Balance is Overrated
I was talking with a friend earlier this week and he asked me this question: “how do you keep balance in your life?” Then he said. “Man, I‘m in my early 30’s and I still […]
Thinking
Process Makes Perfect
A couple of months ago I was fortunate enough to see Jerry Seinfeld's comedy show in Minneapolis at the beautiful Orpheum Theater. If you haven't seen Jerry do stand-up live, I would urge you to […]
The Fallacy of “Being a Good Person”
“The mother of a man accused of striking his girlfriend’s 3-year-old with a frying pan, hanging him upside down and hitting him, and whipping him with a metal rod said Friday that her son is […]
Stop Wasting Your Life (Quadrant 2)
“I’m too busy to exercise.” “I don’t have enough money to save.” “I don’t have time to read.” “There’s never enough time in the day.” “I don’t have enough energy to go for a run.” […]
Adjusting Your Mirrors
I turned the corner out of the Portland PDX Airport rental car parking ramp at 10:15pm. It was dark and raining and I didn’t know where I was going. The rental, a red Nissan Sentra, […]
Book Recommendation #2: 1776
America seems so dysfunctional lately, doesn’t it? Police are shooting civilians, civilians are shooting police. There’s political distress all around and it seems like CNN and Fox News are constantly screaming at us about it. […]
Find Something to Be Excited About
“Anticipating future rewards can actually light up the pleasure centers in your brain much as the actual reward will.” – Shawn Achor One of my favorite things about my wife is how good she is […]
How to Become a Better Decision Maker
Two roads diverged in a yellow wood, And sorry I could not travel both And be one traveler, long I stood And looked down one as far as I could To where it bent in […]
Level Up
“Leveling up” is making tomorrow’s you better than today’s you. Leveling up is striving for at least 1% self-improvement in a day. Getting 1% better means spending time and energy doing things that are dedicated […]
Book Recommendation #1: The Boys in the Boat
Rowing is like a beautiful duck. On the surface it is all grace, but underneath the bastard’s paddling like mad. (The Boys in the Boat, page 178) I first mentioned this book in my […]
Get the Most Out of Your To Do List
If you have been around me enough, you know that I am a list maker. If a topic or agenda has more than two items, I will start a list. I do this partially because […]
How to Get the Most Out of Eating Coconut Oil
If a particular whole food becomes popular with consumers, food manufacturers will figure out a way to adulterate and cleverly market it so that the average consumer is fooled into believing that this new fractionated […]
Be Uncomfortable if You Want to Grow
I am comfortable in the uncomfortable. — Conor McGregor, Current UFC Featherweight Title Holder Many of the most rewarding moments in life are when we are either: A. Extremely comfortable B. Extremely uncomfortable Here are some […]
The Most Dangerous Drug We Are All Consuming
Aspartylphenylalanine-methyl-ester is one of the most dangerous drugs on the street. And we are all consuming it. Let’s go back to the beginning… A few years ago a friend of mine, Curt, told me about his […]
Optimistic Travel
Today I set out to fly to Dallas. The flight was redirected due to a thunderstorm, and since we were at risk of running out of fuel, we landed in Tulsa, Oklahoma. After an hour […]
Fire in the Belly
In such a highly developed humanity as the present one, each man by nature has access to many talents. Each has inborn talent, but only a few have inherited and cultivated such a degree of […]
Quitting
I have a bad habit that, in theory, sounds like a good one: I try to finish everything I start. About a year ago, I was talking to my dad about a book I was […]
Why I Quit Facebook
It was a Friday night, and I sat in an apartment loft in the city. I was seated comfortably at the end of a couch with four of my closest friends surrounding me. Some of us hadn’t […]
A Case for Cold Showers
“It takes 21 days to make a habit” is one of the most common phrases we hear. But how long does it take to make a new mindset, something beyond a habit, but instead, a […]
