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8 Steps for Breaking Through Any Obstacle

Posted on June 18, 2013 Leave a comment in Goals, Vision, Willpower

This weekend I came across a video of kids breaking through wooden boards with their hands. I was curious about the technique that these kids were taught in karate class so I started researching it.

The first page I found was at www.WikiHow.com, which had an article called “How to Break a Board with Your Bare Hand.”

As I read through the steps, I was amazed at how similar the steps for breaking a board are to the steps for overcoming all other obstacles in life. Here are the steps, word for word from the WikiHow website:

How to Break a Board with Your Bare Hands

#1. Empty your mind. Relax. Don’t think about success or failure. Take a calming breath. Focus yourself first. Unless you are extremely weak or sick (in which case you shouldn’t be breaking boards at all), mental preparation is the most important aspect of the technique.

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Stretch! 3 Ways to Do More With What You Have

Posted on May 23, 2013 18 Comments in Fear, Featured, Thoughts, Vision, Willpower

The teacher stopped the presentation and asked for a volunteer from the class. A young lady was the first to raise her hand and was brought to the front of the room. “I want you to stand against this wall and reach your hands up as high as they can go.” said the teacher. The [...]

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Playing the Game

Posted on May 3, 2013 2 Comments in Courage, Persistence, Willpower

This is another awesome cartoon from Gavin Than at ZenPencils.com. Check out his site, it is awesome!

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You Were Born for This!

Posted on April 4, 2013 11 Comments in Attitude, Courage, Willpower, Work

Why are you here? Have you ever stopped to wonder? Some would have you believe that you are merely here because of a reaction between two complex molecules. They would have you believe that there is no purpose to your life other than to procreate and advance the species. You are not special. You are [...]

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The Inevitable Battle Within

Posted on April 3, 2013 3 Comments in Attitude, Courage, Willpower

Jesse Owens (1913-1980) was an African-American track and field athlete who became a sports legend during the Berlin Olympics in 1936. Adolf Hitler and his Nazi party had been in power for three years and the Berlin games was the perfect way to showcase the might and efficiency of Germany’s new political regime. Hitler believed [...]

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A Lesson from Bruce Lee

Posted on December 10, 2012 Leave a comment in Persistence, Willpower

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There’s Magic In the Struggle

Posted on December 6, 2012 1 Comment in Persistence, Willpower

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Why Are Amnesiacs More Successful?

Posted on December 3, 2012 1 Comment in Persistence, Perspective, Willpower

  This morning on the radio I was listening to a sports talk show where they were discussing the quarterbacks Ryan Lindley of the Arizona Cardinals and Mark Sanchez of the New York Jets. Both quarterbacks played horribly on Sunday, to the extent that Sanchez was benched and Lindley has been deemed the worst quarterback [...]

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Is Your Life One of Passive Diffusion or Active Transport?

Posted on September 26, 2012 Leave a comment in Habits, Life, Willpower

I was a biology and history major in college so I took a ton of science classes both in undergrad and later in dental school. One of the basic principles of biology is based around how molecules move in and out of cells in our body. There are number of different ways this happens but [...]

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Disaster, Determination and a World Record

Posted on September 10, 2012 Leave a comment in Hope, Persistence, Willpower

The little country schoolhouse was heated by an old-fashioned, pot-bellied coal stove. A little boy named Glenn had the job of coming to school early each day to start the fire and warm the room before his teacher and his classmates arrived. One morning they arrived to find the schoolhouse engulfed in flames. They dragged [...]

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