The 13 additional business mistakes that I’ve made owning and operating my school are presented below. Words of wisdom: Don’t repeat them in your school, and if you already have, then it’s time to take corrective measures. Mistake #8: Changing too much, too soon. This is the other side of the coin, where you trash [...]
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. [...]
In my past articles, I’ve consistently stated that for you to have a successful martial arts fitness program you need to have proven results. The general public will not perceive your program as a high value program without them. By just having a kickboxing class, no matter how good you think it is, wont’ grab [...]
Worry Leaks Worry is a useless emotion. Since your mind doesn’t have enough worry, you invent more; and, most likely, it’s 100 percent worse than reality could ever be. If you have unhealthy emotions of imagined fears or worry, then the body responds with a tense feeling of nervousness, stress-related illness, fatigue, lack of energy [...]
There are seven secrets, or principles, of sales success. The highest paid salespeople practice them every day. The regular application of these principles is virtually guaranteed to move you to the top of your field. Secret #1: Be serious! Make a decision to go to the top of your field. Make a decision today to [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
Key Number 3: Creating a positive community in your school to reinforce student longevity. Your goal is to move martial arts training in your school beyond just an activity, and become a lifestyle or a hub of the family. I have the amazing opportunity to speak with school owners throughout the world. I’m impressed by [...]
[Editor's note: This rotating column will introduce readers to new authors and consultants who will expand your thinking to drive your success. This column is an except from Jim Rohn’s book, Seven Strategies for Wealth and Happiness.] To start any part-time or full-time business, you typically need plenty of capital (money); but, occasionally, you’ll hear [...]
It’s interesting to listen to a group of school owners brag about their schools, according to three measurements: number of students, school size and gross revenue. Let the lying begin.Active student count is the most exaggerated number of them all. For example, I asked an acquaintance that owns a very small school his active student [...]
Project Forward Five Years Gary Hamel and C.K. Prahalad, the strategic planners who wrote the book, Competing for the Future, encourage decision makers to project forward several years when they strategically plan. The authors encourage executives to imagine that their company is the top company in the industry some years in the future. They then [...]
Self-knowledge has always been the key to prepare for competition. Knowledge of your attributes, abilities, interests, strengths, weaknesses and traits is essential to riding the front-end of the wave of change into the new century. To assess fully your talents, realize that studies confirm that what we loved to do when we were children continues [...]
I feel grateful to serve so many people in the martial arts community, because martial arts put major discipline into my own life. Grand Master Jhoon Rhee was the reason I got involved in tae kwon do. I was originally interested in aikido because I loved the beauty of the art and the concept of [...]
Why I Love Martial Arts Fitness
I’ve recently been reflecting on the impact my programming has had on people and the difference between what I hear my students say today as opposed to when I taught only a traditional martial arts program. In the past, the compliments were mostly about how a child improved in school or how much more confident [...]
Protect your Assets with the Right Business Entity, Part 1
As I wrote in my August/September column, the best way to keep what you have is not to have anything in your name. To implement that strategy, you must choose the right business entity (or entities) to limit exposure of your assets to (successful) lawsuits and separate your asset ownership. This month, I’ll explain Sole [...]
When I served my three tours of military duty in Southeast Asia, we used multiple layers of defensive methods, or multiple redundancy defenses, to protect an installation. For example, my job as a dog handler was to be the first level of defense, encountering the enemy outside the perimeter of the installation. We were also [...]
