I've shared the concept of the Misogi Challenge in my past writing. For those who aren't familiar, I picked up the Misogi Challenge concept from serial entrepreneur Jesse Itzler. To put the Misogi Challenge into simplest terms, you choose one thing you're going to do this year that will impact you for the next 365 [...]
Angela Duckworth digs deep into the topic of grit in her New York Times bestseller GRIT: The Power of Passion and Perseverance. Sharing her research into grit, she dispels any myth that pure talent or random luck are the keys to success. Instead, Duckworth states clearly that grit is foundational to success and shares scientific [...]
You and I may never be Olympians. We may never ski jump, throw down a triple cork in the halfpipe, or attempt a triple axel on the ice. We do all have an Olympian living inside of us, though, and if we can tap into that power, we can achieve our goals. Reflecting on these [...]
There’s something stacked against you right now. There’s a good chance you might fail. They told you your prognosis wasn’t good, and that most people wouldn’t survive this. You’re feeling the pressure. You might even be on the verge of giving up, tapping out, or quitting all together. Before you do any of those things, [...]
We just gave each other the crumbs. Whatever was left over at the end of the day, after our careers, the kids, and what everyone else needed from us… that’s what we gave each other. Instead of steak, we ate the crumbs off the floor, and then we wondered why we drifted apart. It’s no [...]
When I wrote about the characters of Yellowstone last week, the response I received to that post was amazing. Here's chapter two of my Dutton Ranch reflections… As this past season of the show ended, I found myself asking, "What's with our Yellowstone obsession?" More personally, "What's my obsession with these characters at the Dutton [...]
Yellowstone. If you haven't watched it or binged it, you've probably heard people talking about it. The Montana-based drama series featuring John Dutton (Kevin Costner) and his family on the Dutton Ranch has quickly become a cultural phenomenon. Its storyline and themes, along with the breathtaking views of wide-open Montana, are sticky. They grab onto [...]
“I was sitting there and I thought to myself, ‘What would the person I am trying to become do in this situation?’ Then it hit me. The person I am trying to become does yoga. When I visualize them, they do yoga to get themselves recentered. So, you know what I did? I went to [...]
Last year I wrote about the Misogi Challenge concept, something I had picked up from Jesse Itzler. I called the post Taking Risks and Crushing Your Comfort Zone. As Itzler had shared in a podcast, "The notion around the misogi is you do something so hard one time a year that it has an impact [...]
If there's one subject I wish they had taught me in school or someone had mentored me on early in my career, it would be goal setting. Take that, add in some visualization and mindset work, and I would have been off to the races. But, instead, I created a pattern of failed new year's [...]
