Adjust and Adapt
3 weeks out from Tarawera 100 miler and today I’ve got a 3 hour run. With wind chills in the minus 34 range, I will have to do my workout on the track and practice some of that mental toughness. One of the things I love about ultra marathons is that we never know what […]
Promise and Deliver
Promise and Deliver Under promise. Over deliver. I think we’ve all heard the adage. I’m much more a fan of the simple version. Promise and deliver. I remember when I was in the mortgage business some 20 odd years ago, I asked the number one producer in the company if I could shadow him to […]
Don’t Compare Your Mile 1 To Someone Else’s Mile 99
Don’t Compare Your Mile 1 To Someone else’s Mile 99 Have you ever gone back and looked at the early work of somebody who you admire? I remember when I first started podcasting. I was listening to a fellow by the name of Mitch Joel and I think he was on something like episode 468. […]
How To Solve Problems Before They Happen
How to stop problems before they happen You know, with over 20 years experience in business as a founder, a business leader, I’ve had to deal with my fair share of problems and challenges. And I’ve got to tell you that the vast majority of those problems and challenges all stem back to the same […]
Raising Boys: Let’s Get Physical
Raising Boys: Let’s Get Physical! When it comes to raising boys and helping them better connect with their emotions, there is a lot of value in getting physical. Boys sometimes have a hard time identifying what they are feeling emotionally. Somatic markers are physical manifestations of emotions and are sometimes easier for boys to identify. […]
Raising Boys: Model The Way
Raising Boys: Model The Way When it comes to raising boys into fine young men, there is no better guide than how we behave ourselves. If we want to raise compassionate, empathetic young men then we need to make sure we are practicing compassion and empathy when we are dealing with them. This can be […]
Expectations of Self
Are you present or are you present?
Are you really here? In a podcast interview I did recently I talked a bit about parenting. I talked about how I was always physically present with my kids. I did all the things a ‘good dad’ is supposed to do. I coached soccer, I attended recitals, school performances and all the parent teacher interviews. […]
Creating Joy!
Creating Joy Last night at our men’s group we talked about finding joy. We talked about the importance of taking a moment to find the joy in our lives. Maybe more importantly we talked about where we can create joy in our lives. We talked about how simple it is to create joy in our […]
Success Comes When…
Success Comes When… It is so easy in this world that seems to value material things to get caught up in the race. Working hard to acquire all the ‘things’ that make us successful. For years I chased all of the trappings of success. The fancy car, the house and even what I thought the […]
You Can Do More Than You Know
You Are Stronger Than You Know Last night I watched the conclusion of Big’s Back Yard Ultra. This is an incredible event where runners run a 4 mile loop over and over. They are required to be on the start line every hour and keep going until there is only one runner left. This year […]
Read Something That Challenges Your Beliefs
Consume Something That Challenges Your Beliefs In a world full of algorithms that feed us content that constantly caters to our online behaviours it is easy to live in an echo chamber. We are continually served up data that reinforces what we think, believe and how we act. It is important to find ways to […]
Sometimes We Have To Do The Things We Least Desire….
Sometimes we have to do the things we least desire… Some days we really do not feel like doing the things that we need to do. It is when we can get past that and act anyhow that growth truly comes. Sometimes in order to become the man we are most meant to be we […]
With Awareness Comes Choice
With Awareness Comes Choice I first heard this truism from Eckert Tolle. We can’t change what we can’t see. As men we tend to get so busy in our lives that it is easy to miss out on full awareness. This is why it is so important for us to simply slow down, take a […]
Focus on Becoming More
Focus on Becoming More… For many years I chased all of the ‘things’. I chased the material items. The fancy car (I bought a Porsche when I was 26), the oceanfront apartment, the 6 figure income and all the trappings. What I eventually came to realize was that these things were not what actually brought […]