Acknowledging sources of wealth
It is important, in this growing global community where information is so readily available, to give credit where it is due. I learnt it back in school days, they call it "referencing". I just didn’t quite carry it across to other aspects of my life until recently.
It only takes one person to make one remarkable comment before it sticks in your mind for the rest of your life.
For me, it was at a birthday dinner for Richard Huynh a couple of years back; could’ve been last year. It was straight after a tournament and I was commenting about some of ATA Morley’s students and their technique. I kept referring to the style as "Richard’s". It is quite distinct. If you go to a tournament – keep an eye out for them in the Poomsae divisions, they’re great to watch. Then Raffaele DiRenzo (the Head Instructor of the Morley branch) rightly corrected me by saying it was "his" style. I didn’t quite understand it immediately, and I eventually did; especially after he said "you’ve got to give credit where it is due". Since then, this statement has been stuck in my mind when occurrences require acknowledgement. It took one person to make one remarkable comment and now it’s stuck in mind. I am grateful for that episode at the dinner. More
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