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Focus Your Fear“Anxiety is unfocused fear.”-Dr. Arthur Brooks Many report to having anxiety. They report trouble sleeping. Feeling exhausted physically and mentally. The number of people that are on anti-anxiety medication is mind blowing. Anxiety can take over our minds and bodies…

AIM YOUR BRAIN, CHANGE YOUR LIFEThe hard-wired brain craves coasting. Chrono-performance research shows how today’s top performers reject this tendency and act to reflectively reengineer their performance. Glance ahead and sense the clear difference. Faith Shapes Our Destiny Faith matters to highest human performance, yet…

I Am Who I AMI had a conversation this week about someone I care about, but who was behaving in a way that was frustrating and a little disappointing. “They are who, who they are. You can’t change them, so you have to accept…

Dealing with Chaos and Brain GapsOne of the challenges that we all face is that the world is chaotic and increasing complex to the point where our minds simply cannot process or make sense of all the information and stimulation that is coming our way.…

The Right Scoreboard: How To Measure SuccessI mentor a lot of young men and most of them are hungry to viewed by the world as successful. Today a young man asked the question, “How Do You Know When You Have Enough?” He was referring to financial…

Learning from the Experience of OthersWhen I was younger, I didn’t get a lot of formal education. Most of the things I learned were hard-won from just working hard and making mistakes. I’ve made my share of them and one thing I’ve learned is how…

We Punish OurselvesA priest, friend of mine, always used to say, “God doesn’t punish us, we punish ourselves.” While I don’t know if God directly punishes us or not, we certainly do punish ourselves. We are human and will make mistakes and…

Approaching Big GoalsShort Summary-Watch Full Video For More. Most people fall short of their goals and they don’t understand why. People have a lot of goals and they’re often lofty. They’re too far away. It’s good to have lofty goals, but then…

Male PhysicalityPhysicality plays an important role for men in producing the best versions of themselves, so they can be better husbands, fathers, and friends. If you were to look at the average level of testosterone, of men in the early 1900’s…

Triangle of Deep RelationshipsThe Triangle of Deep Relationships The deepest relationships have a Triangle structure to them. At two points of the triangle, you will find two people. Most likely these two people like each other and care about each other. But that…

Measuring My Personal GrowthA limiting factor experienced by business is that only a small number of business leaders make the decision to “know themselves as they truly are.” Most of these leaders may have institutional power, but they cannot accomplish what they cannot…

No Such Thing As Atheism“Because here’s something else that’s weird but true: in the day-to-day trenches of adult life, there is actually no such thing as atheism. There is no such thing as not worshipping. Everybody worships. The only choice we get is what…

Heat and Cold ExposureI’ve been following some of the health and longevity studies around heat and cold exposure. I don’t claim to be an expert on it, but the science seems to be quite compelling and worth keeping an eye on it. 1.…

Worrying is Spiritual NearsightednessIf we let ourselves, we can spend a lot of time of worrying. Worrying about finances, choices, our kids, and the list could be infinite. Unfortunately it’s highly unproductive. Worrying drains of us our time and our energy. Worry is…

A Complicated Business is a Bad Business“I would rather step over a 1 foot hurdle than climb an 8 foot fence.” I’ve heard Warren Buffet and Charlie Munger say something to this logic many times when it comes to business and investments. This is a great…

Success is a By-Product: Focus on the ProcessMany times we will look people who are achieving success with admiration because from the outside they seem to make it look easy. As if they have a code of some sort that the rest of the world doesn’t have.…