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I used to know a guy, then an old man and now dead, who was one of the highest ranked judo practitioners in the world. He used to ask all his students "what was the most powerful martial art in the world". Of course this would start the usual debate about various martial arts styles: kung fu, karate, judo, boxing, bjj, etc. He'd let all his students argue about this for a bit, then interrupt them, calling them morons for thinking it's anything other than proficiency with firearms.

He also had this amazing quote which I really took to heart:
>Be me, visiting my friend who is one of old dude's students
>it's old dude's 70-somethingth birthday; he's having a party at his dojo and my friend wants to drop by to say hi.
>we visit, everyone's having a good time. old due suddenly busts out an acoustic guitar and starts playing. None of us had any idea he played.
>he's pretty damn good
>one of his students remarks "wow, sensei, I didn't know you could play guitar like that, that's amazing, I wish I could play like that"
>suddenly old man stops playing and looks this dude dead in the eye and says bluntly:
>"No, you don't."
>Student looks puzzled
>"What you meant to say was: you wished you wished you could play the guitar. Because if it was just as simple as you wishing you could play, you'd be at home practicing instead of wasting everyone's time whining about it"

So remember the wise words of the old judo man: if you want achieve something then start making effort. Now.