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['Member']Joined: April 21, 2021 at 23:25Last active: September 04, 2025 at 12:0122 discussions62 comments

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An example would be four posts up where I said that I believe that if you practice a certain skill more often you will get better at it sooner, contra...
February 22, 2024 at 13:15
Philosophy can have many definitions but in the context in which Im talking about it I see it as "a pursuit of wisdom" and "a theory underlying or reg...
February 22, 2024 at 13:10
Even philosophies that have been around for hundreds or thousands of years can be wrong. Philosophies are created by man and so as with anything else ...
February 21, 2024 at 17:06
As a matter of fact I do. I once heard a story of a fellow who asked a karate instructor how long it would take to get a black belt. The instructor sa...
February 21, 2024 at 17:03
Im not talking about short term goals, Im talking about long term life changing goals.
February 03, 2024 at 23:01
Let's face it, you've only got so long before you get old and you've only got so long to live.
February 02, 2024 at 21:31
Oh but they do, when I give myself a time limit to reach a goal I do so for a reason.
February 02, 2024 at 01:29
That's exactly what I'm talking about, if the delay involves missing important deadlines.
January 31, 2024 at 21:32
Exactly. And other people should not prevent you from reaching your goal within your self appointed time limit.
January 31, 2024 at 18:10
My point exactly. The problem is when outside forces sometimes make you take longer.
January 31, 2024 at 18:09
Well you don't want to cut corners or ignore safety protocols in order to save time because if you do not only will you not achieve your goal but the ...
January 28, 2024 at 18:34
All the examples you mention (wanting to retire at 40, wanting to be a concert pianist at 20, ect.) are examples of goals with time limits but you als...
January 19, 2024 at 21:04
Well it's the part about being time bound that Im specifically talking about. If you've ever heard of Balamurali Ambati he's a medical doctor and he w...
January 18, 2024 at 18:17
It's just that I've heard that belts in the martial arts can result in toxic ego effects, a discussion that's come up in the martial arts community. M...
April 13, 2023 at 13:07
Well the grading system for academics isn't perfect or foolproof but it does give a general idea of how much somebody has learned the material. Yes it...
March 30, 2023 at 21:38
I don't know what dojo your daughter went to but from my experience, and I've been to multiple dojos, is that you're usually not expected to help teac...
March 28, 2023 at 12:24
I didn't appeal to my dojo although the issue has been resolved albeit way too late. Appealing to dojos is not the solution the way I see it. The way ...
February 15, 2023 at 15:18
The AKA is just one organization that teaches Karate in the USA. Many dojos in the USA in fact are independent and don't belong to any organization ot...
January 30, 2023 at 21:26
But when you take up an activity in a certain country(such as the USA) that activity is adopted to the culture of the country where you're doing it, e...
January 29, 2023 at 18:33
So you had some good goals and even if you didn't get a black belt in 4 years as you were hoping to, at least you know why as you said you were moving...
January 29, 2023 at 18:18
This was not my sensei who had the "patience" requirement for black belt that I described in my first post, it was somebody else who mentioned that he...
January 24, 2023 at 18:28
But you are being taught patience whenever you're being taught technical skills or anything else for that matter. Why? Because it takes patience to de...
January 24, 2023 at 18:10
But a black belt should be proof of skills. Getting a black belt means you've honed your skills in a way that meets your sensei's standards and to an ...
January 24, 2023 at 17:59
I've just been occupied with other stuff so I haven't been back to the forum for awhile.
October 07, 2022 at 20:15
Maybe if they put in extra hours every week in their training they'll get it done in less then 8 years.
October 07, 2022 at 14:33
If you try to type faster than you're able to of course you're going to make errors and you will have to go back and correct them which will take more...
May 12, 2022 at 00:30
Thank you everybody for the feedback. I've got some old threads that I would like to say more stuff on, I will get to it. :smile:
May 09, 2022 at 14:25
I really like that chart, thanks.
May 07, 2022 at 19:38
So you must handle it much better than Paris did from Gilmore Girls when she didn't get into Harvard.
May 06, 2022 at 18:12
So perhaps a better way to put it would be, "nothing ventured nothing gained, and that includes not gaining stuff you don't want," since when you do v...
May 06, 2022 at 18:09
You risk pain, that's how I see it. When you don't get the job promotion you wanted its painful. When you don't get into the college you wanted to get...
May 03, 2022 at 14:51
Well even if you aren't losing anything the fact remains that rejection can be very painful, painful to the point in which it might lead to suicide, a...
April 17, 2022 at 00:26
So you're saying that when you get rejected you aren't losing anything because whatever you got rejected from was stuff you didn't have in the first p...
April 16, 2022 at 12:42
Lets say you were hoping to get a promotion. You were looking forward to getting the promotion, you were looking forward to taking on the new position...
April 14, 2022 at 13:34
What you could lose by not getting the promotion is that your ego could be hurt and your hopes could be dashed, so there's that to lose.
April 13, 2022 at 13:31
Speaking as somebody whose got a four year college degree in Psychology I would have to say that Psychology is both a hard science and a soft science....
April 12, 2022 at 14:12
So there you have it, when you mention that you both retain authority over your part of the agreement that means they do have some authority. Im not s...
April 04, 2022 at 18:06
But even without the collective power, even if you've got just one person working for you, you've still got to pay them enough so that they will work ...
April 04, 2022 at 13:31
But if you rely on somebody else they do have authority over you in some form even if you think you're the one who has the authority. Lets say you're ...
April 03, 2022 at 14:17
So anyway, to earn the rank of Eagle Scout in Boy Scouts there are minimal time requirements. Before you can be an Eagle Scout you have to be a Life S...
December 14, 2021 at 18:52
Maybe not. Who knows? Its just a theory.
August 21, 2021 at 02:12
No, or at least I don't know of any proof, its just that some people believe that's how the universe got started. Apparently because humanity hadn't c...
August 21, 2021 at 01:09
To everybody who replied, thank you for all your great replies. :-) Anyway, here is a video of zombie Paris having her meltdown about not getting into...
July 14, 2021 at 19:49
So sometimes its not change but lack of change that we have an aversion to, to be specific, lack of desired change. For example, lets say a high schoo...
July 07, 2021 at 18:44
So anyway, concerning patience, I recently completed this program where I learned about jobs with deadlines. Lets say you've got a job where you have ...
June 23, 2021 at 14:44
This is obvious but it does vary from person to person, just how hard life is for somebody. But some people might choose to have things hard. In schoo...
June 23, 2021 at 14:04
May 29, 2021 at 13:26
So in other words, you're saying option B takes more patience.
May 23, 2021 at 17:24
Im not sure I quite understand, first you talk about how option A requires more patience because it takes you longer to reach your goal but then you s...
May 22, 2021 at 23:49
Space is four dimensional. Time is just another form of space along with height, width, and depth. Time can be defined as, "the space between two inte...
May 20, 2021 at 17:54