The World According to Kim Possible©

an Exploration Into the Nature of Kimness©

You can Focus your Self spiritually, mentally and physically,
Or all three at the same time.
For your Focus to be effective requires the goal you wish to achieve be clearly defined.
Focus without a target or goal is like a shot in the dark. 
During cheer practice Kim is ready to Back Flip Herkiey Spring to the top of the pyramid. She Focuses Her intent on being on top of the pyramid and sees Herself with arms raised yelling "Go Dogs!". All that is left is for Her physical body to join with Her spiritual Self already on top of the pyramid.(1) [more]
The above techniques are most often referred to as visualization.
We usually don't think of sports and spirituality as related, but they can be.
Teachers of Kung Fu and many sports coaches (track and field, gymnastics, soccer, archery) often use and teach visualization techniques to help athletes Focus on a goal or specific performance. (2) [more]
Focusing physical energy requires concentration on the physical movements involved. Focusing your physical movements and energy requires physical practice.
Kim and Her cheer squad regularly practice specific
cheers and performances over and over.
Each cheer is carefully choreographed and each movement of each cheerleader
must be in place, in step and on time.
Like cheerleading, Kung-Fu and other martial arts require hours of dedicated practice and repeated practice of the simplest movements to the more complex routines.
The more practice, the better you become at that which you wish to achieve.
Concentration can also used to name the process of Focusing your thoughts.
Different from visualization and focusing your intent as described above,
Focusing your thoughts is an entirely mental process.
As an example: You concentrate on solving a difficult algebra problem.
You walk through the equation step by step Focusing your thoughts on the math till you reach the solution. The only thoughts that occupy your mind are of the equation.
For that instant, or longer, that your mind is Focused,
everything else, except the equation, is blocked.
Or more accurately, things unrelated to the equation don't exist for those moments.
Your mind and your thoughts are Focused.
The amount of dedication you wish to put forth is the only limiting factor.
Honing your Focus, as above, provides the tools to achieve your goals.
Everything you do to increase your ability to Focus can better
prepare your for life's adventure!

Unless you live the life of a monk (honorable but boring), things are always going on around you.
The immediate danger of the snakes, falling off the ledge,
and the spikes below would certainly grab your attention.
But Kim ignores these things,
for other than knowing that She wants to avoid them,
they serve no useful purpose.

Kim instead Focuses Her attention on finding a solution to the immediate problem.
The act of Focusing on solutions and opportunities will set aside the detractions
that would otherwise prevent or delay you from reaching your goal.

Cliff divers face death each time they make a dive.
To survive each dive they Focus their attention and their intent.
They Focus their intent through their eyes on the coming and going of the waves.
They know they must hit the water exactly when the waves' swells are at the highest.
Any miscalculations can be seriously fatal.
No other internal thoughts exist at that time.
No distractions can make them miss a beat.
Their thoughts are the rhythm of the waves.
Nothing else exists for that moment in time.
And when the rhythm is right... They jump.

Singularly Focusing your mind is easy to do.
You do it now with many things in your life.
We have all been so Focused on doing something we enjoy that
when someone speaks or walks into the room,
we don't even notice them.
That is Focus.

What you do now can be done with other things too.
It only takes practice.
Set your goal, Focus your intent on that goal, and practice.
There is no magic, only practice and Focus.

When You Find Yourself in trouble; Focus, and Your Kimness will Make It Right!

Kung Fu teaches the importance of taking in every detail of your surroundings.
In sparring it is critical that every movement of the opponent is observed and noted.
To miss any nuance of your opponent's actions could mean loss or injury.
Observation and Focus is critical to a successful sparing match.
Kung Fu, as well as other martial arts, uses forms, precise poses and movements,
to condition the student to Focus not only on themselves and their actions,
but also everything that is going on around them.
Students master concentration and Focus through the mastery of the forms.
Not only physical performance benefits from this mastery,
but mental concentration as well.

Kim Possible is a student of sixteen styles of Kung Fu.
When Kim first sees the security tape of the brake-in, of course,
most of Her attention is drawn towards the villain, Shego.
Later at Professor Akari's lab when Ron mentions the screen saver on the computer,
it jogs Kim's memory to something else She noticed when first viewing the security tape.

In teaching concentration and Focus, Kung Fu are also teaches to note
the little insignificant things that at the time may seem unimportant.
A sparring opponent will try to use diversionary tactics,
like waving the closest hand or foot,
to draw the attention of the student away from the back foot which is
getting ready to strike.
A good student watches not only those threats in the foreground,
but also those in the background and not so obvious.

When Kim first viewed the tape She noticed that there was no screen saver
on the computer in the background. A seemingly meaningless detail.
But it was key to Her then asking Professor Akari what was stored on his computer.
When he checked his computer, it was a computer disk that had been stolen.

Focus is the nature of Kimness that allows you to gather and record all the information,
even that which is in the background, which you may need to solve any mystery!

Be Like Kim and Use Your Focus to Observe and
Record Even Those Things in the Background!

In spite being angry at Her brothers, which did not fade anytime soon,
Kim is able to Focus, setting Her emotions aside, to solve a very serious problem,
and save the lives of everyone on the plane.

Life is not lived in a vacuum. There is always something going on around us.
Sometimes, if not almost always, important chores and tasks have to be
accomplished regardless of what is going on around us.

Olympic gymnasts are a good example.
With hundreds and hundreds of people in the auditorium,
tv cameras and even other events going on;
The gymnast must be able to Focus her intent on the next tumble.

Another good example is chess players.
Chess tournaments are usually played with many players sitting elbow to elbow
at long tables with many games going on at the same time.
Moves must be calculated in advance of the current position of the pieces on the board. While considering all possible moves, players cannot hope of any chance of winning without complete Focus on the game.
His Focus allows the player to figure out the twelfth move in advance while
keeping moves one through eleven in mind.

A relaxed, Focused mind isolates distractions and moves them aside.
With practice you won't even have to try to block distractions out.
Your Focus on your goal will set them aside automatically.

Like Kim, Focus, and Your Emotions Move Out Of The Way
so You can Reach Your Goals!

There are many 'rules' that we have picked up during our lives.
Some of these rules are good rules that help us maintain our "social contract"
and are necessary in order to have an orderly society.
Other of these rules, however are useless rules.
These useless rules serve only to hold you back,
perpetuate self-doubt and can prevent you from taking advantage
of life's opportunities and reaching your full potential.

These rules can come from many places and accumulate over a lifetime.
They can come from;
those who mean us harm,
those who mean well but have misconceptions and finally,
they can come from our own misconceptions (or from thinking too much).

Important however, it is not where these useless rules come from,
what is important is that you remove these rules from your life.
For these rules can cloud your Focus.
You need your Focus to be clear and sharp to hit the target and reach your goal.
These useless rules can disrupt your Focus and distract your attention.

And as Kim points out to Ron they can even put you in a place of fear
that can freeze you to inaction.

When you concentrate on sharpening your Focus be aware of and remove
those bad rules that serve no other purpose than to hold you back
from your destiny and hitting the target.
Which rules do you keep and which rules do you throw away?
You will know by maintaining your Honor.
Those rules that maintain your Honor you will keep,
and those rules that only serve to hold you back you will throw away.
Focus on building your Kimness.

Take Kim's Advice and Destroy those Rules That Keep you from
Focusing on the Goal!