What Crashing a Remote Control Helicopter into your Wife's Head Can Teach you about Life and Success

Recently I bought a toy helicopter for $20 bucks and it is the most fascinating time waster I have had in a long time. I can't wait to fly it all around the house. It is only the size of my palm, but it is fully functional and just super fun!

As I fly it around the house, I usually keep it pretty low to the ground, realizing that the higher I go the longer the fall if I fail as a pilot. As I get the hang of it though, I definitely fly a bit higher now and then. I have had a few crashes but nothing too bad. My wife even saved the helicopter once by using the hair on her head as a soft landing. (Actually I crashed it into her head).

So, this little toy really got me thinking about life, I know it is hard to imagine, but it did. How many times in life are we scared to fly higher than we are right now? We have such a fear of the fall from greater heights.  I think the key to it all, is learning to pilot at the lower levels, and once we take our lives to a higher level, we are much more confident in our abilities. Why rush and just take the helicopter, our lives, as high as we can in an instant without learning to navigate first? 

Truly if there is any downfall for successful people, it is the quick rise to the top, or being promoted beyond one’s abilities. Make the choice to maximize at your current level, and a mentor or leader, or even life’s situations will pull you to higher grounds.

Thank you for reading and please share with anyone you think could apply this to their life, or may have had a similiar life altering event (crashing a helicopter into your spouse).

~ Benjamin "Sensei"  Moriniere
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10 Quotes that Will Make You a Better Martial Artist!

Here are 10 quotes that will make you a better martial artist. Please share this post and at the bottom of the post add your thoughts if you like on what each one of these means to you.

1.     He who is taught only by himself has a fool for a master. ~ Ben Jonson

2.     The weakest of all weak things is a virtue that has not been tested in the fire. ~ Mark Twain

3.     Everyone has a plan until they’ve been hit. ~ Joe Lewis

4.     I fear not the man who has practiced 10,000 kicks once, but I fear the man who has practiced one kick 10,000 times. ~ Bruce Lee

5.     We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence then, is not an act, but a habit. ~ Aristotle

6.     Don’t hit at all if it is honorably possible to avoid hitting; but never hit softly.
~ Theodore Roosevelt

7.     Turn the other cheek, but after the second cheek I am going to knock you out. ~ Anonymous

8.     There are two rules for being successful in martial arts. Rule 1: Never tell others everything you know. ~ Author unspecified

9.     When your strength is strong, defend; when your strength is great, attack. ~ Sun Tzu, The Art of War

10. Success is never final. Failure is never fatal. It is courage that counts. ~ Winston Churchill

Benjamin Moriniere "Sensei" @CapoeiraOkinawa

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