Just wanted to take a moment to wish all my students, instructors, and friends a Happy New Year. 2008 is upon us and I hope this will be a year full of achievements, new lessons, and, most importantly, FUN!
One thing I hope to continue to do in this blog is give you a little insight into some of the authors and people that influence me and my training. For you students, you get a lot of this information on a daily basis from me, but know that very little (if any) of it is my own discovery. I'm simply filtering ideas and lessons that I get from other insightful people, be they martial artists or otherwise.
So, here are a couple books that I've recently finished or currently reading:
The Tipping Point: How Little Things Can Make a Big Difference by Malcolm Gladwell
Blink: The Power of Thinking without Thinking by Malcolm Gladwell
How to Eat, Move, and Be Healthy by Paul Chek
Pain Free: A Revolutionary Method for Stopping Chronic Pain by Pete Egoscue
(and, of course, a fun one)
Why Men Don't Listen and Women Can't Read Maps: How We're Different and What to Do About it by Barbara and Allan Pease
I may delve a little deeper into some of the insights and ideas I've learned from these authors in future blogs, but for now here's the list. If you ride a train to work or have a long commute (the two Gladwell books are available on CD or through iTunes), why not do something useful during those hours rather than spending them guzzling coffee and swearing in traffic?
OK, so the guzzling coffee thing is fine, but you get my point...
