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About a week before the surreal pandemic Thanksgiving of 2020, [VoyageAustin Magazine](http://voyageaustin.com "VoyageAustin Magazine") reached out to me for an interview to be featured in their *Inspiring Stories* series. The series was about interviewing local entrepreneurs, creatives, and community leaders. How cool is that! I was honored and ecstatic to do it in the midst of the hardest year ever.

[http://voyageaustin.com/interview/community-highlights-meet-chris-rockhold-rockhold-karate/](http://voyageaustin.com/interview/community-highlights-meet-chris-rockhold-rockhold-karate/ "VoyageAustin Magazine Interview")

As I reflect on the interview, it reminded me that even during the worst year of my business, it is still a major priority to stay positive through adversity, no matter how exhausting it may be; negativity is a rapid downward spiral that is extremely difficult to climb out of, not impossible, but it will be a struggle.

I teach my students to have a positive mindset when struggling with various obstacles in their lives. I need to remind myself of this as well. Positivity is contagious, and it might be that one thing that helps somebody else who is silently struggling.

“A positive mindset brings positive things.”

– Phillip Reiter

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