A couple of weeks ago Bud Bilanich asked me to be his guest on his Experts Corner podcast to talk about how THINK Like a BLACK BELT relates to business and careers. We were scheduled for about 30 minutes. Nearly an hour later we still werent finished, but I had to run! Discipline Focus Perseverance [...] read more »
Social media is a window to the soul. It’s a window you might not want open all the time! Over the past few weeks I couldn’t help but notice Tweets and status updates with some variation of this theme: “It’s Monday- and I don’t want to get up!” “Another Monday- just want to pull the [...] read more »
Every characteristic of Black Belt Mindset has an evil twin. For Discipline, the evil twin is obsession. It’s difficult sometimes to know where the line is, and there are times when you just have to keep pushing. Pushing through obstacles is not always a luxury, it’s sometimes a matter of survival- but that’s in the [...] read more »
This post is intended as a follow up to last week’s “Laid off? 3 things youve got to do right now”, but you’ll find this useful if you’re getting ready to make any significant change in your lifewillingly or otherwise! When I help a new martial arts instructor get started, particularly someone starting a new [...] read more »
Been theredone that! I was laid off from a job in television production about 20 years ago. I never found another job. Don’t worry! I’m not saying you’re never going to work again! I’ve been working steadily ever sincejust not as an employee. That’s when I decided to become my own boss. On the day [...] read more »
I was inspired to write this post after reading an article in the November issue of Fast Company titled “Secrets of the Flux Leader.” (Read the article here.) In this piece, Robert Safian profiles several young CEOs and one old dog that learned how to learn new tricks. The basic theme was that in our [...] read more »
First- I’m not talking about religion. I don’t want to open that can of worms! Spirituality may be religious to you- it might not be. Some of the most spiritually wealthy people I’ve known were not religious at all. A couple of them were avowed atheists. I’m talking about that which is not tangible from [...] read more »
Your Emotional Wealth is made mostly of the people you have in your corner- in your life. Independence is not aloneness. The fact that you’re standing on your own does not conflict with the fact that as human beings, we’re interdependent social creatures. The more authentic relationships you have the greater your emotional wealth I [...] read more »
For some years now I’ve been pretty cocky about the definition of success. I’ve been telling people I know exactly what success is- for everyone. Success is simply the feeling that you have enough. You need to have enough in 3 major areas of life: Material Emotional Spiritual Of course the argument is that success [...] read more »
Have you heard of the OFW Reintegration Program where the government provides grants to OFWs to enable them to start their own businesses here in the country so there would be no need for them to work abroad? How about the One-Town One-Product (OTOP) Program which provides assistance to small and medium enterprises? These are [...] read more »
