My son, Blair, wrestled at Rocky Mountain Nationals this weekend in Denver. We've been competing in this tournament for four years straight. He's never placed.
He's a senior in high school. Saturday was his last shot.
I got real with him. "The only way you're going to place is if you actually bring the fight to them rather than defend yourself the entire f@#cking match."
Blair's a fighter. But he prefers poetry, reading and long hikes over starting fights under the lights with thousands of screaming fans high on Red Bull and Adderall.
There's a massive sentiment of entitlement swirling around our culture today - entitlement and complacency. It's been brewing for 20 years...not in my house.
I grew up with a conservative mom. Her mother was born in a Russian orphanage and became pilot with two college degrees. Her grandfather was an Ace Pilot for the Russian Army in WW1. And my grandfather ather was a war hero in WW2. My dad, also a pilot in the US Army.
My mom was strict. She taught me how to fight for everything.
Blair lost his first match. He straight got bullied. Zero fighting. I grabbed his gym bag and started heading out of the building. "We're going home. You're not ready for this shit. These young men are fighting, you're not."
I was livid.
"All my friends quit fighting, I won't let you do the same under my roof."
At some point in life, you’re going to have to fight for what you want. Or die trying. And even then, once you get it, you're going to have to keep fighting just to keep it.
My lab has been raided by the FDA and the DEA. It's been attacked by The Natural Supplement Industry Insider and my website gets hacked WEEKLY! I've had truckloads of product spilled on freeways. I've been lambasted in the media, banned by Facebook, Twitter, Adwords, Youtube and Instagram.
I'm still here.
Because fighting solves everything.
Most of you can't even fight to endure exercise, quit sugar, ditch your meds and get sunshine daily. And that's the bare minimum you'd have to do to get your health back and rid yourself of the belly fat, depression and the lethargy you endure on the daily. God forbid you actually read labels to learn how to clear out the chemicals in your food, soap, shampoo and water!
It's disgusting.
And it's the norm because you forgot how to fight!
But not so for our lady in pink pictured above! A badass in disguise, she started fighting back. And look at her now!
Her husband followed suit and is also a shredded man-snack that she adores and brags about all the time.
Blair stopped me as I walked out the arena...he looked me straight in the eye and said, "no, I'm ready to fight."
Even if you think you're ready to fight, most of you aren't. A fight is never going to go how you want it to. It will always force you to dig deep. You'll endure a thousand mini-losses in a fight before you even start to feel like you're getting ahead. And it will show you how wrong you are about everything. You guys today are all arrogant f@#cking know-it-alls. You will turn away the moment you're proven wrong...even in the face of death due to poor health brought about by your own habits.
The pain from exercise and hunger alone will put you right back into your chair and taking your worthless vitamins. youll distract yourself with vacations and fancy dinners...or just nightly wine.
It's always going to take a fight!
If you're over 40, every excuse you've ever made will come right to the surface. You'll look around and find comfort in the losers around you. You'll normalize your own bad habits and mindset.
Blair took the mat and got a win...and throughout the day he kept fighting and winning. And believe it or not, he made it into the consolation finals for 5th and 6th place. Even better, he meet the opponent who beat him early that morning...and this time he won.
Fighting solves everything.
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