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You’ve heard of the story of the tortoise and the hare. If you haven’t, SPOILER ALERT… A turtle beats a rabbit in a race because he stays focused and persistent while the rabbit showboats with intense -but- random bursts of energy. I’ll admit, the hare would have been more fun to watch. His approach would… Continue reading Like Jocko…

Your alarm goes off.    Staying in bed sounds nice, but you have a day to dominate. As your feet hit the floor, your brain and body are kicked into gear. What you do for the next 30-60 minutes determines how productive, focused, and physically capable you’ll be for the rest of the day. Your… Continue reading Starting Your Day With Energy, Focus, and Peace

“I want to get ripped.” Put that request into Google and you’ll get about a quarter of a billion results in less than ½ a second. If seeing more muscle and less fat in the mirror is one of your New Year’s resolutions, your efforts in the weight room are only one piece of the… Continue reading Getting “Ripped”: Tone or Bulk?

Fear. What if…??? Fear is present in all our lives. In a twist of irony, it both saves and ruins us. It promotes preservation but prevents progress. When stagnation sours your ambition, look to your relationship with fear. If you’re like me, this relationship is often shrouded in an ego-protecting story. These stories are created by our psyche to shield us from… Continue reading FEAR

If a New Years resolution is just around the corner, today I want to challenge you to get imbalanced with aspiration and action this year. Don’t stop at vision this time. Double down on action. If not, you’ll be stuck in the perpetual cycle of “somedays”. Someday. Those words hit my eardrums like fingernails on a chalkboard. While “someday” could be an aspirational vision of… Continue reading The Someday Myth

2024 is going to be life changing for you. How do I know that? Because this year you are going to… …stop seeking work/life balance and start seeking work/life meaning … embrace honest self-reflection as data, not indictment …remember that “someday” is not a day of the week …take meaningful action despite fear, not in the absence of it …remember that “busy” isn’t a metric of performance for… Continue reading 20 Reasons to Toast 2024

On my 46th birthday I find myself continuing the weather the most challenging storm of my life, grieving the unexpected passing of my wife and mother of my daughter less than 90 days ago. The question I get a lot is, “So, how are you doing?” This is by all means a fair and relevant… Continue reading Grief

Work.   The almighty consumer of time and energy that seemingly knows no boundaries.   It makes its way into living rooms, dinner tables, and family vacations. It can preoccupy our thoughts and commandeer our daily emotional state.   Work can get our “best” every day, leaving very little time and energy for the “most important” things in life.   As a result, health… Continue reading Boundary Building

Thanksgiving.   While we celebrate this tradition of food, family, and friends once a year, research suggests some of our Thanksgiving Holiday practices could deliver physical and mental health for your entire family throughout the year. The best part? You don’t even have to leave the table. You do however, have to come to the… Continue reading Big Dinner Energy

Mondays…   Why are we so excited for the first day of the New Year, but never the first day of the new week? Why not “New Week resolutions”?   Aspiration is easy, action is harder. When dreams go from macro possibilities to micro responsibilities, we realize the amount of work necessary and it becomes… Continue reading Yes or No?