How Can I Impact My Community in A Positive Way?
A couple of days ago I received an email from a principal at a local inner city school that I’ve been helping the past few years. Currently they run a breakfast program to feed elementary kids from low...
View ArticleHow To Create Presentations That Will Turn You Into A Rock Star!
How many times have you sat through a long boring presentation? Do you remember the time you were sitting in class listening to a teacher go through the motions of reading straight out of the text...
View ArticleMastering The Daily Art of Human Excellence
Successful people always look at every angle to improve their skills no matter how much success they achieve. In the martial arts world, a master never stops learning even when they achieve the...
View Article3 Lessons I Learned About Business Leadership After Saving a Woman from Assault
In August of 2014, I was packing up my gear after finishing up teaching a Brazilian Jiu-jitsu class. It was 1:40pm in the afternoon on a warm sunny Vancouver day. Myself and two of my students, Ron and...
View ArticleHow to Break Bad Habits: The Samurai Way
Last week on my way to a networking event downtown, I found myself observing the behavior of passerby’s. As I made my way to the hotel that morning I saw the exodus of people from the train station...
View ArticleHow to Delegate Your Way to Success
Do you have an expertise you are truly passionate about? So much so you would most likely do it for free? This is what makes you truly special, it’s what your heart desires in life. It could be a...
View ArticleYour Key To Success: learning from mistakes
Never view a mistake as a negative, but rather a positive. Think of it as a gift given to you by the universe to say it’s okay, it didn’t work out the way you wanted, but let’s look at it together to...
View ArticlePracticing The Power of Self-Discipline from the Dojo to the Boardroom
It’s been over 12 years since I began my journey from white belt to black in the art of Brazilian Jiu-jitsu. If you include my years as a martial artist, you can say it’s been 42 since my father first...
View Article5 Sure Fire Ways to Maximize Your Success
Recently I gave a speech at a company on presentation skills, about 20 minutes into my speech I asked for volunteers to come up. It took a little coaxing but not surprisingly the majority preferred to...
View Article7 Steps on How to Accomplish More by Doing Less
How often do you find yourself running around the entire day, always on the go, and no matter how many things you stroke off your to-do list you never seem to get ahead? Whether it’s making a dent in...
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