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People search their entire lives for their treasure and often never find it. The simple reason is that they are looking in the wrong place. You can find your treasure once you learn that it’s found within the cave that…

How many times have you pushed yourself to the limit, then realized that you could’ve done more? Last week I was doing squats and was using a weight that I maxed out at eight repetitions the week before. As I…

If you are not where you ultimately want to be, it’s because you’re not good enough…yet. The key word is yet. What is your barometer? Last week I was teaching a Jiu Jitsu class and one of the students became…

Why is discipline hard? Because it is. Once you accept that fact, you will start on your path towards a disciplined life. The disciplined mind Much of life actually begins with acceptance. When you start on a difficult journey, you…

While growing up, there were very few things I had in common with my father. However, one of the things we did have in common was our love of professional basketball. Specifically, our love of the Los Angeles Lakers and…

How often have we all had this experience? We meet a friend for dinner, have a great conversation, and then end the night by suggesting that we do it again soon. Sometimes it happens, and sometimes it doesn’t. We might…

The wise man, the boy and the butterfly There is a story about a wise man who was speaking with a young boy about life. While they were speaking, a cocoon that the wise man had in his possession caught…

This week had a tumultuous news cycle. There is continued escalation in the Russian invasion of Ukraine and there doesn’t look to be an end in sight. The NASDAQ stock market index had its worst week since 2008, which is…

Why are we so special? Have you ever thought about that question? This morning, while planning my day, an answer came to me. I realized that many of my tasks were things that only I could complete. My guess is…

In the 1950’s there was a study done by Dr. Curt Richter in which he dropped rats into a tub of water to test how long they would tread water before they gave up. He found that they would last…