As the story has it, one day I headed to the opposite side of the globe – the Flipside. I arrived in Korea February 16th, 2005 and thought I’d do a year, then leave. I was wrong. I stayed, launched my first company, Flipside Fitness, and then opened Korea's largest boxing club, Hulk's Boxing (now called Hulk's Club).

After 11.5yrs in Korea, I then picked up one day and returned to Toronto, Canada. But then I left again.

Now I live in the Philippines where I am the CEO and head coach of Empowered Clubhouse, the Philippines' first and only boxing clubhouse exclusively just for women. I also am the founder of the Lil' Sistas Project, CEO and designer of Slay Gear and Baa Baa Black Sheep .Ph.

Sunday, February 24, 2019

Sweet Revenge... Sunday, February 24

To the guy that walked by me today and pretended that he didn't notice me,

I'm not offended but I'd like to throw at you "BIG MISTAKE" line from Julia Roberts' Pretty Woman for you-know-what. My business is thriving to the point where I can't take on more clients. And Skittles, his business is not only looking for other locations but is expanding in ways your halfa$$ mind couldn't begin to comprehend.
Man, that was such a sweet revenge kind of moment.

I should have stopped him and said hi.  I should I interrupted our small uncomfortable chat to then make it even more uncomfortable by saying that I had to rush off, big meeting at Skittles' business regarding collaborating with him for his next location, next venture.

If only,... right?!  Right.

Mature?  No.  Immature?  Perhaps, but it was have been an epic moment.

Success isn't by luck, I don't believe in luck.  Success is the product of persistence and choice.  It will come if you just keep making the choice to focus in on it, pursue it.  

I had a bittersweet moment the other week when someone who continually use to cancel last minute and not even follow up with a simple "I'm sorry", back when I was coaching for free in the park.  She reached out to me and asked me about my pricing and availability.  It felt so good to tell her that I'm not interested in taking her on as a client.  "I'm not available for new clients".  She hinted that she knows this person and that person, as if name-dropping ever impressed me which it never has because half the time I don't even know the person they're talking about.  My comeback was to drop the name of one of my clients and then to tell her "that's the kind of clientele I'm available for".  And just like that that conversation ended.  

I have zero interest in extending myself or associating myself with the naysayers, the people who don't really cheer you on or cheer you on because they don't believe you'll actually succeed.  I had many of those people in my life in Korea.  I'm not interested in attracting them or inviting them into my new life here, my life in the Philippines.
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