Learning, Success, and Suffering Fools in Your Business

Written by Mike Massie on May 3, 2011 - 1 Comment
Categories: Editorial

Do You Suffer Fools Lightly? I don’t. You’ve likely heard Einstein’s definition of insanity (“Doing the same thing over and over again yet expecting different results.”) Here’s my definition of foolishness: “Shooting yourself in the foot, then blaming the gun.” And, the only thing worse than a fool is a dishonest fool; a dishonest fool [...]

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Is Adult Martial Arts Booming Despite The Recession?

Written by Mike Massie on March 3, 2009 - 23 Comments
Categories: Management

The Sky Is Falling? So, we keep hearing all this bad news on television, and it seems like every time the president holds a press conference the stock market takes a hit. I opened the New York Times last Saturday (something I rarely do), and I have to say I have never seen so much [...]

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No Room For Fear – Maintaining An Entrepreneur’s Mindset In Your Martial Art School Operations

Written by Mike Massie on January 29, 2009 - 1 Comment
Categories: Management

Fear makes you do stupid things. I think all martial artists know that it’s a basic sparring strategy to get your opponent to act out of fear instead of logic. And, that’s because fear causes you to hesitate, to freeze up, to second guess your gut. Fear makes you dumber than you really are. “Fear [...]

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