Monday, June 28, 2010
Thursday, April 29, 2010
Excuses
Very few people are able to go through a day without making an excuse. Most people do not want to admit when they make a mistake. After reading this post, we hope that you will take a different approach when it comes to why a task, assignment, or any type of project is not completed.
First, let’s start with the reason why people give excuses. People give excuses because they do not like to look stupid. People also give excuses because they just simply forgot to do something. People also give excuses because they have a hard time admitting they are not perfect. The problem is people do not understand that others have more respect for those that are honest.
If you can learn to admit your mistakes rather than give excuses, you will become more successful faster. Successful people admit when they make a mistake and try to learn so it will not happen again. This is the major difference between people that are successful and people that are close to forty and have nothing to show for it. So, how do we change? We are going to find out.
The first step is to start holding yourself accountable. Instead of making excuses or pointing fingers at other people, point the finger at yourself. For example, your superiority at work. Instead of blaming your lack of advancement in a company on others, get into work a little earlier every day and go above and beyond what is required of you. In other words, step up your game. If you are an employer, and a staff member is not doing his or her job, take a look at your management skills. Have you trained them efficiently? How is your communication with your staff? Take a look at the systems they have to work with. Have they been updated? Always examine the situation at hand to see if you are the one that needs to do something differently before making excuses and blaming others.
More often than not, people will point the finger at someone else rather than take the blame. Don’t be that person.
First, let’s start with the reason why people give excuses. People give excuses because they do not like to look stupid. People also give excuses because they just simply forgot to do something. People also give excuses because they have a hard time admitting they are not perfect. The problem is people do not understand that others have more respect for those that are honest.
If you can learn to admit your mistakes rather than give excuses, you will become more successful faster. Successful people admit when they make a mistake and try to learn so it will not happen again. This is the major difference between people that are successful and people that are close to forty and have nothing to show for it. So, how do we change? We are going to find out.
The first step is to start holding yourself accountable. Instead of making excuses or pointing fingers at other people, point the finger at yourself. For example, your superiority at work. Instead of blaming your lack of advancement in a company on others, get into work a little earlier every day and go above and beyond what is required of you. In other words, step up your game. If you are an employer, and a staff member is not doing his or her job, take a look at your management skills. Have you trained them efficiently? How is your communication with your staff? Take a look at the systems they have to work with. Have they been updated? Always examine the situation at hand to see if you are the one that needs to do something differently before making excuses and blaming others.
More often than not, people will point the finger at someone else rather than take the blame. Don’t be that person.
Wednesday, March 24, 2010
Spring Break - LAST CHANCE
This week is your last chance to sign up for our Spring Break Camp.
The camp is for children ages 6 & up. This year’s camp is going to focus heavily on kidnapping and bully prevention.
If you are interested, message us, email us, give us a call or stop by.
If your child is in our After School Program we already have a spot saved. Please let us know if they will not be attending so that we may open the space up for other students.
The camp is for children ages 6 & up. This year’s camp is going to focus heavily on kidnapping and bully prevention.
If you are interested, message us, email us, give us a call or stop by.
If your child is in our After School Program we already have a spot saved. Please let us know if they will not be attending so that we may open the space up for other students.
This week is your last chance to sign up for our Spring Break Camp.
The camp is for children ages 6 & up. This year’s camp is going to focus heavily on kidnapping and bully prevention.
If you are interested, message us, email us, give us a call or stop by.
If your child is in our After School Program we already have a spot saved. Please let us know if they will not be attending so that we may open the space up for other students.
The camp is for children ages 6 & up. This year’s camp is going to focus heavily on kidnapping and bully prevention.
If you are interested, message us, email us, give us a call or stop by.
If your child is in our After School Program we already have a spot saved. Please let us know if they will not be attending so that we may open the space up for other students.
Wednesday, March 10, 2010
Does your child run your life?
This blog post could be an eye opener for some parents. In the martial arts we teach the life skills that are not taught in school. The question is, are these skills taught at home? I remember coming from a strict background. There were things I knew I could never do such as, talk while my parents were talking, whine, talk back, or call my parents names (which is something I hear occasionally around the school).
Sometimes when I am in the martial arts school, I am amazed with some parents’ inability to teach their children self control and basic manners. The saddest part of this inability is that it could potentially damage their children for the rest of their lives.
The real world is not easy. When you enter the workforce you find out fairly quickly that your parents will not be in the board room with you, making sales with you and they definitely will not be there to stop your boss from firing you for a lack of production. In other words, parents should keep this in mind when they find themselves babying their children and allowing them to control them. The more this is allowed, the more difficult it will be for the children later in life.
I think my parents did an amazing job in my early childhood. I learned the difference between right and wrong at an early age. I only interrupted my mom and dad a few times before I knew not to do it again. When my parents were on the phone, I never would be loud or ignorant to the situation. I always knew that my house was provided by my hard-working parents. Do your children know that? Or are you catering to their every need? Waiting on your children hand and foot and making them do nothing except come down for their meals you prepared without having to clean up is not helping them at all. It is hurting them!
Throughout my years of being a martial arts instructor and teaching hundreds of kids, it has been hard seeing the kids that needed martial arts the most quit because their parents did not want to “force” them to do anything. “Forcing” a child to learn self discipline, self control, and the other principles that martial arts teaches is one of those things in life that the child will be better for in the long-run. This seems obvious to me, but is something that some parents do not set as a priority.
If your child has ADD or ADHD there should be no other activity that your child does except martial arts. It is by far the one activity that can change your child and give him/her the skills that he/she would not get from other sports and or activities.
If this post sounds like you, do not take offense to it, simply think about your child’s future.
Sometimes when I am in the martial arts school, I am amazed with some parents’ inability to teach their children self control and basic manners. The saddest part of this inability is that it could potentially damage their children for the rest of their lives.
The real world is not easy. When you enter the workforce you find out fairly quickly that your parents will not be in the board room with you, making sales with you and they definitely will not be there to stop your boss from firing you for a lack of production. In other words, parents should keep this in mind when they find themselves babying their children and allowing them to control them. The more this is allowed, the more difficult it will be for the children later in life.
I think my parents did an amazing job in my early childhood. I learned the difference between right and wrong at an early age. I only interrupted my mom and dad a few times before I knew not to do it again. When my parents were on the phone, I never would be loud or ignorant to the situation. I always knew that my house was provided by my hard-working parents. Do your children know that? Or are you catering to their every need? Waiting on your children hand and foot and making them do nothing except come down for their meals you prepared without having to clean up is not helping them at all. It is hurting them!
Throughout my years of being a martial arts instructor and teaching hundreds of kids, it has been hard seeing the kids that needed martial arts the most quit because their parents did not want to “force” them to do anything. “Forcing” a child to learn self discipline, self control, and the other principles that martial arts teaches is one of those things in life that the child will be better for in the long-run. This seems obvious to me, but is something that some parents do not set as a priority.
If your child has ADD or ADHD there should be no other activity that your child does except martial arts. It is by far the one activity that can change your child and give him/her the skills that he/she would not get from other sports and or activities.
If this post sounds like you, do not take offense to it, simply think about your child’s future.
Wednesday, February 24, 2010
Kidnapping Prevetnion Tip
Teach your children to NEVER open the door to your home. Even if it is someone they know, they should always ask an adult before they open the door.
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