Sunday, October 28, 2018

I’m that kind of person : Another business lesson from judo

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Many years ago I met a teenage girl who said she wanted to go to the Olympics . I had visited her club a few times, practiced with her and g...
Wednesday, October 24, 2018

How Judo Taught Me to Avoid Startup Burnout

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One thing I gained from judo was the importance of persistence. There are no doubt a lot of people who have better technique than me. They h...
Monday, September 17, 2018

Supporting Judo by Making It Okay to Quit, Part 2

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When I was in my teens and twenties, I realized there would be a day when I couldn’t compete any more and I expected that none of the rest o...
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Tuesday, September 11, 2018

It’s Okay for Kids to Quit Judo

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Paradoxically, one of the reasons we may have fewer people doing judo is that we make them feel like such losers and traitors when they quit...
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Sunday, August 12, 2018

Just who the fuck do I think I am ?

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I may as well start with the swearing in the title because there is going to be  a lot of it in this post. Recently, a friend of mine over...
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Friday, August 10, 2018

The thing about moving is you bring yourself with you

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Therapists have a name for it, "Going geographic". That is, the tendency of some people to change locations to solve their probl...
Saturday, July 21, 2018

Don’t turn a bad five minutes into a bad day

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Years ago, I had the privilege of attending a lecture by Albert Bandura. He is the most famous living psychologist and for good reason . If ...
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