The truth behind the sparkles Me performing! Our 2-minute break had started and most people dashed to get some fluids but I was different. I walked over to the wall, stared it down, and unleashed a slow flurry of punches. Thud. Thud. Thud. Don’t try this at home. Whenever someone asked about it, I brushed
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A complete illustrated guide to routines that keep you agile and injury-free Created by the author I traveled to Okinawa, the birthplace of karate, when I felt I was at the peak of my career. I had trained for 8 years, been a black belt instructor for 4 years, and earned a silver medal at
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Be happy, but never satisfied Created by the author — original image from BruceLee.com Bruce Lee crammed several lifetimes worth of wisdom into his short life. Nearly 50 years after his death, he’s the first name that comes to many people’s minds when they think of a martial artist. He was born in the US
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A networking masterclass Created by the author — original image from Quora Within minutes of talking to Hector Quintanilla, I decided I liked this guy. It was easy for me to see how he has created such a massive network on Quora, the social media platform where users can seek and give answers. This kind of
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A zen lesson from Master Han Created by the author — original image from Pexels Joe Hyams, a Hollywood biographer, and martial arts legend, was on the verge of quitting his training after one tough session. Master Bong Soo Han pulled him aside, “You will never learn to do any endeavor properly unless you are
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The story of the Issa brothers Created by the author — original image from EOY_UK You’ve probably never heard of the Issa brothers but they are worth over $4bn each and together they run The EG Group. The picture shows them smiling after winning EY’s Entrepreneurs of Year award. All this despite coming from humble beginnings where their father worked
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Let the Silicon Valley legend teach you to pitch Created by the author — Original image from WikiMedia Commons Guy Kawasaki has listened to hundreds of entrepreneurs looking for funding. In his words, “most of these pitches are crap”. He knows a thing or two about how to market effectively. He was a member of
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Exclusive with the CEO of ByErim Created by the author — original image on @Erim Erim Kaur says her ‘product runs through her veins’. After sitting down to interview her, I left thoroughly convinced. Don’t look at her 190k Instagram followers and think she had it easy because it’s as if her whole life was leading her to
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With infographic cheatsheets Created by the author Some entrepreneurs feel framework is a dirty word and rely purely on instinct for decision-making. Yet when it doesn’t work out, hindsight can be a nightmare. The management consulting industry is worth over $250bn and is built on the foundation of simple frameworks combined with experience. Frameworks are never a guarantee
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Lessons from the Japanese concept of ‘ikigai’ Photo: Thomas Barwick/Getty Images Years ago, during my time in Japan, I went to a bar with an elderly dojo master after five hours of intense karate training. We were soon joined by a rival teacher, and the two men, who had trained together as kids, began sharing
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