Fight Like a Girl

So how did you do on your goals this past year? I achieved some but not all of mine. One of my main goals this past year was to grow our karate school. We more than doubled the size of our school [...]

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"Never ever ever give up!" Probably the most famous quote about not surrendering. Taken from a speech given on October 29, 1941 to the boys at Harrow School by Winston Churchill. The full quote is[...]

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How many times in your life have you just gone through the motions? Was it worth it? Probably not. It's easy sometimes to just go through the motions when you are tired, burned out, discouraged, [...]

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We traveled out of state recently and on our return we hit bad weather. I-17 was closed about 45 miles South of Flagstaff. There was a lot of snow and ice as you headed North so the Highway Patrol[...]

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Have you ever been backed into a corner and felt there was no way out? Are the pressures around you closing in harder upon you like a submarine sinking into the depths of the ocean? Are you boxed in[...]

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All right. That's it. I have had enough of the past four years of people whining and complaining about how tough things are. The reason I can say that is because I was there too. Through those [...]

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  "You are never too old to set another goal or to dream another dream." - C.S. Lewis. That is so true and it is what I live by. I didn't always feel that way though. There have been a few [...]

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  I looked at my computer's date and time this morning and realized it is August 23. This day is special for me. I met my wife 24 years ago today! I met her in a park on a Sunday afternoon.[...]

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Any Monk fans out there? Remember obsessive compulsive Monk would always say 'Here's the thing' and then explain what he is thinking about, or solve the case or whatever? Well today I have a [...]

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Are you just waiting around for your ship to come in? Waiting for the phone to ring? How about waiting for the mail man to come to bring you some good news? Do you check your email every five [...]

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