There is a diamond, a
There is a diamond, a big, beautiful multifaceted treasure that is waiting for us in martial arts.
But it is encrusted in dung.
If you want the diamond, you have to reach for it where it is, smack in the middle of that smelly stuff.
Your treasure is in the hands of your instructors, whose job it is to make you confront yourself, your inadequacies, fears, and submerged secrets.
You can blame them all you want for your woes, but that won?t help you at all.
Like any movie hero, such as Indiana Jones, you have to go through some scary, slithery, serpanty stuff before you emerge with the jewels or the Holy Grail, or whatever you?re seeking.
Once you commit to doing whatever it takes, the task becomes easier, but never really easy.
After all, we don?t respect treasures that are simply handed to us, do we?
Dr. Gary S. Goodman, President of www.Customersatisfaction.com, is a popular keynote speaker, management consultant, and seminar leader and the best-selling author of 12 books, including Reach Out & Sell Someone? and Monitoring, Measuring & Managing Customer Service, and the audio program, ?The Law of Large Numbers: How To Make Success Inevitable,? published by Nightingale-Conant.
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