Subject: How To Deal With Toxic Students In The Dojo...
How To Deal With Toxic Students In The Dojo...
August 17th, 2015 at 10:13 am CDTFriend, It's hard enough running a business without someone trying to sabotage and undermine you at every step. No, I'm not talking about the Obama administration... ...I'm talking about toxic students. But just what is a "toxic student"? Well, I've ...
Forget Dojo Survival... This Is Something Else!
August 14th, 2015 at 8:37 am CDTFriend, For the last week or so, I've been watching the BJJ community lose their collective $4!+ over this 16 17-year-old blue belt who is running his own school. Now, at first I didn't know what to think either. I mean, a kid who's just 17 running h ...
For Your Dojo To Survive, You Need To Do This...
August 13th, 2015 at 8:20 am CDTFriend, Yesterday we talked about how survival relies on avoiding making critical mistakes... But also, survival is all about focusing on the most critical tasks and issues at hand and avoiding a crisis before it happens. Same thing goes for your bu ...
How To Avoid Killing Your Dojo With Suicidal Marketing...
August 12th, 2015 at 9:07 am CDTFriend, So what is suicidal marketing? Well, yesterday I wrote about how some people can survive in the wilderness naked with nothing but a knife and a stiff breeze... ...while others could go in carrying a ton of gear and still die within days. As I ...
Going "Naked And Afraid" In Your Martial Art School...
August 11th, 2015 at 8:28 am CDTFriend, One night I was bored and flipping through the cable TV offerings, and I came across this crazy show... It's called, "Naked and Afraid". The show is a survival show, and it's EXACTLY what you're thinking. At first, I thought the premise was ...
Back-to-School Dojo Dealings And Prepping For The Apocalypse...
August 10th, 2015 at 11:16 am CDTFriend, I'll admit it - I'm a bit of a prepper. Not the "stock up on canned beans and bullets because the government is coming to take our guns" sort, but more of the "natural disasters can happen at any time, so let's make sure we have that FEMA lis ...
How To Stop Being A Broke Martial Arts Instructor...
August 7th, 2015 at 8:05 am CDTFriend, I've said it before and I'll say it again... Being broke sucks. No one likes being broke. And that's why I'm wrapping this week up by discussing how you can stop being a broke martial arts instructor: Click here to read the article... Until n ...
The Pursuit Of Unhappyness In Running A Dojo...
August 6th, 2015 at 7:53 am CDTFriend, I read a fortune cookie once that said, "Money can't solve all problems, but it'll solve a few." True, but the unbridled pursuit of money can cause many more problems than it solves. And, a lack of contentment in your financial status can lea ...
What REALLY Makes A Martial Art School A McDojo?
August 5th, 2015 at 8:37 am CDTFriend, So what REALLY makes a martial art school a McDojo? Everyone seems to have an opinion on this, and you know what they say about opinions... ...and true to form, the vast majority of the opinions I read online about this topic are based on per ...
Is It Immoral To Have A Profitable Dojo?
August 4th, 2015 at 8:27 am CDTFriend, Is it immoral to have a profitable dojo? The way some martial artists (and armchair martial artists) act, even the thought of turning a profit in your dojo should be a capital offense... But let's be realistic here - who in their right mind i ...