I see many people attaching the terms “Ronin” and “Samurai” to their posts, businesses, etc… Many interpret Samurai as warrior, but that is a false definition. Samurai means; to serve. Ronin means; wave man. A Samurai is a member of the soldier class in service to his master. A Ronin…

I can handle being judged for my own actions, being judged by your insecurities is beyond my patience level. I have no track record of behavior that would ever say I am not approachable or hard to talk to. I am actually known for being a pretty reasonable person. But…

I was having a conversation about business the other day with a friend. Names of people we know came up and I surprised this person with my feelings about 1 trainer in particular? They were surprised that I didn’t have a good opinion about this 1 guy? It is simple…

The hardest thing in business for me is dealing with change haters. Change is the one constant in life and the hardest thing for so many to deal with or accept. …

“Traditional” is a term thrown around quite a bit on Martial Arts. Traditional means: existing in or as part of a tradition; long-established. What is it to be long established? What quantitative value can we apply to the word long? You could say 100 years and I may say 1,000…

I had a sales person explain to me how they are a hammer, how they tell people what they need, and how they close sales basically, with brute force. I scratched my head and wondered how high their return rate must be? I can’t do that. …

Your opinion matters and it doesn’t. Your opinion of yourself on a personal level is really important. If you have a low opinion of yourself, it is going to be hard to make anything substantial in life. Here is the thing about business, it doesn’t care what you think unless…

What does it mean to be remarkable? It gets used like extraordinary or wonderful but that is a bit too grand. Remarkable is simply, something worth making a remark about. This is what your marketing should be, something worth making a remark about. Look at how you represent your business…

Don’t talk to me about what you want, show me. I don’t care what you want. I care about what you are willing to work for and I care what your real talent is. Your dream matters, but it doesn’t matter to me or anyone else in words or thought…