John Graden's Page

Relationship Status:

In a relationship

Looking For:

Networking

Religious Views:

Life is Perfect

Interests:

Sports, psychology, hypnosis, NLP, human nature, fitness

Favorite Books:

Too many to list

Employer:

Self

Your School Name:

MartialArtsTeachers.com

Summary of Your Martial Arts Training:

John Graden, MATA Founder
2008 – Author, The Impostor Syndrome
2006 – Founder, Pro-Star Mixed Martial Arts
2004 – Founder, Martial Arts Teachers' Association
2003 – Author, The Truth About the Martial Arts Business
1998 – Author, How to Open and Operate a Successful Martial Arts School
1997 – Founder – American Council on Martial Arts
1995 – Founder – Martial Arts Professional Magazine
1994 – Founder – NAPMA
1993 – Author, Black Belt Management
Two-Minute Video Bio
Click here to see the American Karate Masters documentary profile of Mr. Graden: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bTeeNXwICk8

Style(s) of Martial Arts:

TKD, Kickboxing

Rank(s) in Your Respected Style(s):

8th Dan under Joe Lewis

Achievements and Awards:

:0)

What Martial Arts Has Taught You:

Excerpt from, "The Truth About the Martial Arts Business:"
Maybe you attend one of my Fast Track Programs. In our phone session you learn how important it is to make follow-up calls to people who have inquired about your school but never joined. You get motivated to make these important calls.

Monday, you are back in the office, all psyched up from the seminar. Three o’clock rolls around, and you stare at that telephone, knowing it’s time to start. What do you do? You decide to drive to the printer’s or shop for supplies. By the end of the week, you realize you have not made a single call. You figure, “Hmmm. Maybe I need a time management course.” So you take your 10th time management course, though time management has nothing to do with it. The problem is the control factor.

Think about where you came from and where you are now. You have your school. People respect you. People bow to you and refer to you with a respectful title like Master. If you make the telephone calls about joining your school, the distinct prospect is that someone will just say no, and you can’t control that. So what do you do? Anything but make that call.

The control factor creates conflicting goals, and it paralyzes you. One positive goal that will improve your life is to grow your school, and making those calls is an important part of. The other goal to have absolute control of your life prevents you from making those calls. Your goals conflict and cancel each other out.

Guess what? This happens to every one of us. It is the human experience. The key is to recognize it and then overcome the conflicting goals that are causing you to hesitate.

Remember, the Core Dynamics refer to the underlying forces that control the patterns of thought and behaviors that determine who we are. In this case, the underlying force or Core Dynamic is the control factor. How you handle the control factor is illustrated by your patterns of thought and behavior.

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