Invest in Loss 

Invest in loss
This is a principal often associated with Taoist internal Martial Arts, which was my upbringing in the Martial Arts studies starting when I was 12 years old
I heard that phrase referred frequently and yet I never really understood it. I had an idea of what it meant, but I didn’t feel it and didn’t truly value it’s significance
How I like to say it is that that we win by losing
And it was only over the last decade of my life through many losses in life, and especially in my dedicated training in the Jiujitsu over the last 6 1/2 years that I started to really truly understand the significance
The real ones know that winning is the byproduct of many failures, many losses
In the competitive arena, you would prefer to lose in training behind closed , so that you can win in competition in front of the spectators
Nevertheless, do not fear loss, do not fear failure. Realize and accept that in the process of moving from good to great or from where you are to something better the victories come from the losses.
And if nothing else, if you lose many times, through the process of elimination, you will eventually arrive what does work and that is what winning is all about - Making the right decisions at the right times
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