• Bridging old and new work mentalities

    The previous generation believed in hard work, meaning early mornings, long nights, hard work. You work even to the detriment of family time and forsake other pursuits to be there for work. It’s important to BE there. The new generation values a quality life and not waiting until retirement to be relaxed, have good mental…

  • Grateful

    My word for 2024 is grateful. Choosing a word as an alternative to setting New Year’s resolutions is something our friend Sarah Lee got my wife and I into a few years ago. I wasn’t really sure what to choose this year and sort of just ‘resigned to’ the word grateful. It sounded like a…

  • Amish Goals

    In Tim Ferriss’ first podcast with Kevin Kelly, Kevin talks about how the Amish make it a goal to have as many meals with their family as possible. This resonated with me, especially being about to have my first child. It’s a different type of goal, one that’s not focused on maximizing productivity. Productivity is…

  • Unstoppable

    If you had to choose one thing to do every single day for the rest of your life, what would it be? Time is an incredible gift. Regardless of your age there is something you can start doing that would change your life for the better and compound dramatically over time. Imagine doing something every…

  • Get a little uncomfortable

    There’s a lot of life out there for those willing to get even a little bit uncomfortable. For four years now I’ve lived 10 minutes from Huntington Beach in Southern California and been paying a premium for it. My lifestyle hasn’t been that different than if I lived somewhere with cheap housing and poor weather…

  • Get over yourself, you’re amazing

    It’s natural to think about ourselves all day long but rarely helpful to do so. Whether our ego is inflated or deflated, self obsession blurs our vision, preventing us from clearly seeing the world around us. To those self obsessing with a inflated ego: It’s great to be proud of yourself and your accomplishments. Don’t…

  • Don’t wish it was easier

    Jim Rohn has a great quote “don’t wish it was easier, wish you were better.” I love this quote, and would extend it to “don’t wish it was easier, make yourself better”. It’s a call to action to improve yourself in response to that obstacle you’re coming across. You don’t have to just wish you…

  • …Yet

    I’m not a great writer. WRONG. I’m not a great writer YET. My chances improve every day that I put pen to paper (or fingers to keyboard). If you are committed to something and you aren’t where you want to be yet, don’t condemn yourself. You’re just not there yet. Keep working and you’ll get…

  • Failure is the absence of success

    Failure isn’t not being accepted onto the team, failure is not showing up for tryouts. We let fear hold us back from trying new things, telling ourselves if we don’t succeed we’re failures. Fear lies. Failure is to success as an empty glass is to a full one. Filling it halfway isn’t failure – it’s…

  • Someday is Never

    Someday doesn’t come after Saturday or Sunday. It isn’t coming at all. Start doing what you love today. Take a small step towards what you’ve always dreamed of. Or towards fixing something broken. You’ll thank yourself when you look back at this day that you got started. Someday isn’t real. Today is. We don’t need…