Welcome Fellow Travelers!

After much arm twisting some of my colleagues have convinced me to go ahead and join the information age.

So apparently, in these things,  it’s now appropriate to tell you some of what my journey has and does include.  Here goes:

Eric J. Beck

Summary:

• Husband of 1 Amazing Wife
• 4th Degree Father (4 Amazing Boys)
• 2nd Degree Black Belt Hakua-Kai Traditional Japanese Karate-Do
• 27 time Karate Championship Medalist
• 3 Time World Champion DCI Brass
• Performed & Toured w/ World Renowned Canadian Brass
• Founded Total Integration Program for Business Owners
• Created MasterPlan Pet Care for Kennel Owners
• Principle Consultant, Beck Consulting
• Education Innovator – The Galileo Project
• SPC, US Army, Infantry Air Assault (ret.)
• Techno-Utopianist
• Rugged Individualist

Music Performances Include:

• Trumpet – Classical and Jazz
  • Lincoln Center, Avery Fischer Hall, New York City
  • Hollywood Bowl, Los Angeles, CA
  • Tanglewood, Boston Symphony Summer Home
  • Ravinia, Washington, DC Symphony Hall
  • Houston, Rice University
  • Bloomington, Indiana University
  • Nashville, Vanderbilt University
  • Denver, CO – Mile High Stadium
  • Buffalo, NY – Rich Stadium
  • Jackson, MI – Veteran’s Memorial Stadium

Yes that's me...in 1990!

Conductors Performed Under:

• Eiji Oue – Minneapolis Symphony (protege of Leonard Bernstein)
• Kenneth Schermerhorn – Nashville Symphony
• Dr. Ray Crammer – Indiana University
• Dr. Jeff Kirk – Belmont University (Jazz)

A True Master!!! Eiji Oue

Military:

• 29th Infantry Brigade, 1st Battalion, 184th Infantry, Charlie Company (AASLT)
• The AASLT in the unit title, stands for Air Assault. The 1-184 infantry’s wartime mission is to serve as air assault infantry. As an enhanced readiness unit, the 1-184 infantry conducts very strenuous and fast paced training and must be ready to deploy within 90 days of a federal call-up. In fact, the 1-184 infantry is currently the top ranked Air Assault battalion of the 32 air assault battalions.

Air Assault

The Official Picture

Ft. Knox - Great Friends Forged in Fire

Karate-Do Instructors:

• Sensei D. Peacocke – 4th Degree Black Belt
• Shihan B. Edwards – 7th Degree Black Belt
• Shihan K. Iwabuchi – 8th Degree Black Belt

Master Instructor (Shihan) Iwabuchi

Self Defense Instructor:

• Bill Kipp – FAST Defense (Black Belt Magazine rated #1)

The Bulletman (Go Bill!)

Karate Tournaments Include:

• Cupertino, CA
• Los Angeles, CA
• Las Vegas, NV
• Colorado Springs, CO
• Yuba City, CA
• Oakland, CA
• Santa Rosa, CA
• San Francisco, CA
• Foster City, CA

The very beginning...white belt!

On the long path...

Just another beginning...

Weapons Training (Martial Arts and Military)

• M-16 A4 Assault Rifle
• M-9 Pistol
• M-203 Assault Rifle – Grenade Launcher
• M-247 SAW – Heavy Assault Rifle
• AT-4 – Anti-Tank Rocket
• NRA Pistol Certification
• Okinawan Kobudo – Shihan Fumio Demura
  • Tonfa
  • Bo
  • Sai
  • Nunchaku (made famous by Bruce Lee)
  • Equbo
  • Koma

Professional History:

• Curriculum Design
  • Intl. Business School
  • The Galileo Project – 1 year non-site-bound, international 9th grade
  • Syllogistic and Propositional Logic
  • Music Theory
  • Public Policy
• K-12 History, Math, Logic, Music Instructor
• Brass Caption Head – Crossmen Drum Corp
• Brass Instructor – Brass Theater
• Director of Training, E-Myth Worldwide

Best Business Systems Book Written

• Director, New Cambridge Institute
• Director, Galileo Project (Sonoma Country Day)

Learning in high gear!

• Owner, Solomon Audio
• Principle Consultant, Beck Consulting
• Founder, Total Integration™ Program

A Whole New Way to Work

• Designer, MasterPlan™ Software

Finally A Way to Manage Everything!

Keynotes & Conferences Include:

• Atlanta, GA
• Barbados
• Ft Myers, FL
• Rohnert Park, CA
• Charlotte, NC
• Charleston, SC
• Dallas, TX
• Houston, TX
• Louisville, KY
• Centerville, OH
• Ft. Lauderdale, FL
• Bristol Bay, Alaska
• Seattle, WA
• Pittsburgh, PA

My son on mega trends and geo-politics!

The Obligatory Headshot

Welcome and take a look around…

People can be wonderful and horrible. The range of human behavior is almost too extreme to even comprehend. But it seems to be a law of sorts that the better something can be, the worse it can be. Since we probably can’t change this law, looks like the best thing to do is focus on the positive side of the calculus. Right?

Well in life we all encounter people and it might be possible to have a more satisfying experience if we begin to have a bit of a strategy for this part of our life.

Here’s a start: Consider that there are people in your life that can help you achieve your potential. These are people that “see” the real you and whether you know it or not, the level you invest in them – in terms of time and attention – can be the biggest single factor in your success – theirs too.

First of it’s a fair question to ask, “What do you mean by ‘mastery’?” Well for me mastery is not a destination – it is more, in a philosophical sense, a pursuit, a set of what I like to call “anchor activities” that organize around a set of commitments.

But we need to differentiate between being a master (a guru) and being on the path of mastery – having a LIFE of mastery. You can be a master musician and have NO LIFE. You can be a master painter and HATE the world because no one “gets” what you do. Right? That’s a master.

But mastery is something very different. Mastery is a lifestyle. It is intentional living where you have discerned your anchor activities and you simply do them. And doing them produces peace, joy, focus, laughter, fun, wealth and satisfaction.

More on this later…

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are about understanding one of the most critically misunderstood parts of our daily lives: Time. What is it exactly and how does our perception shape its affect on us – how much we get done, what we do, our level of stress…

Every person has the potential of experiencing incredible personal power. This power is accessed through the systematic development of several foundational skills – chief among them are the mastery of time and wealth.

Personal power is not about having control over others, our circumstances, or in some way reducing the presence of risk in our lives. Personal power is about the mastery of self – the unleashing or unveiling of who we really are. This is not mystical, but in fact immensely practical. Think of yourself like a plant. With good soil, the right amount of water, and sunlight – you are perfectly healthy, beautiful, efficient, and never tired or slaving. Make sense? That’s who you can be. You simply need the right nourishment.

So part of our journey is to discover those things (habits, usually) that steal your nourishment. Another part is to give ourselves enough leverage to move these boulders out of our lives so that we experience the joy of a “one and done” solution.