focus.

Ciao!

Mark

8^th Degree Black Belt

Author of Books & DVDs

International Seminar Speaker