My best moments in my game have happened when I least expected them too. They happened organically, involuntary, and almost always without knowing what I was going to do next.
My realization has been that these moments only happen when I have had enough confidence in my own creative process to be willing to wait for my best game to appear, instead of demanding that it happen.
Your best performances on the mat as a martial artist, in life or at work, happen when you are able to hold the creative tension between failure on the one end, and the success you so desperately want on the other — without buying into or attaching to either.
Dr. Rodney King has taught personal threat management all over the world. His clients include special force military operators, law enforcement officers, and close protection teams. He completed is PhD, with a research focus in the role mindfulness plays in peak leadership performance.
Rodney is regularly asked to present on the role of mindfulness in peak performance environments. As such, Rodney was a speaker at the Disruptive Passenger Global Security Event in London (2019) where he presented on the role of mindfulness in overcoming Amygdala Hijacking in an aviation security context.
Rodney served in the South African Military’s VIP protection unit, and as a platoon sergeant was the lead unarmed combatives trainer for his unit.
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