Think about the last time you were supposed to do something and didn’t. Maybe it was something related to work, or something you were supposed to do for your family or a group you are a part of. When you didn’t accomplish what you were supposed to, did you begin Continue Reading
David Paprocki
The Importance of a Good Role Model: You Better Find One!
Who is your role model? When you look at Daniel Coyle’s The Little Book Of Talent, a book that helps the reader develop their talents or special interests through a series of tips, one of the first tips that Coyle provides the reader is “Stare at Who You Want to Continue Reading
Do a Bad Job at Something Important, It’s Worth It
“If a thing is worth doing, It is worth doing badly” – GK Chesterton When we look at the quote above, we can easily become very confused. Why would we want to do a bad job with anything? Often, we hear the opposite, “If you’re going to do it, do Continue Reading
Intentional Amateurism: Expand Your Horizons to Help Your Professional Life
Across many different sources of psychology and even philosophy, one of the main things that sticks out is the idea of the benefits of being an amateur. When we look at the word amateur, very quickly we think of negative qualities: unprofessional, bad or unskilled. When we look at the Continue Reading
Loyalty: Which Side of The Belt Means More to You?
Now I’m not out here to say that any martial arts organization is better than another, or to judge those people that are no longer part of an organization they once were. I happen to be very happy and loyal to my organization, but I am not here to criticize Continue Reading
Pay Someone a Compliment: It Will Reward Them Dividends
We all like to hear good things about ourselves. That’s a fact. I was attending my martial arts organization’s world championship and while exiting the elevator, I walked past a gentleman from Great Britain that I had judged earlier in the day in the colored belt competition. I went past Continue Reading
Friction Makes the Wheel Roll: Differences are Beneficial and Cause Growth
When we look to grow as martial artists and as people really, we need to understand that it’s perfectly okay to disagree with others. In fact, people are less likely to trust and believe you if you agree with them on each and every little thing. People will believe that Continue Reading
Scope Creep in the Martial Arts and the Workplace
In Korean martial arts there is a philosophy known as Ryu Pa. Ryu Pa, the theory of streams diverging from the main branch of the river that eventually become their own waterway. This can be seen in adding different variations to a specific form or technique, and it can even Continue Reading
The Best Kind of Student: The Eager and Honest Orange Belt
Many times when we are looking to gain insight or at the very least get the ball rolling in our own train of thought, we think revelations or thought provoking questions will come from the masters. While, yes, we would hope that we would gain insight from the masters of Continue Reading
Evolution in Thinking Toward Self-Mastery
About a year ago, Anthony wrote a three part series of articles called “The Martial Artist Mentality” explaining how different lessons we learn in the martial arts can positively affect other realms of our life. You can see all three of those articles below. Today I am writing to explain Continue Reading