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Conquer Your Mountain

 

We all have our mountains, overcoming that obstacle. Back in the day I literally conquered a mountain, which was Mount Fuji, it is an active stratovolcano located on the Japanese island of Honshu, with a summit elevation of 3,776.24 m (12,389 ft 3 in). It is the tallest mountain in Japan, the second-highest volcano located on an island in Asia, and the seventh-highest peak on an island on Earth. I was stationed out there in Japan, me and my rag-tag team had the opportunity to climb Mount Fuji, I felt positive I could climb that mountain, but as we climbed we noticed that some others didn't make it halfway and gave up, when I would follow up with these same people in modern times, they also gave up on life, it is not just a mountain, it is about conquering the trials and tribulations of life. It took me and my rag-tag team of misfits 7 hours to climb that mountain, it felt good, we finished what we started, we believed in ourselves and each other, and this attitude of perseverance laid down the principles that we hold true today. Conquering your mountain is attainable if you have that warrior mindset, and are willing to give your all, everything it takes, the same motivation you have as wanting to breathe. When there is an obstacle, most people, accept it and stop all progress, they will simply give up, and give up on themselves and everyone who believed in them, if they would just have held on just a little bit longer..they would have been on that cusp of greatness. If you don't try, you won't be a has been, you will be a never was. Mountains are there to stop other people who don't have the courage or the willingness to improvise around them. I always tell myself, that there is always a way, if not, I do extreme tactical problem-solving, if I can't climb that mountain, I shall move it. It is your belief system that dictates what you can or can not do, reframe your setbacks as learning experiences, and put them in your lessons learned package. Conquering your mountain, going after your goals, and finding success, means to implement, adapt, and overcome. Implement an action, adapt to the result, and keep going until you have conquered that mountain.

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