Tag Archives: Management

Nothing is constant except change. That old saying is especially true to the martial arts business world. We don’t know what the future holds, or how the economy will change and what trends might pop up. We cannot be entirely certain that we can save martial arts schools from closing, what we can do is spot the early red flags ...

In terms of competition, there are two kinds of people. One that hates it and another one that loves it. Personally, competition is the spice of life. That’s the reason why I love playing sports and games, and a small part why I work hard professionally. People who hate competition, do have their valid points. Competition makes things harder, more ...

Running a martial arts school is simple. All you need to do is increase the number of your enrollees, and retain them the best that you can. But even though it simple, keeping the number of students can be hard sometimes. There are a lot of factors why people leave your school. There are things that are inevitable like students ...

There is no perfect way of running a martial arts school. There are lots of martial arts school, clubs, gyms and dojos all around the world. They have different styles, different ways of handling things. Some do things to make their schools succeed, but some teachers and masters make mistakes that lead to the downfall of their dojos. We’re now ...

Having a martial arts school is an excellent business. I can cite two reasons why this is so. One, you can teach the discipline that you love and share it to other people, and two, you get to earn good money. But other people are against profiting when it comes to martial arts. For example, other teachers prefer to teach ...

I used to think that confidence is a god given gift. I was jealous of people who were so smooth in everything like talking to other people, giving out presentations, even walking in public. But as I grew older and wiser (hopefully) I’ve discovered that all people are the same. Everyone has their own insecurities and their certain level of ...

Are you using your smart phone or a tablet pc to read this article right now? If yes, are you reading it while waiting for someone, or while riding on a subway or a taxi cab? If yes, then congratulations, you’re already practicing one of the effective time management techniques that we will talk about today. For those of you ...

Delegation may seem easy for some, especially to those who are eager to lessen their responsibilities, but for entrepreneurs, it becomes an arduous task. Entrepreneurs are hard workers. They look at delegation in a pessimistic manner. The force of habit is one the reasons why business people don’t like handing over their work. Businesses start from zero, with the entrepreneur ...

In business success, Charisma is of great importance.Influencing other people is hard without it. You will struggle to close a sale and almost impossible to be on top. But it is well known that charisma cannot be developed, its either you got it or not. I disagree. Charisma for me is a skill, and for any skill, it can be ...

We’ve talked about how SELLING is a big part of life. Like how you sell yoursekl at job interviews and how you can convince your wife or your husband on what restaurant to eat at. Another big part of this is negotiation. My example about where to eat can become a negotiation when your partner counters with a restaurant that ...