So the announcement date for Post Haste's re-branding was October 14. And they went all out to inform everyone what the changes are and show us the new look. A truck was brought down from Auckland with a Van inside; both were decked out in the new logo and colours. They went to the New Zealand Couriers depot. (Same Parent company)

So, like everyone else in the branch I have no idea what the new scheme looks like. Also the simple things like a Press Release, Website update, Staff memo all seem to have been over looked..

Now don't get me wrong, I'm very excited about the changes. They're loooong over due and it's all about attitude, I sat in the office on Friday night and listened while several of the couriers and staff whinged about the up coming changes, well actually they just whinged about anything..

It's had me thinking about it all weekend. My problem is that they haven't done enough to announce the changes. It's a great thing to happen to the company. But there has been no announcement. Everyone else is complaining about the cost to them and how it doesn't sound like a good design or a hundred other negative things.

My point?

Well people have always said that you should surround yourself with positive influences. But what if you can't get away from them? I'm known at work as being un-approachable, very few of the couriers interact with me. Now that suits me fine as I haven't got time for a lot of them and I really don't understand their work ethic or lack of!

But when I get to class it's totally different. I feel really bad at the end of class if I haven't spoken to everyone! I need to interact with the people on the mat and what's more I look forward to training like nothing else in my day. I've trained Martial Arts for over 20 years, in that time I've met some great people and made some good friends but since becoming part of John's network things are very different.

Ko has described him as a 'life coach' and I think that's perfect. He has the experience to offer advice on every aspect of life and because we both have a passion for Martial Arts it's easy to relate to a lot of the things he says even though my experience with them may be minimal.

But now I find my life outside BJJ is changing, the positive aspects of the GSW mat are starting to affect the way I think at work. I don't mean thinking about class and the techniques but the whole attitude needed to succeed on the mat. There is no compromise in BJJ you have to give it your best or you'll get hammered. Add MMA to that and it becomes even clearer, you can't fake it, you can't just get by, you have to give it everything! The glass is half full not half empty.

The problem with this is that I want less and less to do with the people I work with. Their just enough to get by attitude confuses me. If you're going to do something why not do it to the best of your abilities?

Attitude is everything!