All of life is a risk. You take a small risk when you drive to work or walk across the street. You take a larger risk when you start a business or invest a sum of money. You take a risk whenever you venture into the unknown that cannot be exactly determined. The ...
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The Five Qualities of Productive Work
Your leadership success and the success of your team will be determined by how well you foster the five qualities of productive work teams throughout the stages of your team’s development. The first quality is shared values. Ask your team to help you list your shared values on a large board or flipchart. ...
Read More »Improve the Performance of your Team, When you Understand the Role of a Leader
Your ability to negotiate, communicate, influence and persuade others to do things is absolutely indispensable to everything you accomplish in life. The most effective men and women are those who can quite competently organize the cooperation and assistance of other people toward the accomplishment of important goals and objectives. Of course, everyone you ...
Read More »Brian Tracy, Karate Black Belt and Human Potential Expert
Why is it important to have a crystal-clear vision of where a person wants to go in life? Brian Tracy answers… This is one of the most important things I’ve ever learned: Successful people tend to be future-oriented. Unsuccessful people tend to be present- or past-oriented. You can tell if a person will be successful ...
Read More »The Seven Laws of Mental Mastery Part 1
The Law of Cause and Effect The Law of Cause and Effect says that for every effect in your life there’s a specific cause. If there’s an effect in your life that you want more of, you merely need to trace it back to the causes and repeat the causes. If there’s an effect ...
Read More »The Seven Laws of Mental Mastery
Over the next few months, here in Martial Arts Professional I will ne explaining to you the Seven Laws of Mental Mastery. The United States spends more its gross national product on health care than any other nation, and the costs are increasing. More people are sick, overweight, unfit, and unhealthy than ever before. Today, we ...
Read More »Zero-Based Thinking
Martial arts is about reaching your potential. Like learning an intricate kata, success is a matter of learning the right techniques, and then executing them in the correct sequence. It’s not a miracle, nor does it depend on luck. This magazine and the ACMA program present you with techniques and sequences. Your job is to ...
Read More »A Good Instructor Doesn’t Always Make A Good Manager
While an instructor may run a class with stern discipline, that doesn’t always translate well when that instructor puts on his management hat. The job of the owner/manager is not to be a dictator, but to tell people how they’re doing, what they’re doing, give encouragement, and give advise. IN motivation, we only become committed to ...
Read More »Professionalism Done the Right Way With Brian Tracy; Part 2
In the final episode of this martial arts-specific interview, fellow Black Belt and world-renowned “professional” imparts a wealth of knowledge on a wide variety of significant topics. Addressing The Seven Key Result Areas in selling and in management; the 80/20 Principle; the zero-based thinking, and more; we present to you… Master Brian Tracy. MABusiness: One ...
Read More »The Seven Ingredients of Success
As an instructor and school owner, you are very familiar with the topic of goal setting. Often, the Black Belt is a metaphor for excellence and a worthy goal. This is a critical lesson that must translate into you and your students’ lives. The ability to set goals and make plans to accomplish those goals ...
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