Being My Own Worst Enemy

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Do you ever think that maybe you are not where you want to be because YOU are in your own way in some shape or form? Why is it easy to look for extrinsic causes than intrinsic? Is it really just me that feels like this?

I am my own enemy! Sometimes I am not even aware that I am. But it amazes me that I am still in my own way. It just reaffirms to me that we need to do introspection as much as possible. We change and our environment has impacts on us even if we are not immediately aware of it. This is not a bad thing… But I do think it is a something we to not place enough importance on.

We can not change what we do not know. Thus we should investigate ourselves regularly and KNOW what WE WANT, WHY WE WANT IT and WHO WE ARE. Because the reasons change and we change and what we want change.

Today, I needed to take responsibility for being in my own way, for being my own worst enemy without really consciously knowing it. I made excuses and I lost my passion. I almost gave my self a fatal wound!

I am the only one who can account for my life and what I have and had done with it. ME, MYSELF and I. I would rather be my own cheerleader, champion, best friend and motivator than keeping myself down without even knowing it or knowing why.

I am changing this today. I need some introspection and changing my enemy to my greatest Ally!!

Keep Introspecting

Keep Evolving

Keep Being Aware

Keep Moving

Jean-Marie’ Roux

The Balancing Act Called…Life

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One thing that I am learning and experiencing is that everything in life is about balance. We are all doing a balancing act. Some better than others.

But…

As I am all about movement and that moving better. It is all about skill and training that or all skills! Balance can be improved… Yes! One can train to improve balance.

I believe that training and skill building are a lot like life. We need to build our skills and train to be authentic in our beings. I also believe that everything can be learned. We may not become champions in what we learn but we can become better than what we were.

It is about planning. preparing and getting a routine that is flexible but stable. Every aspect of our lives needs balance to be in harmony. I also believe that when we achieve this balance, we achieve happiness…

I want to encourage you to work on balance. Especially in your goal setting! Remember your life should be a good and happy one. I truly believe that and I believe it can and will be.

Good Luck in Your Balancing Act!

Keep Moving!

Jean-Marie’ du Plessis

 

 

 

Evolving ~ Learning, Change, Accepting

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When I talk about evolving usually there is a negative connotation or undertone. I want to apologize for that, because it is not a negative thing at all!

Evolving is about change. Change needs action to achieve. Action needs thought, thought needs consciousness. You can not change what you do not know. This is the beauty of this journey. We are scared of change because sometimes it is the unknown that the change will bring us. Or it is the fact that we need to confront certain traits that we are not willing to face.

To be honest evolving has been amazing. I feel like I am getting to know the real me. The me that I have not understood or suppressed at certain times out of fear of rejection and not being good enough. You know what? I am good enough for me. I see myself in a different light. I can actually face myself and not be mean. This is what #2018Evolve has meant to me and it is not the end of the journey.

Evolving means growing and expanding on yourself in all aspects of our being. I have said that it comes with growing pains, and that it sucks, sometimes. But it has this adventurous, beauty in it. What you learn and experience while evolving is empowering.

I want to encourage you to evolve. To start a relationship with yourself, to understand and identify your weaknesses and accept your humanness!

#NeverStopEvolving

#OneWord2018

#2018Evolve

Keep Moving!

Jean-Marie’ du Plessis

Unpacking The Box

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About three weeks ago my Mentor gave me some homework… And you know we all love homework… Usually I do actually love doing the tasks assigned to me. I love to excel at them and show that I have learned something and value it. But this task I dreaded and felt very uncomfortable. I had to unpack my box.

This means to exam yourself and basically get to know the raw unfiltered YOU. What you hide from the rest of the world and in most cases even yourself. Having to admit something to others is one of the toughest things we as humans do, but admitting something to yourself seems to be near impossible. I said NEAR impossible, not impossible. Usually we look and exam all the outside factors, before we even come close to ourselves, sometimes we never even reach the root cause of our mishaps, or mistakes. Because we do not want to dig deep into yourselves and admit that things went wrong because deep down we have an insecurity and it reaches through to every decision we make and that is why we made the mistake in the first place. Some will never know the “why” behind their action because they are too afraid to unpack the box and dig for the root causes of their behavior.

