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What if you ended each day by visualizing that you are sitting in your death bed looking back at your life? What would you be thinking about? Would you look back at your life with regret, or would you look…

There are many types of pain we each face. Some common sources are the pain of rejection, the pain of failure, and the pain of defeat. Most people tend to avoid pain and seek comfort. This is counter intuitive because…

The Marine’s have a saying that, “Everyone wants to go to heaven, but no one wants to die to get there.” This illustrates the human condition. We know what’s on the other side of sacrifice, but don’t want to go…

Every week I owe myself at least two Jiu Jitsu training sessions. This week was rough with my work schedule and weekend commitments, so I did two training sessions yesterday. When I got into the second one, I started talking…

How many times have you heard someone say, “I don’t feel up to it right now?” My guess is, many times throughout your life. You might have even said it more than you would like. I know that I have.…

A life without pain is a life without growth. The young weak sapling only grows into a tree because it first breaks the surface of the earth. So many seeds never reach their potential because they aren’t strong enough to…

You are what you do. If you do the things that successful people do, then you will be successful. The argument could be made that you are already successful when you do those things. It’s productive to see the progress…

Are you willing to sprint when the distance is unknown? Most people say they are willing, but then quit when the sprint gets too hard. The feeling of burning lungs and aching quads becomes too overwhelming to keep going. In…

The higher you aim in life, the better you must become. If you aren’t where you are in life, it’s because you aren’t yet capable of it. That is a harsh reality. But, people spend so much energy thinking about…

Ego can drive you the highest levels of success. Ego can also drive you to the depths of failure. Like with many things in life, ego is a tool. How you choose to use that tool will dictate whether it…