May 2017 Word of the Month: Success

Week 1 

“Success usually comes to those who are too busy to be looking for it.”
Henry David Thoreau, 19th Century American writer

Week 2

“You always pass failure on the way to success.”
Mickey Rooney, legendary Hollywood actor, singer, dancer and musician

Week 3

“Success isn’t permanent, and failure isn’t fatal.”
Mike Ditka, National Football League Hall of Fame player and coach

Week 4 

“If you want to be successful, find someone who has achieved the results you want and copy what they do and you'll achieve the same results.”
Anthony Robbins, world-famous author and speaker on leadership and personal development

December Word of the Month: Gratitude

Week 1

“The hardest arithmetic to master is that which enables us to count our blessings.”

--Eric Hoffer, 20th American philosopher and poet

Week 2

“As we express our gratitude, we must never forget that the highest appreciation is not to utter words, but to live by them.”

--John F. Kennedy, 35th President of the United States

Week 3

“The deepest craving of human nature is the need to be appreciated.”

--William James, 19th century American philosopher and psychologist

Week 4

“We often take for granted the very things that most deserve our gratitude.”

--Cynthia Ozick, 20th century American novelist and short-story writer

October Word of the Month: Criticism

Week 1

“All of us could take a lesson from the weather. It pays no attention to criticism.”

Week 2

“Criticism is more effective when it sounds like praise.”

--Arnold H. Glasow, one of America’s most quoted humorists

Week 3

“Don’t mind criticism. If it is untrue, disregard it. If it is unfair, keep from irritation. It if is ignorant, smile. If it is justified, learn from it.”

Week 4

“Criticism, like rain, should be gentle enough to nourish one’s growth without destroying one’s roots.”

Sensei's Recommended Reading

Youth and Adult Jiu-jitsu Students--

1--Psychology of Winning (Ten Qualities of a Total Winner)-by Dr. Dennis Waitley **Available on Audible.com

2--What to Say When You Talk to Yourself--by Shad Helmstetter Ph.D.

Adult Jiu-jitsu Students--

3--Living the Martial Way (A Manual for the Way a Modern Warrior Should Think)--by Forest E. Morgan

4--In the Dojo: A Guide to the Rituals and Etiquette of the Japanese Martial Arts--by Dave Lowry **Available on Audible.com 

5--Musashi's Book of Five Rings (The Definitive Interpretation of Miyamoto Musashi's Classic Book of Strategy)--by Stephen F. Kaufman

6--Bushido: The Warriors Code--by Inazo Nitobe

September Word of the Month: Achievement

Week 1

“It’s your aptitude, not just your attitude that determines your ultimate altitude.”

--Zig Ziglar, international motivational and personal success speaker and consultant

Week 2

“Everyone is trying to accomplish something big, not realizing that life is made up of little things.”

--Frank Clark, president of ComEd, Chicago-based electric utility giant

Week 3

“`I can’t do it’ never yet accomplished anything; `I will try’ has performed wonders.”

--George P. Burnham

Week 4

”The bad news is time flies. The good news is you’re the pilot.“

--Michael Altshuler, known as The Results Coach,  is one of America’s top authorities on personal achievement,  sales  and  valued-centered living