From the Desk of Keith Hafner
What I Told My Sons.
Jason and Ian were just little guys. Two and three years old.
One thing I taught them: ‘You can do hard things.’
I knew that many people, when explaining why they quit something…or why they didn’t try it in the first place, say, “It was too hard.”
I wanted my guys to grow up with the belief that, even if it WAS hard…they could still do it.
At ‘Keith Hafner’s Karate,’ we call it the ‘Yes, I Can’ mindset.
Why I’m writing: Your kids, have, at some point already done many, many hard things.
They’ve moved outside of their comfort zone. They’ve stuck with some things — even in the face of adversity.
The takeaway? Always remind them of the hard things they’ve already done — and that they can also do the new hard things that come their way.
They’ve already proven it.