I was delighted to stumble across the Intention-Manifestation Theory of reality a few months ago. As I understood this theory, the key to achieving success in the spheres of business, dating and health is to intend it.
Fortune smiled upon me that day. Intention-Manifestation Theory seemed the greatest labor-saving discovery since the cotton gin, […]

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I hereby announce my latest group writing project, to encourage contemplation and discussion on the subject of martial arts.

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The Akismet filtering service has done a wonderful job of keeping spammy link lists off the pages of my blog. Unfortunately, it flags a false positive every few days, throwing one of my readers’ legitimate comments into the trash bin.
As Martial Development continues to grow in popularity, the task of sorting delicious ham from […]

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Lao Tzu is perhaps the world’s most popular author. In the 2600 years since its initial publishing, Lao Tzu’s masterpiece, Tao Te Ching, has been translated into more than 200 languages, and reprinted more often than nearly any book in human history.
Lao Tzu was a great teacher, and a master of brevity. Though […]

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Another Group Writing Project
My previous post, Jackie Chan’s Greatest Fight Scenes, was one of the 893 entries in Darren Rowse’s Top 5 Writing Project. Since I benefited from incoming traffic as a contestant, it seems only fair that I pass on some link love.
Here a few contest entries related to the topic of this […]

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I’ve updated my original Ninja Scroll theme for compatibility with the latest and greatest versions of WordPress and Cutline.

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There is one week remaining in the Best Martial Arts Writing of 2006 Contest.  I am disappointed in the low number of entries so far, considering the dozens of martial arts bloggers I know visit this website.
Please do not be intimidated by the name of the contest.  Take it as an opportunity to promote your […]

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Reader Alex Shalman from Practical Personal Development recently asked me to explain why I blog.  I answered this question a few months ago in Give Thanks To Your Blogging Inspirations.  So, instead of repeating myself here, I’ll revisit one particular benefit of blogging.
I’m talking about cash money.  Believe it or not, Uncle Sam paid me […]

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A professional author spends months, or even years crafting a single bestselling novel.  A magazine or newspaper journalist needs a few weeks to compose a feature story.  The entire history of writing shows that good writing takes time.
Yet, according to Technorati, most popular blogs are updated on a daily basis, often multiple times.  What are […]

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Nick Burns
RSS.  Atom syndication.  XML feeds.
Try locating a straightforward explanation of these terms, and why they are important to Internet users.  I doubt you will succeed.  Most of the RSS information available today is cryptic techno-babble, and unless you are Nick Burns, you may have a hard time making any sense of it.
In this article, […]

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