Editorial
The Importance of Professionalism in the Business of Teaching Martial Arts
Or, How Everything Relates to Your Public Image in Business In a previous article, I wrote about how loyalty, courtesy, and professionalism could make or break your business. I promised to write on each of these martial arts character values in turn, dealing with loyalty in the first installment. Today, I am going to discuss professionalism because…
Read MoreLearning, Success, and Suffering Fools in Your Business
Do You Suffer Fools Lightly? I don’t. You’ve likely heard Einstein’s definition of insanity (“Doing the same thing over and over again yet expecting different results.”) Here’s my definition of foolishness: “Shooting yourself in the foot, then blaming the gun.” And, the only thing worse than a fool is a dishonest fool; a dishonest fool…
Read MoreThe Profit Motive In Running A Martial Art School
Only Businesses That Turn A Profit Stay In Business, And Martial Arts Business Is No Different It always makes me laugh when I see someone criticize an instructor who is running a martial art school for having a profit motive. Or, as one entrepreneur put it, “A business that’s about making money? What a shocker!” Yet,…
Read MoreThe Truth… Helps
How Embracing the Truth is Essential to Your Martial Arts Business Success Ever hear any of these sayings? “Don’t shoot the messenger.” “The truth hurts.” “The painful truth.” “The cold hard truth.” “If you can’t say anything nice, don’t say anything at all.” “Tell a white lie to cover it up.” Why do we have…
Read MoreHow To Achieve Martial Arts Business Success
What Does It Take To Build A Financially Successful Martial Art School? So, are you ready to succeed this year? I hope so, because I’m about to reveal the steps you need to take to succeed in your martial arts school! The steps to building a successful school are pretty simple. However, the reason why…
Read MoreUFC Gym Coming To Your Neighborhood?
Back in January of 2009, I told you about how Dana White and the UFC had announced the launch of the new UFC Gym chain of martial arts and fitness centers. (You can read the original post here) As faithful readers of this blog will recall, I told you way back then that this could…
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