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Life Skills retention System for School Age Children

Website: http://www.onemeritbadges.com
Location: San Francisco, CA
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Latest Activity: May 23, 2011

Focus

Focus: /fo-kes/, means to “Pay attention.”

Overview: Focus means to “Pay attention.” The four elements of optimal focus are, “Eyes, Ears, Mind and Body”. By definition that means, “Look with your eyes, listen with your ears, think with your mind about what is being said or taught to you, and do the right action with your body.” Any act or action involves these four elements. For example, when you ride a bike you have to look where you are going, listen for traffic noise, think about balancing, steering and pedaling and make sure your body executes those tasks optimally. Focus is the single most important life skill because it is the foundation of other life skills such as balance, discipline and control.

If you ask a child how to pay attention, most will say, “By listening.” Have you ever tried to talk to a child watching television? They hear almost nothing. Listening is one element of focus but not the foundation. The foundation of optimal focus, first and foremost, begins with good eye contact. Studies have proven if you look with your eyes, you will hear better, understand better and retain information longer

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Comment by Brannon Beliso on July 19, 2010 at 12:35am: Look for my next feature article, "12 MUST Life Skills for a Successful Children's Program" in the Sept. 2010 issue of MASuccess Magazine.

Comment by Brannon Beliso on July 19, 2010 at 12:35am: Sorry for being away for so long. I've been so busy. One Merit Badges has grown form a newborn to a running toddler. Over 70 schools world wide are now implementing One Merit Badges as there primary form of life skills education for children. Check it out at www.onemeritbadges.com

Comment by Brannon Beliso on November 15, 2009 at 8:31pm: Dear members and fellow martial artists,
Happy Thanksgiving. We’d like to humbly thank each and every one of you for making One Merit Badges a success in 2009. Here are some of the highlights we’d like to share:
1) Our client based increased by six hundred percent. We now have clients in Australia, Canada, England and the throughout the United States.
2) Martial arts industry educational leader Tom Callos gave One Merit Badges a resounding endorsement at the 2009 MASupershow in Las Vegas.
3) The Disney’s Martial Arts Festival officially made One Merit Badges a discipline after an outstanding showing and rave reviews from all the participants at Disney’s Wide World of Sports near Orlando, Florida, this past October.
4) Professor Beliso, the creator of One Merit Badges, wrote three featured articles for MASuccess magazine.
5) One Merit Badges is featured in the “Product Spotlight” of the 2009 December issue of MASuccess.

We have currently fulfilled our goal of releasing twenty four badges with support materials for 2009. Our goal is to utilize the remainder of 2009 to improve upon our support materials based upon your input. We are in the process of revising copy for some of our badges. Please log in and check for those revisions through December 31st, 2009.
It is our goal and commitment to better serve you in 2010. We thank you for your support and belief in the One Merit Badges life skills education system as we continue to grow and improve. It is through these changes that we strive to help you better educate your students, staff, and parents through the valued life skills that help all of us become better people and improve the quality of our lives. We will continue to make every effort to best serve you.
As our way of saying thank you for supporting One Merit Badges in 2009, we have extended our Fall Special through December 31st, 2009. Take advantage of this great special and get all twenty four badges with support materials at a discount. As an added bonus we will gift you with a complimentary display case (valued at $35) to proudly display all your badges for every $200 you spend.

Much respect and success,
One Merit Badges

www.onemeritbadges.com

Comment by Brannon Beliso on November 15, 2009 at 8:15pm: Professor Brannon Beliso says anytime you are in San Francisco, visit me at my school One Martial Arts, I would love to have you as my guest. I run a 3,800 square foot school with 575 active students. Visit my site at www.onemartialarts.com

Comment by Brannon Beliso on November 15, 2009 at 8:13pm: Listen to recorded webinar "Planning Your 2010 Calendar" by Professor Brannon Belios founder of One Merit Badges www.onemeritbadges.com

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Comment by Brannon Beliso on September 17, 2009 at 12:28am: Planning Your Calendar for 2010" webinar on Friday, September 25th 10am Pacific Standard Time.

Join Martial arts millionaire Professor Brannon Beliso as he helps you plan your best year ever. He'll use his yearly calendar to offer you strategic dates, events amd income generating ideas for 2010.

Sign up for this webinar which you may participate in online or by phone by clicking on the link below:

https://www2.gotomeeting.com/join/272619243

www.onemeritbadges.com (650)745-8818

Comment by Brannon Beliso on July 13, 2009 at 9:37am: Martial arts industry leader and educator Tom Callos said, "One Merit Badges was the best thing he saw at the 2009 MASupershow." Check it out at www.onemeritbadges.com

Comment by Brannon Beliso on July 13, 2009 at 9:20am: Join "Martial arts millionaire" Professor Brannon Beliso for a webinar "How To Successfully Run Your One Merit Badges Interschool Tournament"
& "How To Get The Most Out Of The One Merit Badges System" on Friday July 31st 10am PST Sign up for this webinar at;
https://www2.gotomeeting.com/join/637408202

Comment by Brannon Beliso on July 13, 2009 at 9:12am: Here is how I use the "Family" badge; When a student signs up and is being fitted for their uniform, take the FAMILY badge and share with the new student and parent by saying the following, “This is the family badge and it is the most important badge you will earn in our school because we believe family is the most important part of our life. But I cannot give you this badge because you must earn it at home from your parents.” This creates a relationship with the parent from day one and is invaluable to retention.

Comment by Brannon Beliso on July 13, 2009 at 9:09am: The bottom line is , "Easy is just easy. Sometimes the things that are best for us, are harder to achieve."