Hate, Jealousy and Fighting the Green-eyed Monsters

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This past Sunday was Super Bowl XLVII (aka “The Harbowl”) and in the weeks leading up to the game, I had a dilemma.  Not something earth-shattering, mind you – I wasn’t making huge decisions on the direction of my life and my place in the universe (at least not in relation to this football game)… [...]

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The Unsexiness of Excellence

Aristotle on Excellence. Hard to quibble on this one.

During the past 10 years that I’ve been working at my company, we have gotten a company-wide shutdown that runs from Christmas through New Year’s Day.  As far as perks going, it’s definitely a darn fine one and makes for a perfect way to close out the old year and prepare for the new.  I [...]

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Welcome to the Echo Chamber

The Fight 2012

The seemingly unending amount of political nonsense currently occurring in the U. S. of A. this election cycle is just… punishing.  I can really think of no other word to describe it better than that.  I suppose this isn’t terribly different from any other major election year, but it just feels like all of us are [...]

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That Sweet Slow Burn

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There are a lot of ways to think about passion, but whenever we do, it’s most associated with heat in some for or another.  White-hot passion about something or someone is certainly the sexier version, of course.  What’s interesting to me about something so heated is that it often needs so much more fuel to [...]

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What Motivates The Motivator

Kuzia... Kevin Kuzia

Thursday AM this past week was a conditioning day and instead of my typical fun with the Prowler, I thought I would change things up and do some 50 yard sprints at the football field of my town’s high school. On the drive over to the field, my mind gently wandered about a little bit [...]

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If You Think It, It Will Come

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Let’s chat for a minute about improving yourself.  Sure, that’s most of the theme of this blog in general, but let’s talk about it in a seemingly unique and obvious concept.  Yes, unique does not often go with obvious, but damn it, tonight it will. Suppose for a moment you wanted to improve your health, [...]

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Explaining the (Seemingly) Inexplicable

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I take a lot of pride in this here blog.  Every post I write very much comes from the heart – what I write here, I mean and believe. But here is something a little funny about the blog.  Friends of mine who mention the blog to others who haven’t read it will turn to [...]

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That’s On You Bro

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A lot of this blog may sound like advice I’m giving to others, but anyone who reads it should keep in mind the fact that oftentimes, its guidance I am striving to apply to myself on a daily basis.  Today’s vlog is a good example – I want to hold myself to a certain standard [...]

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The Serenity Prayer… Revised.

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A  prayer that has become increasingly popular over the last several years is “The Serenity Prayer”.  It’s been used by people recovering from addiction or just people looking for a little more peace in their lives.  While it has a few different forms to it, this is the most common version: God, grant me the [...]

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Be A Thinker

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In this great, big, beautiful world of ours, there is variety of different approaches to everything in life.  Some people are dark and dour – seemingly each moment of the day is spent in a perpetual state of seriousness.  Other people seem to radiate joy, silliness and a joie de vivre that’s impossible not to be positively [...]

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