Values are Virtues in Action
In InsightWe had very clear goals and a strong vision for what we wanted the studio to be and to feel like, and how we were going to define success for ourselves and for the families…
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Blog Post: Disguising the Repetition
In InsightIf you ask a nine-year-old to kick a pad as many times as they can, most kids will kick about 50 times and then look at you and say “I’m done.” A few will kick…
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Jan
Blog Post: Off-Road Thinking
In InsightThe start of a new decade brings the enthusiasm to reach our big, bold goals. We find ourselves motivated to cast away old habits that no longer serve us and reach for new results in…
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Dec
Blog Post: Having Fun and Living Joy
In InsightKids are always ready to have fun. They are always ready for a new game, a new toy, sledding down a steep hill, anything that gives a feeling of novelty and excitement. I share that…
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Nov
Blog Post: Being Centered
In InsightCentered: To Be Positive, Relaxed and Aware Have you ever rushed around in the morning looking for your keys, only to find them in your pocket or worse, in your hand? I think it is…
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[The Four “P’s” of Teaching] Part Two: Pull
In InsightI had a college professor who was famous for their grading strategy. They gave no assignments at all during the semester. At the final, you were handed a stack of blue composition notebooks and given…
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Apr
[The Four “P’s” of Teaching] Part One: Push
In InsightMartial Arts training includes several different teaching and learning formats with “Kata” training as one of the most well-known. Kata refers to the detailed, dance-like, choreographed sequences of movement designed to impart both technical skills…
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Mar
Getting to the Heart of It
In InsightFace to face with my students, only one resource is at my immediate command: my identity, my selfhood, my sense of this “I” who teaches—without which I have no sense of the “Thou” who learns….
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Mar
Teaching With Passion
In InsightThere are few better places and times for a business conference than Cozumel, Mexico in February. That being said, I was bracing for the usual litany of PowerPoint-driven lectures when we registered for the Coz…