I CHOOSE TO MAKE MY LIFE A STORY FOR THE AGES

Against all threats, there are two broad philosophies you can use: Defensiveness or Assertiveness. The most successful people in the world are Assertive! They make their lives an adventure. They live a life that is a story well worth telling. Their stories can be told to their children, grandchildren and generations to come. That’s the life they live!

Defensiveness is “normal.” In tough economic times, it means worry, maybe even panic. It means fretting over every dollar. It is seeing everything that can go wrong. It means panicking over one’s job, house value, and sinking into despair over the hopes for the next generation.

Assertiveness is “super normal.” It’s Heroic. Assertive is moving forward with maximum respect for the rights and interests of others. (Aggressive has no regard for others.) In times of chaos, the Great One rise to the challenge. They take ACTION. They are ASSERTIVE. They are the knights that stand on the field of battle and see the dragon coming. When others scream and run for the hills, this knightly one drawn his or her sword and readies for battle.

Assertive People know “If I get better faster than life gets harder, life gets easier and easier.” They learn. They grow. They out-grow the chaos. They get bigger than the problem. Others may hide, or just hold for dear life – but Assertive People are busy becoming more than they’ve ever been. They want their lives to tell a story that can inspire generations. They want to be the people who can say to their children and grandchildren “This is what happened. This is what I did.” They want to set the pace. They want to BE the lesson for generations to come. They prove themselves HEROIC.

In the Guardian Martial Arts, you learn that your first thought is “protect,” and your immediate second thought is “restore peace.” For instance, if someone punches, you defend against the punch and then do what you need to do to restore peace. Sometimes you step back, sometimes you move in. Sometimes you talk, sometimes you fight. It all depends upon what will most effectively solve your problem.

For financial self-defense, you do the same thing. First, you make any immediate moves you need to make for instant safety. You might cut out all unnecessary spending. You might cancel unnecessary large expenses. You might defer other investments. This is the defense – usually just the first move of a martial arts technique.

Then you automatically go into problem solving mode. The defense buys you time to evaluate your situation and respond effectively. Fear would put you permanently in defensive mode, and that means that the problem will just hammer you until it eventually catches you. Violent criminals win if all you do is curl up and hope they will go away. They eventually win if you always think defensively. You need to choose an effective course of action.

This shift in thinking seems obvious to some – but for most people this is an alien way of thinking. Every warrior learns to think this way. In the Guardian Martial Arts, this is what we practice when we train physically. With our body, we are training a Philosophy of Assertiveness. By training our body, we train our mind.

In the Guardian Martial Arts, we also know that you must know so you can do. Even if you have an effective philosophy – Assertiveness – you still need to know what to do. For physical self-defense, you learn Karate moves and Jujitsu techniques. For financial self-defense, you learn money moves and economic techniques.

The Guardian Academy does more than say “apply the principles.” If you are going to take massive action to make your next 120 days a Story for the Ages, you need more than just “go do stuff.”

For some people, the problem is that they already know what to do, they just haven’t gotten themselves to do it. For them, just training in the physical philosophy is enough. Most of us need more. So we give you more.

We give you amazingly powerful, practical lessons that can transform your thinking and guide your choices. 48 Days to a Six Figure Income by Dan Miller. Take it to the Next Level by Marshall Goldsmith. Think and Grow Rich by Napoleon Hill. Lessons from the Richest Man Who Ever Lived by Steven Scott. Tony Robbins. Brian Tracy. Jay Abraham. Robert Kiyosaki. These lessons, these teachers, the programs they have produced – they are all available in our library to help you take the principles and philosophy you are learning and apply it to your financial life.

As you earn your Black Belt in Martial Arts, you can also earn a Black Belt in Financial Arts. Two out of three people will go their whole lives without being the victim of a violent criminal. That means that one out of three will use their fighting skill to stop a criminal. Everyone can use the principles for financial victory!

Everyone talks. Too much of life is filled with “should’a, could’a, would’a.” There is not one blessed thing we can do about any choice we made up to this moment. Yesterday is gone. We did what we did, we landed where we landed, and we are right here right now. We stand in this moment in time – and we have a decision to make.

What do you choose? Do you choose to make your life an Epic Adventure? Do you choose to unleash everything in you to find out what God made possible for you? Do you make your next 120 days a Story for the Ages? Imagine… being the story. YOU are the book. You are the trail blazer. You are the shining example. Later, when your CHILDREN face total chaos… YOU could be the example. “Yes, I faced total chaos. I faced it this way….”

What is your plan? We recommend physical training to train your body and brain to work together, solve problems, and always move forward. We recommend audios to keep feeding your mind with powerful, effective lessons. We recommend books to expand your thinking and make you much more expert at many aspects of life. That’s our recommendation. That’s our plan.

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See you at the Guardian Academy!