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Should You Take Karate or a Public Speaking Class?
Most responsible dojos and martial arts instructors screen prospective students by asking at least a few pertinent questions.
For example, Why are you interested in learning karate?
If a punk just offers a sadistic smile or he drools, I want to kill the Boys Vice-Principal at my high school with my bare hands! instead of a responsible, socially acceptable answer, he is politely turned away.
Some folks will say self defense or I want to build my self-confidence, which are perfectly suitable replies.
But why dont they buy a gun or take a public speaking course? These will do the trick a lot faster, wont they?
The REAL reason people sign-up and persist over the course of years and years is that theyre probably seeking something deeper, perhaps a spiritual breakthrough, a better understanding of other people and themselves, or transcendence above their fears.
They may not even be in touch with their motivations, or they could be embarrassed by them.
Who wants to admit I hate it when Im on a date and other guys hit on my girl and Im afraid to confront them!
Not a few people join health clubs to meet mating material, but theyll say theyre going to get into shape. Nothing prevents them from doing both, and one may increase the odds of achieving the other, and all of this is perfectly rational.
Also, motivations change. The loner who joined a dojo to feel tougher and more independent finds a new cohort of friends there, and feeling a commitment to his or her training partners, sticks around for the camaraderie, the pleasure of belonging, and the overall experience.
Do YOU need a dojo?
This is a very difficult question to answer.
In systems theory there is a concept known as equifinality. Literally, it means you could take kenpo karate and I could sign up for a public speaking class and wed both experience an equal outcome with regard to heightened self-confidence.
Youd be better at asserting yourself with your hands and feet and Id be better with words and gestures, but still, wed end up, more or less in the same place.
If, for instance, initially we shared the goal of becoming better salespeople wed both have new and transferable skills.
You might be better at prospecting on foot and opening potentially hostile business doors, and being unafraid of getting tossed out on your ear, and I might be better on the phone, persuading folks to see me by appointment, but in the end, our sales might improve equally.
I had a professor and teaching mentor who said, Gary, college doesnt do a lot of people much good, except it gets them off the streets, into a safe atmosphere during some crucial developmental years. They grow-up, and they attribute their new wisdom to their studies, but they would have grown-up anywhere during those years.
Substitute the word dojo for college and the same precept might apply.
But, and this is crucial, there are truths and insights to be discovered in both places, secrets and revelations, that come only to those who seek them energetically, and who dont rest until they have found them.
You can earn a degree and still be an airhead, and you can find a drive-through type of dojo to McTrain you to the black belt level in record time. But you wont leave the experience with much more than you entered with.
Robert Pirsig said, The only Zen you discover on a mountain top is that which you brought up there with you.
I believe I was a black belt when I entered the dojo for the first time. I didnt have the specific training yet, but with eight years of guidance from my instructors and peers, I earned the piece of cloth that proved it.
One of the pleasures of persistence and the achievement it brings is that you can enjoy the luxury of looking down from your perch and wondering if the long climb was worth the sacrifice, or was even necessary.
In my case, the answer is yes.
Who knows whether youll agree when you reach the summit?
Should you take karate or Dale Carnegie?
Why not climb both?
Dr. Gary S. Goodman is the best-selling author of 12 books and more than a thousand articles. His seminars and training programs are sponsored internationally and he is a top-rated faculty member at more than 40 universities, including UCLA Extension, where he has taught since 1999. Dynamic, experienced, and lots of fun, Gary brings more than two decades of solid management and consulting experience to the table, along with the best academic preparation and credentials in the speaking and training industry. Holder of five degrees, including a Ph.D. from the Annenberg School For Communication at USC, an MBA from the Peter F. Drucker School of Management, and a law degree from Loyola, his clients include several Fortune 1000 companies along with successful family owned and operated firms across America. Much more than a talking head, Gary is a top mind that you?ll enjoy working with and putting to use. He can be reached at: gary@customersatisfaction.com
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