| It's funny how some people can live their whole | | | | standing rolls in the future, which is quite fun to |
| lives without believing in themselves. For whatever | | | | do. |
| reason, that doubt lingers. And then it happens, | | | | From that moment on, I put my whole self into |
| that moment of certainty, when you know | | | | class and learned a great many things. The first, is |
| exactly what who you are and what you are | | | | self- belief, and the second is action. Trying a |
| capable of. | | | | technique until I got it. |
| A memorable time for me was at my first Aikido | | | | This can be translated to anything you endeavor |
| class in SUNY Oswego. It was 10 minutes into | | | | to do. One example is learning piano. The first |
| class and the instructor rolled up onto his feet | | | | time, you touch the keys it sounds like noise until |
| from a siting position, smoothly and quickly. | | | | you take action and try until you know it. Or |
| Anybody in Aikido, knows that this is a very | | | | Business. The mindset of a businessman is that he |
| specific type of roll. | | | | will take actions and try techniques until they find, |
| In awe, I ask, "How many classes, before I learn | | | | what works for them. |
| how to do that?" The instructor looks and smiles, | | | | So some keys here are Believe in Yourself, Have |
| "How about right now." He broke the steps down | | | | a Positive Mental Attitude and Take Consistent |
| and before I knew it, I rolled up onto my feet, | | | | Action! |
| exactly the way the instructor did. This leads to | | | | |