Also there’s a concept about risk that I like.

It’s simply that the avoidance of risk is a risk in and of itself. There is inherent risk to doing nothing or playing it safe.

It is the risk of achieving nothing that you consider worthwhile.

Risk is good, the point here is not to eliminate risk; because if we chose to eliminate risk, we then eliminate the reward. The goal here is to manage it, meaning….choose where to place your bets, and where to avoid betting altogether….uncertainty, will forever be a factor of our life experiences, but it’s this uncertainty which teaches us, and helps us improve our odds/chances of being certain.

Collectively, there will always be forces that stimulate considerable changes, and these changes create an increasingly risky and turbulent environment. So, how do we survive these turbulent environments (i.e., Wins vs. Losses)? We seek opportunity, “where the forces of uncertainty and growth are the strongest.”, and in my opinion they will always be an opportunity for these forces to be the strongest in the eyes of defeat….

i know my preparation hasn’t been great, or i didn’t cut weight, but i know that i’ll find parts of my game exposed with the kind of emphasis that will make me work on them next week rather than a training partner just catching me in something while rolling.