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Your Superpower Is Holding You Back The thing that got you here won't take you where you want to go The other day I was rolling with one of the newly promoted black belts at Meraki. A guy I've always respected. Strong, flexible, technical. When he attacks you he has that slow methodical game that feels like a python wrapping around you—the kind you love to watch and hate to experience. He's always late to class, which drives my old-school martial arts brain crazy, but I like him anyway. Funny...
Know Yourself, But Adapt to Others: Why Good Leaders Must Play Different Games Nosce Te Ipsum at the Temple of Apollo The other day during Sunday open mat, I was working drills with one of the brown belts, Romain. He's a 50-something French guy who works in the healthcare industry, and he's really strong and tough on the mat. We've been partnering up for a couple months now—30 minutes before the noon class on Mondays and Wednesdays and sometimes on Sundays when he can make it in. We've been...
The Comparison Trap: Why Getting Good Is Easier Than You Think Most people aren't competing with you—they're competing with their couch. I've said this before and I will say it again, "Stop comparing your blooper reel to their highlight reel." One thing I've learned teaching on the mat and in construction, things need to be repeated over and over again to be taken in and learned. Open mat Sundays at Meraki Sunday open mat. First full week of January. I'll be honest—it was a rough week. Only...