I've spent the last month learning how to skateboard as part of Chapter V of my Project Lion Mind challenge, and the biggest thing I've learnt is that falling is necessary but failure is a choice. Every single thing we try to accomplish will present us with varying levels of resistance; the greater the potential... Continue Reading →
Purposeful communication is key
From my experience, nearly all human interaction problems stem from an inability to communicate to the required level. My wife and I had a small fight this weekend that directly stemmed from my inability to communicate how I was feeling when the issue was still small. This is something that I work on a lot... Continue Reading →
Character First
"Life is short—the fruit of this life is a good character and acts for the common good.” — Marcus Aurelius, Meditations We've been led a stray, down a dark and slippery path. One where there is a warped sense of success. One where we are constantly judged against a criteria of money and career status, when... Continue Reading →
The claret of growth
Watching and leading our girls development is inspiring. It's inspiring to watch them learn and grow, and inspiring us as parents to always have new answers and explanations for each interaction. Over the weekend, the learning was about climbing trees better and jumping off the swing set for a dismount. Both come with inherent scrapes... Continue Reading →
Presence and discomfort
Journal entry from the top of the mountain after my walk up: Morning walk at my local mountain to clear my mind and help me work through some of my most pressing thoughts. Nature has a special way of making everything else melt away so that I can be present. The sounds of the animals... Continue Reading →
Purpose
"I'm not sure we find our purpose so much as we create it." I've been struggling with purpose and direction a lot lately. This is nothing new, in fact, it's maybe even a constant. Some days less so, some days more. I've been feeling stagnant and stuck, like I've missed a step that I should... Continue Reading →
What would you tell your friend?
"What would you tell me if I was in a funk?" That's the simple advice I got a few weeks ago from a friend when I was having a down day. My first thought was "Yeah, whatever" but after some more pushing it became clear that I knew exactly what I needed to do to... Continue Reading →
Resist the urge
"It's all just about resisting the urges. If I can resist the urge more often than not, I'll continue to succeed." The urges I'm talking about come in many forms and all through out the day. The urge to leave a bit of rubbish we walk past. The urge to not put our shopping trolley... Continue Reading →
Character by repetition
"Our character won't stand strong in the storm if we haven't sat in the rain." Character needs to be developed to be available at the time of need and we get the opportunity to do this hundreds of times per day, every time we pick the right thing over the easy thing. You know it,... Continue Reading →
Thoughts at Thirty
Earlier this week I turned 30 and I wanted to capture my thoughts at this time of life. I started working on this entry two weeks ago with no real plan and this is what I came up with. Character First - This one has become important to me recently as I realised that it... Continue Reading →
Inspired Lion 