The Truth… Helps

How Embracing the Truth is Essential to Your Martial Arts Business Success Ever hear any of these sayings? “Don’t shoot the messenger.” “The truth hurts.” “The painful truth.” “The cold hard truth.” “If you can’t say anything nice, don’t say anything at all.” “Tell a white lie to cover it up.” Why do we have [...]

Read more »

Martial Arts Business Pitfall #1

The Most Common Martial Arts Business Pitfall: Pride How is it that intelligent, talented martial arts business owners often fail so miserably in building wildly profitable schools? One word describes the most common culprit, and that’s “pride.” I’ve heard the following from instructors I’ve coached a million times: “I’ve seen that before.” “I know that [...]

Read more »

Martial Arts Consulting – When Platitudes Attack

My Pet Peeve – When Platitudes Are Passed Off As Solid Martial Arts Business Advice I see it all the time in our industry. Some “guru” writes an article that at first gives the impression of providing solid business advice… But as soon as you read past the opening paragraph, you know you’ve been had, [...]

Read more »

Priorities, Pt. II

Balancing The Pursuit Of Your Passion And Playtime With Being A Business Owner “My experience has shown me that the people who are exceptionally good in business aren’t so because of what they know but because of their insatiable need to know more.” – Michael Gerber Every instructor and school owner has their idea of [...]

Read more »

Priorities

Have you ever considered what your top priorities are as a new or aspiring martial arts school owner?

This is a topic that I’ve written about before, and I’m sure I’ll return to it again… probably because it’s something that new business owners confuse so often, and that confusion inevitably leads to disastrous consequences.

Read more »

Next Page »