A fairly old adage says that the two unavoidable things in life are death and taxes. I actually can think of two other events that fit the parameters of being unavoidable: change and failure. Quite a list there, eh? Death, taxes, change and failure. Possibly four of the greatest fears most people probably have. I [...]
Archive for January, 2010
JK Rowling on Failure
Jan 31
The Failure Cushion
Jan 30
The month of January is the carnival of newbie-dom at gyms and health clubs across this nation of amber waves of grain and purple mountain majesty… you know, above the fruited plain and such? Anyhoo, while I am fully one to applaud the efforts of anyone looking to get into better health and such, there [...]
All About the Fundamentals
Jan 26
The company for which I work frames several of its most important core values in its Code of Ethics. It’s something I genuinely appreciate about where I work because it’s something that’s taken seriously and in my current job, it’s my role to support those values and ensure they are not compromised. As part of [...]
I’ve mentioned before that a lot of friends, family and co-workers will ask me variations of the question “How can I get into better shape/health?” It’s pretty much the most popular question I get… you know, besides “Do they sell elite-level handsomeness like yours in a bottle? Because I would totally buy that.” The answer [...]
What Price Greatness?
Jan 20
You have probably had a conversation with someone at one time or another where the other person talked about wanting to achieve some kind of greatness. I know I have. My first thought when someone says that to me is “Do you really understand what it costs to achieve real greatness?” I’m not honestly sure [...]
The Quiet Drive
Jan 14
I have a list of things I wish I would do (or do more often), not unlike many people. It’s a fairly simple list: Date Scarlett Johannsen; Demand recognition of my rightful claim to the Polish monarchy; and Devote more time to thinking and reflecting. The first one got screwed up by the allegedly dreamy [...]
Seth Godin is a pretty gosh-darn interesting guy. My proof? He’s generally acknowledged as the creator of permission-based marketing (i.e. you give someone permission to market to you based on your preferences and interests) and author of the book “Purple Cow”. Let’s be honest people… purple cows are just de facto interesting. Seth also does [...]
It’s fairly common for people to ask me for advice on their workout routines or diets since they know I take such an active interest in such things. Invariably I discover that after several minutes of chatting, my friend really doesn’t want my advice (even though he thinks he does). Here would be a typical [...]
There are plenty of outstanding strength and conditioning coaches in the world who are inherently more qualified than me to discuss weight training, diet, conditioning and fitness topics. That being said, I have learned a few lessons over my 20 years (holy cow… has it been that long?) years of training. If there is an [...]
One of my absolute favorite memories growing up were Saturday mornings – shocker eh? I had my own little routine of coming downstairs, popping on the Superfriends and pulling out my big bag of Legos to spread out on the floor and create whatever came to mind. As corny as it sounds, it was kind [...]
