Images

[sensei8]

While there is certainly some validity in the notion that people should take you the way you are, there should also be an understanding of when image is important and when it is not.

Knowing when to exude professionalism, no matter rank/knowledge/experience, what is appropriate to say in a certain situation and other ways in which you portray yourself affect the way others perceive you.

It has always confused me to hear people say they don't care what others think of them. "They should accept me the way I am." Why wouldn't you be concerned? An image can be developed from the way we dress, associate with people, and our attitude.

If you're an owner/instructor of a Martial Arts school, then image is everything; it's the key to success, and success drives the bottom line/profits. How one carries oneself is vitally important in and out of the dojo/school. Your bottom line, as seen on a P&L statement, if your suffering/tanking, might be because of your image to both current as well as potential students, and of course, the general public.

Think about this: It's just as easy to improve your image as it is to damage it. How do you want to be known?

[Jeffrey]

Very Solid Post!!

[ninjanurse]

Agreed!

[sensei8]

Thank you Jeffery and ninjanurse!!