Sometimes we need to know why we behave the way we do. Because it does affect EVERY aspect of our being, if we admit it or not.

So take time and unpack some boxes this week. Let me know how it goes. Believe me it is not easy, but so empowering and freeing, like all things good!!

Good luck!

Keep Moving!

Jean-Marie’ du Plessis

 

 

 

My #OneWord2017

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I do not particularly like this time of year. I love spending time with family and friends, and that everyone seems to make time for each other. But it just seems so forced. We will make time because work has slowed down, some companies even close over the holiday season.

This is also the season we spend a lot of money, more than the time spent working for said money.

This is also the time of year, or for me at least, where we reflect on what we have done, what we still need and want to do. In other words it is a time full of stress and self doubt.  Is there time to reach the goals I have not yet gotten around to? Can I write this year off as a success? What qualifies as success?

My Mentor once told me that new year’s resolutions don’t work. What we should do is think of a word that will be your focus next year. This one word will carry though in EVERYTHING you do and in EVERY aspect of your life next year.

This year’s “#OneWord” was Confidence #2017Confidece. When I speak I do it with Confidence. If I failed, and I did, I did it with Confidence. I also picked myself up with Confidence. I started blogging, with semi- Confidence. It is getting better. I even spent a bit to much money with a bit too much Confidence, but I am admitting to it with Confidence and paying my dues with Confidence.

My Confidence has increased immensely. It has really been amazing. By just focusing on my word #2017Confidence my life has changed. I am Confident in a way I never was.It truly is like a muscle.

I am also taking this time to think of my #OneWord2018 that I can carry through next year. Next year will be a big a year with a lot of changes waiting to happen…

What will your #OneWord2018 be? Will you join me in growing more confident in every aspect? Leave your #OneWord2018 in the comments and lets start preparing for next year.

Speaking The Same Language

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Sorry for my hiatus… It was involuntary and very frustrating!! We were busy moving and as we all know it totally sucks!! I also struggled to get back online with wifi and companies that provide it… But I must admit that I love the new place and I am back online. I am also closer to my clients! This means I can truly focus on growing the #NeverStopMoving Movement!

Sooo I want to catch you all up on what has been going on!! I am very excited about this so bear with me!!!

If you follow me you might have an inkling about how I feel about MOVEMENT!! I can barely sit still as I am typing this! This is how excited I am.

During the move Squash SA had their national squash academy camp and they invited Hadrian Stiff. He is Mohamed El Shorbagy’s (Former World #1 and current #3) coach. He is also a former Elite Squash Player. Follow the link to Elite Squash for more info on their programme.

First of all I was totally off of my game as I met him during the most chaotic move ever (as I mentioned before) but I want to say….

It was an absolute honour to meet and just observe Hadrian… He really has a passion for movement!!!! Specializing in movement in Squash. It was amazing to get a fresh perspective on teaching movement patterns. I also loved that for once someone spoke my language!!!Movement is feeling and changing and simple yet so hard!! It is personal, individual yet we all share it… We all move. Movement is Life…

Hadrian If you are reading this. I want to thank you for answering my questions and giving me another perspective. Also challenging me to think of exciting ways to share the knowledge with my athletes. We are all, myself included, striving to move more natural, faster and better!

Keep Moving

Jean-Marie’ du Plessis

 

 

 

Tough Words For A Monday

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I have had one of the best Monday ever. My motivation has been on a low and you know what it is on me. I had a good talk with me mentor and had to hear some tough but true word. I am now ready to push forward!! Thank you #MentorWisdom

We can not blame others, our motivations, our successes or lack thereof on how we feel. None of the above mentioned can influence how you feel neither should you allow it. How we feel has nothing to do with where we are going, how we do our job, how we get to where we want to be. We need to just follow Nike and… Just Do It. We don’t even have the choice sometimes.

Don’t get me wrong we are human and we do sometimes feel low, which is natural. I am just saying that it can not rule over everything else. When we start feeling like this we need to talk about it, get re-energized and re-focus. We need to “see” the situation different.

I also tell my clients as well as athlete’s the body does what the mind tells it to. This seems to be the hardest part, but I believe the hardest part is convincing the mind it is in control. We are in control of what we think.

Keeping Moving

Jean-Marie’ du Plessis