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Born and raised on California’s Central Coast, Dave Kipper is a Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu coach, lifelong martial artist, and writer based in Taiwan. He runs Northside Jiu Jitsu & Submission Wrestling, where his work on the mats informs his writing on discipline, connection, and steady, honest progress. His books are written for people who train, teach, and value improvement built one practice at a time.

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Antoine de Saint-Exupéry
“Quand tu veux construire un bateau, ne commence pas par rassembler du bois, couper des planches et distribuer du travail, mais reveille au sein des hommes le desir de la mer grande et large.

If you want to build a ship, don't drum up people together to collect wood and don't assign them tasks and work, but rather teach them to long for the endless immensity of the sea.”
― Antoine de Saint-Exupéry

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“Practice doesn't make perfect.
Practice reduces the imperfection.”
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“Be yourself; everyone else is already taken.”
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“And once the storm is over, you won’t remember how you made it through, how you managed to survive. You won’t even be sure, whether the storm is really over. But one thing is certain. When you come out of the storm, you won’t be the same person who walked in. That’s what this storm’s all about.”
― Haruki Murakami, Kafka on the Shore

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“There are two motives for reading a book; one, that you enjoy it; the other, that you can boast about it.”
― Bertrand Russell

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