In the world of self-defense we speak at length about, and practice PRESENTMENT. Basically, it’s a simple law of nature. The animal that PRESENTS itself as strong, powerful, connected and purposeful lives, the one who presents itself as weak, powerless, disconnected, and without purpose gets eaten.

As we close this year let’s look at PRESENTING, REPRESENTING, AND RE-PRESENTING. All 3 are based on how others see us, or how we actually occur in the world, and have a direct effect on how successful we are in life, how much we make, and our overall mental, physical and emotional health.

How we occur to others will effect how they treat us, and how likely we are to have a beneficial relationship of existence together. Good relationships save life.

Consider, what we create, and what we are to others is who we are. What will you PRESENT, REPRESENT, AND RE-PRESENT in the New Year?

PRESENTMENT is how we appear to others, or the way we walk, talk, and act. We REPRESENT where we come from, our families, friends, cultures, and organizations to which we belong. Both PRESENTMENT, and who we REPRESENT are vital in self-defense, Life Defense, interactions and relationships of life.

However, RE-PRESENTMENT is what we are standing for anew. A lot of people create New Year's goals at this time of the year. They might sound something like, “I'm going to lose 20 pounds,” or “This year I'm getting that promotion.” RE-PRESENTMENT is not that.

In contrast, you create your RE-PRESENTMENT deliberately, and RE-PRESENTMENT represents what you stand for, and consequently how you occur to others. Again, you create this new way of being. “How do we do that?” Let’s look…

The mind is a powerful thing, and so first we create our battle plan. However we know that the best battle plans fail at first encounter with the enemy. So to begin with we state our plan powerfully, as our way of being. Instead of, “I’m going to lose 20 pounds, and get a promotion..” Declare, “I am a lean, powerful, athlete that wins at life!”

Next we act, we do not wait, anything that is powerfully spoken to others exists in the world. However, it is short-lived at best, and dies without action. It is the action that we take that abundantly, expansively sustains our declaration of life!

And so we do the runs, eat the foods, get the sleep, and lift the weights as lean, powerful, athletes that win at life do. We are now in the process of “doing” which translates to the process of “being.”

In essence we have RE-PRESENTED ourselves to the world, to the people around us, and thus our PRESENTATION is transformed, what we REPRESENT is transformed, and we have RE-PRESENTED ourselves newly to the world.

People now interact with us as a lean, powerful athlete that wins at life! We are that to them, and more importantly to us. In the end, did you lose 20 pounds? Probably. Did you get that promotion? More than likely. However, does it really matter?

Maybe you didn't lose 20 pounds, rather your body composition completely transformed. Perhaps you didn't get the promotion however new opportunities showed up, and you were offered a new position at a new start up that gave you more pay, more freedom, and stock options!

In the coming year, consider not setting goals, rather start by looking at how you occur to others, what you really stand for in life, and RE-PRESENT who you really are to the world! Don’t fall prey to the hungry lion. RE-PRESENT…

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Allen Hughes Life Defense

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