You, me, or nobody is gonna hit as hard as life. But it ain’t about how hard ya hit. It’s about how hard you can get hit and keep moving forward. How much you can take and keep moving forward. That’s how winning is done.

You, me, or nobody is gonna hit as hard as life. But it ain’t about how hard ya hit. It’s about how hard you can get hit and keep moving forward. How much you can take and keep moving forward. That’s how winning is done.

ROCKY

How do you weather the blows that come your way?

Do you retract, recoil, and scramble for shelter?

Or do you stand your ground, look the opponent in the eye, smile, and let them know that you haven’t begun to put on your game?

Whether we are in the ring or we are in the throes of a business deal or a relationship or a personal conflict, we will inevitably encounter blows of magnitude.

Ultimately, the more willing and capable we are of standing our ground and unnerving our opponent by making them feel that their very best efforts were inconsequential to us, the greater our likelihood of prevailing is.

The more time that you spend sweating during training, the less you will bleed during the war. Your aptitude for brilliance and tenacity will ultimately prevail if you have the proper mindset, discipline, and perpetual strength to stand up in the face of all adversity and rise triumphantly.

Our perspective on these issues could not be more critical to our ability to accelerate through all trouble and resulting consequences.

As we learn how and why these are so imperative to our success, it becomes incumbent upon us to train methodically, knowing that the crucible of our journey will test all of the time and energy that we have put into these behavioral attributes.

With these strengths, we will discover that we are considerably stronger than we might have originally imagined, and in our continuous desire to rise up against all adversity and remain triumphant, these weapons could not be more important.

Understanding the proper mindset and continuous series of choices we will have to make in order to give us the space for this personal growth comes with a maturity that cannot be found or cultivated through any other process.

This is unquestionably trial by fire.

With that in mind, our willingness and ability to cultivate these strengths could not be more important to our overall success.

RIP Carl Weathers.

Happy Wednesday!