09/29/2026
๐๐ฉ๐ช๐ด was ๐ธ๐ณ๐ช๐ต๐ต๐ฆ๐ฏ ๐ฃ๐บ ๐๐ฏ๐ช๐ต๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐๐ต๐ข๐ต๐ฆ๐ด ๐๐ข๐ณ๐ข๐ต๐ฆ ๐๐ค๐ข๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ฎ๐บ ๐๐ณ๐ฐ๐ธ๐ฏ ๐๐ฆ๐ญt (Sankyu), S๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ๐บ ๐๐ข๐ฎ๐ฃ who ๐ต๐ณ๐ข๐ช๐ฏ๐ด ๐ข๐ต ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐๐ณ๐ฐ๐ข๐ฅ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ฐ๐ณ ๐๐ฐ๐ซ๐ฐ. ๐๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ซ๐ถ๐ด๐ต ๐ค๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ฑ๐ญ๐ฆ๐ต๐ฆ๐ฅ the 2026 Karate ๐๐ข๐ด๐ด๐ฉ๐ถ๐ฌ๐ถ (๐๐ฏ๐ต๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ด๐ช๐ท๐ฆ ๐๐ณ๐ข๐ช๐ฏ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ) ๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐๐ฆ๐ฑ๐ต๐ฆ๐ฎ๐ฃ๐ฆ๐ณ 26-27, 2026. ๐๐ฉ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฌ ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ ๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ ๐ด๐ฉ๐ข๐ณ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ.
๐ญ๐ฎ ๐ต๐ผ๐๐ฟ๐. ๐ฎ ๐ฑ๐ฎ๐๐. ๐ญ ๐ฉ๐๐ฅ๐ฌ ๐๐ผ๐ฟ๐ฒ ๐ฏ๐ผ๐ฑ๐. ๐
Gasshuku is called โintensive trainingโ for a reason!
I spent this weekend training with 40 other karate students for 12 hours over two daysโand today, my body has some strong opinions about that decision ๐คฃ
Somewhere between the sweat, repetition, corrections and โone more timeโ moments, I was reminded of something that has everything to do with leadership.
Our karate creed begins:
โKnowing that karate begins and ends with respectโฆโ
That word matters.
Because respect doesn't mean making things easy.
It means I can challenge you ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ diminishing you.
Correct you ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ embarrassing you.
Hold you accountable ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ making you feel small.
Push you beyond what you think you're capable of, while still letting you know: I've got you.
And that's the heart of Return on Empathy: seeing the human being, while still creating the conditions for them to rise.
As I head into this week's Empowering Women in Industry conference to speak about ROE, I'm taking that lessonโand a whole lot of sore musclesโwith me๐ฅ๐ฅ
