A powerful law of nature is the more we do something, the more efficient we generally get over time. Take running for example. When we first start begin, it absolutely sucks and every time we go out is like the worst thing that ever happened to us. Progress is brutal. But if we stick to… Continue reading Gaining Experience to Level Up: Not Just for RPG Fans

It’s cliché AF, but I used to think I could just “flip the switch”. I thought I could just turn it on and deliver my best anytime it mattered, and win. Whether it was in business, at school, in sports, with friends and even with love. Can you believe that? I thought that if I… Continue reading Why “Flipping the Switch” is a Stupid Myth We Should All Stop Believing Right Dang Now

You may have noticed that one good day usually isn’t enough. Even after a perfect day of progress and engagement, we wake up the next day with the scoreboard back to zero. There is no ticker-tape parade to celebrate the progress of yesterday. Momentum can be a cruel mistress. While today was fine, there were… Continue reading We Improve Ourselves Through Victories Over the Sorry-Ass, Lazy Side of Ourselves

Everything changes when losing a parent. If we are lucky, we celebrate their life and remember the good times. We recall their best attributes in both tender moments and the most unexpected of places. And when things calm down again and we have time to think about their passing, the inevitable questions come. We question… Continue reading Losing My Father, But Finding Myself

There are certain times in our lives when more is required. Usually, these times are also periods of great growth and opportunity. The catch is they show up dressed as hard work. And as such, we don’t recognize them sometimes. Perhaps it’s understandable. During these periods, the volume gets turned up. We start getting more… Continue reading The Juice

Dickie Bush hit the big-time truth-bomb button when he wrote a thread on 4 things that compound faster than others. It seemed silly to say for a long time, but here the truth for me: that thread changed my life for the better. That very day, I wrote the list of those four things down… Continue reading 4 Things That Compound Quickly

Writing down our biggest and most audacious goals is fun, but kind of bullshit. Don’t get me wrong, goals are an essential element of worthwhile accomplishments. I see a lot of stuff these days about writing our goals down, committing to them. But I don’t see a lot of stuff about executing on those goals;… Continue reading Are You Working on the Things that Matter to You? Or Are You Just Spending Your Time Trying to Prove to the World You Already Do?

I’ve failed on at least 4 occasions to finish Napoleon Hill’s seminal work “Think and Grow Rich.” Even as a believer in the law of attraction to some degree, I cannot seem to wrap my head around the manifesting wealth through indomitable self-belief part. So it goes. But maybe now I’m ready; maybe now I’ll… Continue reading Why I Suck at Reading “Think and Grow Rich”

It’s one of those days when the writing part of the day should be easy. After all, it was a full day of work. I write all the time about how my new role in sales leadership is a constant lesson in humility. There were certainly moments from today that could have served as perfect… Continue reading Sleepy Smiles, a Lack of Inspiration, and the Deafening Crickets of the Internet’s Indifference

If they had indoor trampoline parks when I was a kid, I’m pretty I’d be a ninja. Like a no-shit ninja. Coulda, shoulda, woulda I guess. A little while ago, one of my oldest son’s friends had a birthday at an indoor trampoline park. It was awesome. Watching the complete chaos made me think it… Continue reading Lessons in Life and the Law of the Jungle from the Trampoline Park