Posts Tagged ‘self-improvement’
Time Marches On: How are You Meeting It?
Do you going through the motions of life, as time marches on all over you? Or do you take the effort, each day, to bring out your best self?
Read MoreWho’s Tattling?: On Learning Where to Focus
I have seen a particular scenario in many karate classes. It happens most with our young students when the instructor asks, “Who’s tattling?”
Read MoreKarate Teaches Fitness: A Before and After Portrait
My fitness improved considerably just by going to class and advancing through the ranks. I was consistently challenged, but not too much so. As I became an advanced student, I realized the importance of practicing my moves at home and on my own time.
Read MorePositive Attitude Portrait Before & After
Before I started training in traditional Okinawan karate at our dojo, I didn’t really think or care about having a positive attitude. Where I grew up, this was not important.
Read MoreSelf-Improvement in One Minute
I once used the “one minute principle” for self-improvement with my five-year-old, without even knowing it. My son had developed the habit of sleeping in bed with me, and I felt he was old enough to sleep in his own bed. So, when I tucked him in I said, “Just stay in your bed for one minute.…
Read MoreGOALS: ADVICE FROM THE EXPERTS
By Jenifer Tull-Gauger One of my mentors, Michael Newland Renshi, was the founder of East Valley Martial Arts – Kenshin Kan. He taught me the importance of writing down goals. Newland Renshi taught me the “SMART” goal-setting system: goals should be Specific, Measurable, Attainable, Realistic, and have a Time table. I still have more to…
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