Developing Self-Discipline And Self-Control Through Martial Arts
The second thing which I think is probably the single most important thing in business and life and in any of that is mastery of discipline. Discipline is so critical. Discipline over what you eat, discipline over how you act, discipline over what you think and being able to delay gratification. So important. And martial arts one of the most important things, why I have my kid do it is because it teaches you discipline.
It allows you to have the discipline of not striking somebody because you don't like what they said at an Oscar party or at the Oscars. It gives you it gives you the discipline to have the security to know that you're okay. That's another thing. And calmness. Knowing that you can defend yourself physically, emotionally and always gives you a sense of not only self-worth but of calmness where you can go through the world being calm knowing look, if I had to handle myself I could but I'm not going to unless I have to.
The most chillest dudes you will ever meet are going to be bad ass martial artists because when a dude is on the mats, when a dude is in the ring, when a dude is doing that several times a week, he doesn't want to fight. Somebody could say something about his mama and he could be like, all right, well, that's messed up. You don't talk about someone's mama but you know what? It's cool, it's not worth it for me to hurt you and you walk away calm. The guys that the guys that throw punches and slaps and and hit people are the guys that are insecure. Those are not the martial artists.
So it's a calm that you get going into life. And it's true you do get injured. There are lots of injuries in martial arts. There's injuries in grappling. But I know people who do ballet who get more injured in ballet. I know people who do soccer, who get more injured in soccer. So at the end of the day whatever you do, there's going to be injuries. I feel like you should do something, whatever it is that gives you a discipline. A discipline of spirit and allows you to go through life with a calm and assuredness of knowing who you are.