Fear part 2
Posted 31st July 2009 at 07:07 AM by Sapphire69
Fear part 2
Fear is just adrenalin - fight or flight syndrome.
You get an adrenaline dump and you recognise it as fear.
It's a matter of mindset.
When I get that, I call it excitement.
Most people here never have and never will step into a boxing ring.
My karate instructor, who was also a boxing coach, got all his black belts together and took us to the local boxing gym, where he was a coach, and put us in the ring.
That's daunting enough for anyone, but imagine how I should have felt, a ten stone female ex dancer!
I say SHOULD have felt because my instructor - a true master of karate not a part timer - trained us as much in the emotional and mental side of karate as he did the physical. I had the adrenaline dump and rush not just lacing up the gloves, but driving to the gym.
But what most people would call fear I called excitement.
And I really enjoyed the sparring, because I always had enjoyed sparring at karate.
It wasn't until a few months into what became our regular boxing - and kickboxing - session that I looked at it and realised "Wow! I'm sparring in a boxing ring with professional male boxers - 14 and 15 stone men"
So I bring that mentality into my business deals, and the internet is only an extension of that.
And people think having a debate on an Internet forum is going to make me nervous!
Sophia
Sapphire's Work From Home
Fear is just adrenalin - fight or flight syndrome.
You get an adrenaline dump and you recognise it as fear.
It's a matter of mindset.
When I get that, I call it excitement.
Most people here never have and never will step into a boxing ring.
My karate instructor, who was also a boxing coach, got all his black belts together and took us to the local boxing gym, where he was a coach, and put us in the ring.
That's daunting enough for anyone, but imagine how I should have felt, a ten stone female ex dancer!
I say SHOULD have felt because my instructor - a true master of karate not a part timer - trained us as much in the emotional and mental side of karate as he did the physical. I had the adrenaline dump and rush not just lacing up the gloves, but driving to the gym.
But what most people would call fear I called excitement.
And I really enjoyed the sparring, because I always had enjoyed sparring at karate.
It wasn't until a few months into what became our regular boxing - and kickboxing - session that I looked at it and realised "Wow! I'm sparring in a boxing ring with professional male boxers - 14 and 15 stone men"
So I bring that mentality into my business deals, and the internet is only an extension of that.
And people think having a debate on an Internet forum is going to make me nervous!
Sophia
Sapphire's Work From Home
