Give Your Body a Break
Your body has a lot to think about. It can do wonderful, miraculous things. Provide you with the energy you need. Fight off sickness. Allow you to think clearly. Your body can do [...]
Moving Backward?
For fifteen years, I've shot pool every single day. For the last nine years, I've shot twice per day. I take about 15,000 shots per year. I have a way of [...]
How to Create Time
Most people destroy time by procrastinating. The have stuff that needs to be done on Monday...but they put it off until Thursday or Friday. This destroys time. You can create time [...]
The Walk-Through Workout
You get home late and don't feel like doing your workout. You've already talked yourself out of it by giving yourself all the excuses you've needed. Here's what you do. [...]
Interrupt the Pattern
So, this Mom I know. Six year old kid. And I watch them have the same fight every week. Here's what I observe: They've gotten very good at this fight. [...]
Two Types of Teachers
At age 22, finding myself in the Martial Art business, I quickly discovered that, in order to succeed, I would need to become a teacher of teachers. After many failed experiments, here [...]
Downtown Ann Arbor
I've worked on Main Street in downtown Ann Arbor my entire life. My business used to be at 220 S. Main. In 1989, I moved it next door, into 214. Some of the [...]
Solve Any Problem in Two Days
When I have a day or days off, I always use a technique I discovered about ten years ago. When you use this technique, you can find the answer to any problem or [...]
It’s Supposed to Be Boring!
I was talking with a friend of mine. I knew she belonged to a local health club and I asked her how her exercise program was coming. "I haven't been going. I [...]
Don’t Poke the Marshmallow!
Saw a video recently of an experiment involving a bunch of four year old kids. They took the kids, one at a time, and sat them at a table. Alone in [...]