Business

Are you talking to people with respect? Because if you don’t, your martial arts school may be seen as unfair and indecent. Why is it important to treat other people with respect? Well, there are a lot of reasons. First, business wise, customers and students expect to be treated with respect, without them, you won’t be able to run your ...

Comfort is the enemy of progress, its friend… stagnation. Businesses should always have advancement as its goal. Being satisfied with what you currently have is one of the signs of future failure. For example, past businesses who were giants in their industries like pagers and certain movie rental businesses are nowhere to be found. The thing to learn here is, ...

You are sitting in your office, waiting for a potential employee to come inside, sit, and discuss his credentials. You look at his resume and you’re just simply impressed. But you know, deep down inside, that resumes are not everything, that there is something more that what a piece of paper tells you. Call it instinct, something that you feel ...

When it comes to life, we all have been followers. In business, we all have been employees, even if you say that you were born with a silver spoon in your mouth, you still had your parents to lead you through life and eventually into work. My point is, there are persons that we look up to, people that we ...

We’ve discussed in our past articles on how to integrate merchandising into your martial arts school. I hope you picked up a few pointers and decided to create a sales department in your own business. I’m here again to remind you of the importance of sales and some tips on how to improve on your selling techniques. There is no ...

I’ve mentioned “think out of the box” and “be creative” in my past articles a couple of times. It’s easy to say these words to people but the execution is the hard part. Being creative and doing something is new can be very hard, but when it succeeds, it’s very rewarding. Thinking of a new service or creating a new ...

There is no such thing as “no time”. Everybody in the in the history of the world has been given the same amount of hours in a day. Just imagine if Bruce Lee had that same “no time” mentality. He would’ve never studied Wing Chun, never created Jeet Kune Do, never had the time to do 800 jumps on a ...

If you’re thinking of ways to cut costs or increase your revenue, you may want to consider the option of moving your martial arts school. It’s not the first thing that comes to mind when someone wants to save or earn more money, but moving a business is not unheard of. Especially now that the economy is picking up, more ...

Operating a martial arts school is a team effort. Lots of different people are involved into making your business goals a reality. But sometimes, managing a lot of different people can turn into a complicated mess. A lot of people have different perspectives, that’s why keeping things on tract is such a huge hassle. Have you ever experienced being in ...

We may not give too much importance on this topic, but your reputation has a huge impact on your martial arts school. Your past, whatever it is, built your current reputation. Maybe you were a strong competitor, or your family is famous for being great at business. These are some of the positive factors that affect your standing now in ...