The Addictive, All-Or-Nothing Personality:
Your Strongest Tool Or Your Worst Enemy? "No Problem, its
Done" - Part 3
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All or Nothing 3
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In this third installment I
am going delve into the positive aspects of having this personality
trait. Explain the powers it lends those of us who have it.
What is it that causes the fast
rises, the "never say never" ability to reach goals
that may seem unattainable to others. Oddly enough you're
going to see a TON of overlap in the negative traits and the
positive traits. They are almost, or at times are identical.
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Our strong headed ability to put
the blinders on our own mind, emotions, feelings, and physical well
being in order to reach a goals we have set for ourselves, can be
a positive or negative at times. Its all in how we use them. In
this installment I will ID those positive traits and in the next
installment show how we harness them learn to skirt that fine line
with some examples.
"You
cant.."
Again, this cant be stressed enough
the power of these two simple words to us "You cant."
The two most powerful words in the world for us. They mean a challenge.
To prove others or our selves wrong, push the boundaries once again
and light hat fire in us that keeps us rolling. Keep us aimed and
shooting for something and you keep us happy, never one part of
us sitting idle for to long and even when we are we are just planning
and resting for our next assault on something we see as great.
"Stress
sweet Stress"
Be it physical mental what not it
is the root of our fuel. We have learned to thrive in stressful
situations to the point at we seek it in what we do to be at our
best. Not just a tad of stress but we pile it on until there is
nothing left to do, no time for long drawing out thinking, its only
time for physical action and spilt second decisions.
We plan yes but our planning stages
are also simply times when we are pilling up a large mass of bricks
to be laid. It's what Dave Tate calls the two speeds he has, Blast
and Dust. We build it up. Let things strategically compile and then
its go time. Enough stressors have built its time to take the bull
by the horns. When things around us are seemingly at the worst and
we are in the most stressful situations we always appear calm and
collective.
"Turned
On"
It's at this point we turn it on,
and have that innate ability to turn off anything else in our way,
our lives, lose days, hours, months and years if needed to get the
job done. If a bit of the stress is gone and we chip away some of
the barriers we have more we stack on to take their place. "BRING
IT" its in the go times we are seemingly unstoppable. Nothing
can get to us physically, mentally or emotionally enough to wave
us from our destination.
The path has been chosen and we will
NOT fail. It doesn't matte how bad things look, how dismal, or impossible.
In our heads no matter what the world or other people throw at us
No question, we made out decision, no question we will do it.
"Spite"
The BIG one. Spite. Throw spite at
us and now we got fuel. Its directly related right back to the "you
cant". You wont, etc. If someone else has it in their head
to tell us we cant do something, Watch the hell out. It's time for
a whole new gear.
Oddly enough however most of us, my
self included, though we may do things in spite and because people
say we cant, we wont hurt anyone but ourselves directly in our pursuits.
We may crush our selves but in the majority, what Ive seen, we are
also the most caring and giving people. Those who would put our
true friends and family before our own selves our own lives.
Many times the missions and stressors
we chose directly help better others, or causes we care for. We
would give the shirt off our backs and step in the line of fire,
into emotional and physical pain for our loved ones. We don't care
about mental, physical, or emotional pain and stress on us, as we
again have that ability to make it a non issue. What doesn't exist
in our world, in our plan, doesn't matter, doesn't get felt or even
recognized. Even physical pain. We have skin thicker then steel,
but hurt, disrupt, or even threaten one of the few we do call true
friends or loved ones and you better watch the hell out.
"We
Don't Mind, Cause It, or You, Don't matter"
Much like our ability to falsely empower
things we have the ability to simply make things not matter at all.
No matter what or whom it is if its in our way. Trying to work against
us in any fashion we have a unique ability to make it disappear.
Usually not by actual removal, but by just making things not exist
in our world. it's a great and liberating ability and one everyone
should practice, placing all the power in your own hands. The realization
that NOTHING not a damn thing out side of you has any more power
over you then you allow it.
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It's also, as explained
in the last installment, a tough task. One that itself can
lead to some self destruction, or negatives. If you don't
walk that fine line, keep ties on your own self , and surround
yourself with people who realize and accept who you are, the
kind of person you are, it can be a hell of a head ache for
you or others. Though again it is a very powerful ability
and possibly the most powerful one a person can have. Self,
positive empowerment.
That will cover
it for this installment. I hope this strikes some good dialogue.
I feel this can both be good for those with this personality.
Those who have
experienced many of the same things or those who are at risk
of it. As well informational for those who don't have this
trait of simply making anything they desire happen. Possibly
some people can ID these skills, learn them. And in the next
installment how to harness the good and the bad to work for
us.
Until the next
installment. ID some of these traits practice them, make something
positive happen, no questions asked. Allow yourself to Kick
ass.
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About The Author
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Coach Phil Stevens is an accomplished
strength athlete with considerable experience in both powerlifting
and strongman competition. Phil is the 2007 APA World Champion
in the 242-pound class (total). He currently holds the APF
275-pound class raw National bench, squat, deadlift, and total
records. Phil’s marquis lift was his 700-pound raw deadlift,
performed on February 14, 2009 in Phoenix, Arizona.
Phil has been ranked in the
“Top 10” in the deadlift Nationally across all powerlifting
federations, and in addition to his coaching duties at Staley
Training Systems, he also serves as the Arizona State Chair
for the North American Highlander Association, as well as
the founder of Lift For Hope, an annual strength-competition
with proceeds donated to Charity (www.Lift4Hope.org).
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