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Do you ever feel like you are not meeting your expectations? Is it possible to set high expectations without setting ourselves up for failure? With the right plan and mindset, I feel we can.

Here are my top 3 tips with expectations

1. Be Clear – how can we hit the mark, when expectations are not clear? Be specific with all involved with what you envision to accomplish.
2. Be Realistic – this is the one that can really knock us off the horse. When setting expectations, we need to be realistic. Be willing to modify expectations if they are not.
3. Be Reasonable – if you’ve given 100% toward your expectation and didn’t make it, don’t beat yourself up. Analyze the why and realize there’s always tomorrow.

When dealing with expectations, remember to be clear, realistic and reasonable. When looking at our progress from high expectations, realize that you have improved yourself in many ways.

As a child, I loved the muppets character Animal. He was wild and played the drums with such vigor. Trying to follow in his foot steps, I begged my parents to play the drums.

They shattered my dreams by signing me up to learn the trumpet. Major bummer. I reluctantly played the trumpet and through time started to make progress.

The progress that I experienced was directly linked to my quality practice time. I’ll never forget the great feeling of starting to connect the dots.

In Tang Soo Do, you come to class and receive instruction. Most students will stop here. Take the next step and practice at home the lessons learned in the dojang. Motivation will naturally build as we progress ourselves forward.

In closing, don’t practice until you get it right. Practice until you can’t get it wrong. Best wishes in improving yourself through quality practice.

Have you ever been in a point in your life and felt like a ship without a rudder? Continuously spinning in circles?

Finding a clear course in life is important for all of us. However, finding it is not an easy task.

1. What is your passion? Discover what you enjoy and pursue it. Life is too short to live in regret.
2. Willing to Fail? When chasing your dreams, you will hit brick walls and find yourself on your back from the fall. Be willing to fall, learn from it and get back up.
3. Give It Away Now Whether you find your purpose now or later, simply give to others. Interesting enough, whatever we usually give tends to be tied to our purpose.

C. S. Lewis nailed it when he said, “You are never too old to set another goal or to dream a new dream.” It’s time to get out and live with purpose

Have you ever felt a lack of confidence in your training? Maybe it’s a section of a form or perhaps executing a specific technique. We’ve all experienced this feeling.

Your training tip for the week is a great solution for this problem. With commitment and patience you will start to see positive results. I like to refer to it as Isolation Training. Here’s how it works…

1. Get Specific – clearly identify the area of your training that you desire to improve.

2. Wax On Wax Off – practice just that area slowly and repeatedly.

3. Patience Grasshopper – dig in and think about what you are doing and why you are having trouble with that area.

4. Don’t Give Up – by consistently working on the isolated area, you will start to see positive results. You have to keep working at it to receive the reward of improvement.

With consistent practice, you will start to turn an area of your training from a negative to a positive. Isolate it, practice it over and over, put thought into it and break through.

Improvement is waiting, just go get it! Tang Soo!