Mark Perdicho: Life Coach

Mark Perdicho: Life Coach
Lesson 1.
I don't get "offended" anymore. Being "offended" gives people power over you. I get pissed off but that shit comes and goes. I can deal with that. Being pissed off is a me thing. I can choose to ignore shit that pisses me off. Being "offended" requires interaction by the person responsible for the "offense" to apologize or at least acknowledge that they have been offensive in some way in order to add needed closure. Fuck that. No one is responsible for my happiness and no one is responsible for my misery either. I simply choose to be happy and not let douchebags define my state of mind.

Mark Perdicho: Life Coach - Lesson 2
Pick the hill you are willing to die on and make your stand.
Put simply, it means do not expend emotional or physical energy, in excess amounts, on anything unless you are willing to commit to it with all your heart, soul and passion. Not everything is a battle so choose your battles carefully.

Mark Perdicho: Life Coach
Lesson 3
"The travails of life are but the purifying fire by which the precious metal of our character is revealed."

Lesson 4
Treat your goals in life like you would approach eating a steak.
You don't shove the whole thing in your mouth at once. Cut it into small pieces, trim away the fat and keep at it. One bite at a time is what it takes to achieve your goals.
This is how I used to help my guitar students achieve what they wanted with lessons whether it was learning a specific song or a lesson exercise.
Cut it into small pieces and keep going until it's done.
One of my 10 Commandments of lessons was, "Patience, persistence and perseverance in all things."
It's important in life to know when the big picture isn't the best view.

Mark Perdicho: Life Coach
Lesson 5
"Don't just take the stage, own it."
Put simply it means put everything you have into everything you do. You are asked to "perform" at work so make it count. The same is true for the rest of your life as well. That philosophy works for pretty much everything you do whether it's parenting, hobbies or being a friend to someone.
When I perform on stage, my motto is "Don't leave the stage with anything left in your arsenal. If you walk away with anything left then you haven't done your job the best you can."
We are all of us performers on the stage in this play called life. Put in your best performance as often as you can.

Mark Perdicho: Life Coach
Lesson 6
"Failure is temporary. Surrender is permanent.
Failure teaches us how to succeed while surrender teaches us how to lose."

Mark Perdicho: Life coach
Lesson 7
Expecting something better is the first step to getting something better.

Mark Perdicho: Life Coach
Lesson 8
"Never give an asshole the satisfaction of being right about what you can't do. On the other hand, always give an asshole the chance to see you succeed. You get to succeed and they get to be pissed off about seeing it. Win-win."

Mark Perdicho: Life Coach
Lesson 9
"One can never face a tougher adversary than one's own potential."
Your success in life is limited only by your willingness to achieve it. The only competition you truly face is with yourself and your own desire to be better than you were yesterday.

Mark Perdicho: Life Coach
Lesson 10
Failure is the beginning of success, not the end of it.
You will always learn more from your failures than your successes. Failure will teach you new methods, new approaches and new resources to use to attain success.



Mark Perdicho: Life Coach
Lesson 11 - Time
"Life is a one way street. You may turn left or turn right but you can never turn back. You may pause to view the scenery but you are always moving forward in the dimension of time. You are always being propelled against your will to the next event, the next moment or the next trial. Time is the invisible component of life that we take for granted in both good and bad times. Never allow yourself to commit the sin of forgetting that time is always bringing you to another moment because when you add those moments up, they are the totality of your life."

Mark Perdicho: Life Coach
Lesson 12
"Pride is a self imposed blindness. It shields us from the truth about ourselves and those around us.
So often in life, the most injurious lies are the ones we tell ourselves."

Mark Perdicho: Life Coach
Lesson 13
"The true measure of a man is in doing right, not being right."

Mark Perdicho: Life Coach
Lesson 14
Don't be a douchebag. No one likes a douchebag. Not even other douchebags.

Mark Perdicho: Life Coach
Lesson 15
Determination is the soil in which hope takes root. Attitude is the fertilizer that can either cause explosive growth or bring a speedy death to that hope. Feed it well.