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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…

You may be in the middle of a storm right now. You may not. Regardless, our life is full of storms and full of clear skies. Sometimes you are in the middle of struggle, sometimes you have overcome it, and…

Over the past month I’ve had the opportunity to speak in front of several professional groups in person. The “in person” part is a highlight because it is the first time I’ve spoken to a non-Zoom crowd in over two…

I was teaching Jiu Jitsu last week and some of the senior students were “phoning it in.” They were simply going through the motions. It was as if they thought that just showing up was good enough. But, is it?…