Did you miss the Superbowl ads, or want to re-watch them. I’ve got them all here for you.

Anyone who’s ever had a loan or a savings account understands how compound interest can exponentially grow either a debt or an investment. So let’s apply the same principle to personal development.

Think of something you’d like to get better at. Anything at all.

Now, for the next year focus on doing a little better each day. Each day you intend and work at doing 1% better than the day before. This is a nice do-able chunk right?

If you do this, theoretically you should see a 3778% improvement by the end of the year.

Imagine if the thing you focused on was income. Let’s say your income today is $50,000, and you increase it 1% each day. At the end of the year, your income should be $1,889,000.

Mission Centric Training™ is a term I coined a few years back when training civilians, law enforcement, and military personnel. It became clear that each of these groups of people had different goals, operating rules, equipment, training levels, etc. Training them all the same way is a mistake.

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Hollywood remakes everything these days. Apparently it’s less risky to bank on the success of something earlier than to create something new. I shuddered when I heard that Hollywood is going to remake The Karate Kid - a movie which requires no remake in my opinion.

Apparently 1984 star Ralph Macchio has mixed feelings but has given a nod to Jaden Smith (Will and Jada Pinkett Smith’s son). Jackie Chan is set to play Mr. Miyagi.

Normally I couldn’t care less about what hollywood does. In the end, it’s all business designed to make money. In fact the original Karate Kid spun off three less than stellar sequels (OK #2 was OK), a cartoon series, luchboxes, toys etc. No problem.

I believe, and many agree, that the original movie is an icon of American culture. It fostered a youth interest in martial arts that is still in effect in the US and abroad. It promoted the positive virtues of martial arts in a way that shied away from the violent aspects shown in the movies of the day.

I was personally inspied by the movie and, to this day, if it’s on cable I’ll try to watch it. It helped start me on my lifelong path in the martial arts. So, yes I take it perhaps a little personally when I hear of a remake of a film so close to my heart.

I hope they change the story and go for a whole new “thing”. Jaden is, after all, only 10 so the high school bully thing isn’t going to play so well. I hope that Jackie Chan plays the Miyagi role with respect for what Pat Morita had created. And I hope that perhaps this movie will inspire a new generation to watch the original.

I’m guessing that we’re going to see a lot more China-themed advertising. I think this one is pretty cute.

Psychological studies of consumer behavior shows that “anticipated regret” is an extremely powerful motivator. Anticipated regret is essentially a fear of future loss. It’s one of the factors that keeps losing gamblers going.

So how do we put “anticipated regret” to proper use for ourselves?

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I heard that great quote recently, although I’m not sure of it’s origins. I couldn’t agree more.

My preferred definition of self defense is this, “when faced with the threat of violence or actual violence, self defense is doing what is necessary to move from an unsafe place to a safer place.”

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