Category Archives: Reflections

Bind Ambition; a rant

Ambition is the last refuge of failure. ~Oscar Wilde Hungry. Restless. Itchy. It is in your bones. You have it or you do not. I am not trying to mystify any constructs here, I am getting to the heart of the matter. Motivation. Ambition. You are always doing what you are motivated to do. For […]

Seventeen and a half Inch Neck

Not everyone knows what it is like to be the odd man out. Lacking fit. I am used to it in lots of ways. Outside of education discussions, my most persistent experience with this is when I buy clothes. You see, I am built for speed. Not too high off of the ground so as […]

Sink Swim or Fight?

It’s been almost ten years since I began training in Brazilian Jiu Jitsu and today it hit me. I need to decide to get better or I need to quit. I get into physical things–no matter what they are–in the spirit of Steve Prefontaine. At first it may be curiosity, or frugality (I do a […]

Signal to Noise: Behavior

If you allow the business of school to weigh too heavily, it will undermine the foundation of your craft. Focused on the trouble around you, everyone becomes an adversary and eventually the students become problematic. All you can see is the noise. Behavior — a neutral term — becomes a specific term. Bad Behavior. “I […]