From the Desk of Keith Hafner A Botched Assignment. A favorite student botched an important assignment. Around here, it's okay to goof up. It's what happens NEXT that's important. Does the student accept responsibility [...]
From the Desk of Keith Hafner Being Confrontational. Being confrontational has gotten a bad rap. It's come to be synonymous with rudeness and arrogant behavior. Think about it in a different light for a [...]
From the Desk of Keith Hafner Be Lousy. To become good at something, you must first be willing to be LOUSY at it for a while...and in some cases, for quite a while. Often, [...]
From the Desk of Keith Hafner Fear affects us all, at one time or another. It: Prevents us from doing things we should do, or would like to do Produces mental stress and physical [...]
From the Desk of Keith Hafner Climb the Ladder Consider the Karate belt ‘ladder’: white, yellow, gold, orange, green, purple, blue, red, brown, black belts… This simple system is very powerful. Breaking a huge [...]
From the Desk of Keith Hafner How to Choose the Right Goals for the Next Year... We begin by taking an honest look at the last year. Work on This for the Next Few [...]
From the Desk of Keith Hafner Chicken Hearted. When I was a kid, in my pre-martial art days, I was nice, studious, and chicken-hearted, down to my socks. My parents, my teachers, would all [...]
From the Desk of Keith Hafner Challenges and Skills. You are about to undertake a big challenge. Go back to school and get your degree. Commit to earning your Black Belt. Start an entrepreneurial [...]
From the Desk of Keith Hafner Your Worst Enemy. It's not that difficult person at work. It's not ‘the competition.’ It's not some other real or imagined adversary. It's YOU. And, this enmity is [...]
From the Desk of Keith Hafner Your Comfort Zone. You have a circle around you. Inside the circle are all the things you are comfortable doing. Outside the circle are the things that you [...]