Those who follow me on social media must have already noticed my passion for Jiu-Jitsu. After all, I’m always posting photos of the tournaments I participate in, as well as the athletes that I help in one way or another.
I am totally grateful to have found Jiu-Jitsu in my life, after all, the sport has not only brought me physical health benefits, although they have been totally important to me.
However, what I like to point out is that it brought me other benefits, mainly behavioral ones. And there are 3 teachings in particular that really stuck with me.
Discipline
I’ve always been a disciplined person, but maybe not as much as I should have been. With Jiu-Jitsu I learned something that I really passed on to people: discipline is much better than intelligence and talent.
Like this? You can be a totally smart person, talented at what you do. But if you don’t have discipline, you will hardly grow in your professional career.
A person who may not be as smart and who doesn’t have a natural talent can stand out much more simply by being disciplined in their day-to-day life and putting a lot of effort into improving themselves. Therefore, I like to highlight this benefit.
And even if you work from home, it is essential to stipulate schedules and rules if you want to grow in the profession. And this is a teaching that stayed for life.
Resilience
How many times do we not give up on our dreams because we tried a lot, and it didn’t work out? Well, Jiu-Jitsu has always taught me to go a little further and resist.
As hard as it is to reach a goal, you can’t give up. In sport we learn that we need to train more and more if we want to reach the highest point of the podium. And the same goes for life.
If you want to go far, you need to overcome countless obstacles and bravely resist difficult days. Resilience was a lesson that I will never forget and that profoundly marked my life.
Respect and teamwork
Finally, respect and teamwork were other teachings that Jiu-Jitsu also brought into my life. I see many people on social media fighting for different political opinions and I conclude how much we don’t know how to respect those who disagree.
In Jiu-Jitsu we have to respect our opponents, and I learned to bring that to life. When someone thinks differently than I do, whether in religion or politics, I don’t refute it and try to learn from that person’s point of view.
I see that it is respect for the opponent that creates diverse, plural teams that make a company go further. Well, it is the combination of these points of view that expands a leader’s ability to create innovative solutions.
Without a doubt, these teachings have profoundly impacted my life, and I’m sure they will have an impact on yours as well. For that reason, practice Jiu-Jitsu if you can, and extract from it everything it can teach you.
