tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1586463381137391843.post7960225502716595854..comments2023-09-13T06:16:31.763-06:00Comments on Goin' Bowling: PERSUASIONNenehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13847303868378288229noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1586463381137391843.post-30650251386153233082009-10-20T16:18:36.639-06:002009-10-20T16:18:36.639-06:00I remember when I wrestled, we always did this exe...I remember when I wrestled, we always did this exercise where you lay on the mat and push yourself up with your hands and head so that it makes your whole body an arch. I never knew why we did it (I really think I just never thought about it) but I always practiced it anyway with everyone because I was required to. Well, I was horrible at wrestling and never won any matches and I always lost by being pinned until my last match. I was wrestling a guy and he had me on my back and was about to pin me, when all of the sudden, I did that arch thing just as a reaction. I didn't even think to do it, I just did it. As soon as I did it, I thought to myself, even in the midst of the match, "THIS is why we always practiced this." It's the way to free yourself from a pin. And sure enough, it freed me and I was able to continue the match. I didn't win but I didn't lose by being pinned which I was very proud of myself for doing. So, maybe you just have to be told something over and over again until it just clicks. And, man, was I exhausted after wrestling an entire match having never done it before. But it was totally worth it.Bullet for Babshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10131351430518593054noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1586463381137391843.post-20644238149595482412009-10-20T04:35:00.436-06:002009-10-20T04:35:00.436-06:00I know what you're saying, Babs. I tend to do...I know what you're saying, Babs. I tend to do the same thing sometime. I think that might be why it took so long for it to dawn on me that the way they were trying to teach me to teach was really the best way. At first I would listen, then just go on teaching the way I always taught. I think it was somewhere in the <br />3rd or 4th year of teaching that it finally began to dawn on me what they were actually saying. Kind of a "duh" moment. :0)Nenehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13847303868378288229noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1586463381137391843.post-51311452755918789582009-10-19T22:50:02.625-06:002009-10-19T22:50:02.625-06:00Or in most cases with me, I always deny whatever i...Or in most cases with me, I always deny whatever is told to me what I should do and then, I do it later anyway after denying it. It drives my wife crazy. I don't mean to do it though. But, sometimes, after I think about it for awhile, I see more clearly what people were telling me and the wisdom of their words and I usually do what they told me to do.Bullet for Babshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10131351430518593054noreply@blogger.com