Having the right employees is very important. It’s so important that it could make or break your business. You can be lucky and be blessed with good employees right from the start, but for the most part, it’s not the case. Getting that all star team is a long journey of searching for good people. For some it involves patience ...

I’ve made an article on what to avoid in business a few weeks ago and it had some pointers on how not to get distracted and the negative implications of keeping things to yourself, among other things. For today, let’s discuss the ways on how to promote growth in martial arts business. Successful martial arts school owners do not steer ...

Looking for the right person to fill out a job takes time and effort. Countless interviews, background checks, and piles of resumes are part of this difficult process. And we all know the reason why hiring takes so long, because we all want to look for the perfect fit for our job offer. Consider this; you’ve hired an abysmal employee, ...

If you’ve been in the Martial Arts business for some time now, you may already have the experience of having a difficult employee. Most managers or masters just let the problem slide until that certain team member makes a devastating mistake, but why wait until that happens? My guesses are, bosses think that small problems in tardiness and lack of ...

Skills, without strategy will lead to your downfall. We all know its importance, and the amazing stories of great martial artists who used different strategies to better their opponent. Bigger is not always better. It doesn’t mean that if your opponent is bigger, stronger, or more skilled, that you automatically lose the fight. If you apply the right strategy with ...

You are a martial arts master; you’re also a teacher, manager, and over-all boss. You wake up early in the morning, prepare your school, teach class, and make sure things run smoothly even after everybody is gone. Yes, you’re very busy, but don’t let that fact ruin your school’s long term plans. Just think for one second where your school ...

Winning and losing is a part of our lives. Some would argue that it’s the law of nature that the weak shall be preyed upon by the strong. The good thing is, we don’t live in a world where feebleness is punished with death (sort of). Martial arts is full of victories and downfalls. Competitions bring forth winners and losers, ...

Let’s say that you hired people who have the integrity, the drive, and the intelligence. Without integrity, drive and intelligence is useless. Drive makes sure that the work is gets done and your employee has a goal to prove himself through labor. Intelligence is great for problem solving and makes the employee independent which is a huge bonus if you’re ...

Being associated in business can be ruthless. We all hear stories about corporate leaders being narcissists with huge egos and god complexes. Some of these bosses outsource jobs, which hurt the local economy. But workers on other countries are exploited as well, earning little money and doing full time work. As martial artists, masters, teachers, you should all remember the ...

Leaving the comfort zone isn’t easy. Comfort is where we’re supposed to be, like our beds at 6am in the morning or locked in a warm hug given by a loved one. Zone presents us with something territorial, like our own spot in the universe where no one can’t touch us. But within our selves, there is that uneasiness that ...