Posts Tagged ‘Self Sabotage’
Chances Are It’s What You’re Not Doing That’s Hurting Your Business…
Let me start this article by stating up front – the following may sound like one big long pitch for my stuff, but hear me out. I’ve advised hundreds of martial arts instructors over the last seven years, and indirectly helped thousands more via my newsletter, websites, blogs, and instructional materials. In that time, I’ve come to identify certain traits successful martial art school owners seem to all share, as well as traits that unsuccessful instructors share (or lack) as well. Read the rest of this entry »
On my recent flight out to Florida to teach an SDBBP and Fighting Fit™ instructor certification seminar, I decided to catch up on some reading and picked up Outliers by Malcolm Gladwell. Several people had recommended the book to me, and I wasn’t disappointed. Outliers is a book about highly successful people, whom the author calls (you guessed it) outliers. The entire premise of the book is that success is often mistakenly credited fully and completely to an individual’s hard work, determination, and talent; but, as the author explains, that’s always only half the story.

