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The bigger the dream the more resistance you're gonna face. There will be obstacles in your path. However large they loom, and difficult the way appears, remember the ancient wisdom from Marcus Aurelius - The impediment to action advances action. The obstacle becomes the way.  Obstacles are a fact of life, friend. We all have … Continue reading Game day…

Direct is not the same thing as demanding. Direct means knowing what you believe and stating it clearly. It means fearless in speaking the truth that needs to be said. It does not, in and of itself, carry any expectations of the other. Demanding carries an implication that my way is right and you'll follow … Continue reading Direct vs demanding

Doc Seavolt called me twice this week. That, friends, is never a good thing. She told me hard truth in a very kind way. She is a great surgeon with an equally great bedside manner. Rare.  She told me the biopsy came back squamous cell cancer. Again.  F($% me, I thought as I somewhat listened … Continue reading Cut 71…

If you're a logic-oriented thinker it's likely very easy and even tempting to think something through to the logical conclusion, solve it intellectually, and then move on. Thinking it is only half the game. Be a practitioner. A practitioner thinks the thing AND does the thing. The doing is the slower work. It's not thinking … Continue reading Be a practitioner

Many marvel at the human brain - me included. It's freakin' huge and capable of amazing creativity (art), and construction (science). We are capable of solving complex problems. We've figured out so much and continue to unlock secrets to human capacity. Seems freakin' almost unlimited, you know. Here's the funny thing, at least to me.  … Continue reading Do or do not…

There's value in being an overcomer, a gamer, a grinder. AND...when what you're having to overcome and grind against is your own brain and your own negative self talk, it becomes exhausting. Self sabotage is no fun, even if you're capable of overcoming it. Get your brain on your side so that you can grind … Continue reading Train your brain

Speaking of choices. Here's the email my soon to be 100 year old Mom sent me yesterday. I had tried to call her around 10bells to check on her. She fell recently and her leg is still wrecked, so much so that a few days ago the doc's were seriously worried about it ever healing. … Continue reading Speaking of choices…

"Every time you make a choice you are turning the central part of you, the part of you that chooses, into something a little bit different from what it was before. And taking your life as a whole, with all your innumerable choices, all your life long you are slowly turning this central thing either … Continue reading Choices…