YOU ONLY GET ONE SHOT

"You better lose yourself in the moment, you got it, you better let it go, you only got one shot" (eminem paraphrased)

Here is a good link to his new stuff: Hopefully meeting the the Michigan native shortly. "The souls escaping from this hole that is gaping"

Back to the blog.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZlFotbyAZU4

Even though we all agree that we are in a pool of souls that are connected. Whether you want to be, quantum physics tells us we are.

Ok, so I am connected to my neighbour that never washes and speaks in tongues that I can't synthesis and he oppresses his wife with a burka. (ban it) There is no repercussion, I can't change them, or why do I want to. Deal with it.

Lets talk about the game that is played. There is a game and we know some of the rules.

Lets talk sports as a metaphor.

In 1982, Jimmy Connors (it was only a matter of time) went into the US open final against the young IVAN LENDL. Lendl had a 41 match winning streak going in and had beaten CONNORS 6-1 6-1 in the tournament before the US open, Cincinnati.

Lendl crushed Mcenroe in the semis and then faced CONNORS. Apparently Connors was a 10-1 underdog.

That is the set-up. Now the reality. There is an old philosophy that says that if you attack your opponents STRENGTH..Not his weakness...His strength...if you have the guts to attack that, and risk humiliation in the process, it may pay dividends.

How does a Frazier deal with Ali's jab?

BREAK DOWN YOUR OPPONENTS STRENGTH and he or she is lost.

That's what Jimmy Connors did that day, and then did it again the following year.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=87CtC_zD2Dk

Once you break down your opponents strength, they flounder. They are a flounder.

So how does that interact and work for us in a world of consequences and love. IT doesn't seem very nice.

As long as you honour your opponent from your heart, you are ultimately giving them cause to grow.


If you need to get ahead in a one vs one environment. Model your biggest rivals attributes, understand every nuance, watch for the let-up and break it down in the battle.

The battle may be just over some ridiculous tangent, but you know that you have the strength to go there.


You may only get one opportunity to be the next Eminem or the next Drake, seize it, be it, be prepared for it. If not ..mediocrity is calling on your doorstep.

Take a deep breath and be the outcome, live it and own it. Don't choke it.

The good news is there is always a way out of that, but Harry Houdini you have to be, and that is another challenging road.

Some ideas I could have used on the tennis court myself over the years. You have more than one opportunity...but if you make a habit of just bypassing them for a quick fix of nothing......it aint pretty Canada.