The Gear Doesn’t Make the Player (*but always choose pro-grade)
“When the going gets weird, the weird go Pro.” – Hunter S. Thompson I’ll take pro-grade gear any day of the week over consumer-grade, mass-produced crap. Gear refers to the tools of our trade, whatever that may be. Don’t get me wrong, I’m no elitist snob or materialistic label pusher. My brand loyalty is nil. […]
Here’s a radical concept: Begin Where You Are.
This morning I drove by a billboard for a Crossfit gym that read “Fitness is only earned.” To test this statement I took a quick inventory of the non-negotiables in my life.The term non-negotiables refers to our sacred life ingredients that cannot be removed or substituted. Our five (or so) primary life ingredients form […]
I covet another man’s flower baskets
Don’t you love it when you commit to a goal, and then on the way toward its attainment you decide it’s either too ambitious or too painful to keep actively pursuing? Still wanting it isn’t the issue, but maintaining your pace toward it definitely can be. This tension can feel like programming your GPS […]
Leveraging your past Badassery to conquer The Distance
Every day we bounce between where we are and where we want to be. Human desire leads our evolution forward, but at times the tension between the two poles of where we are and what we want drives us nuts. Too often we look outside ourselves for a guru, advice, or any short cut to […]
To Create is to Serve (and vice versa)
So many of us are content to sporadically tap our creative potential, without ever building a quick system to spend most of our time there. I am no exception. There are periods when life’s demands are so relentless I find myself at the end of a week or a month not remembering the last time […]
