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What are some of the reasons so many people fail to achieve their goals?

A small town school in Hampstead, Maryland got big results when its owner, Joe Borucki learned how to get the most from no-cost advertising. As he launches a second location, he takes a few moments to review the secrets of his success with CEO Stephen Oliver.

Gee – in our industry it seems like everyone has popped up to offer advice – how do you tell fact from fantasy? Value from Fraud? Unfortunately in our industry most of the really successful people are spending their time growing their staff, students, schools, and especially their net profit not sharing their secrets with you. I ...

Wealth never rewards wimps! Money only moves because of courage. You must have the courage to act on your ideas. Ask yourself: “What do I need to do right  now to improve my business that I have not had the courage to do before?” To help put things into perspective, let me give you an ...

Dear Fellow Martial Arts Professional,Sometimes, when you read headlines like the one above that make seemingly incredible claims about how much a company, a program, or a service can “help you,” I’m sure your inner voice “BS” detectors start buzzing. If you’re like me, and the many others I’ve w...

Even though it doesn’t make the news, there is much to be thankful for in the world! Take your power back and don’t let the media convince you that there is only gloom and doom. There are always pockets of opportunty in every economy. With so much fearmongering going on, if you allow this into ...

I can pretty much judge the success of a school within about five minutes during “prime time” by observing its pulse. What do I mean by the pulse of a school? Well, let me share a story to illustrate. In the mid 1980’s I traveled to New York to visit a school run by a ...

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 ...

To transform nothing into something of value, you must first start with ideas and imagination. Now, it might be difficult to consider ideas and imagination as nothing. Yes, they aren’t tangible, but I think an idea that becomes a business, a new vaccine or a miracle product is more than nothing. Think of it, ideas ...

Wouldn’t it be wonderful to be motivated to achieve by such a lofty goal as benevolence? I must confess, however, that in the early years of my struggle to succeed, my motivation was much more down-to-earth. My reason for succeeding was more basic. In fact, it fell into the category of what I like to ...