It took me a little while in my adult life to learn that it's never up to someone else to make sure I have a good day. No one else is going to wake up and decide that for me. That is on me. Sure, I still stumble from time to time and just want... Continue Reading →
Environment
Changing your external environment may work in the short term, but more often than not it's an internal change that's really needed. Inversely, the above isn't always true as long as the external change is accompanied by an awareness of the internal requirements. Like anything, you own the choice, and that choice is only very... Continue Reading →
Expectation can be a curse
It takes you out the moment and cheapens it by ceasing presence. You can fall in to the trap by expecting a result from your effort, when all you are entitled to is your effort. The rest isn't up to you.
We know what we need to do
"That's about as real as it gets." I was listening to a podcast with Rich Froning (4 x CrossFit Games Individual Champion) on it this morning and among a heap of stand out takeaways, there was this one little throw away line that stuck with me more than the rest. He was discussing his programming... Continue Reading →
Start, Stop, and Continue
"Writing about the strategies I learn really help to drive it home for myself." I have been working through a Mental Performance Mastery Certification lately and I find that I sink ideas better into myself when I then write about them after learning, and I wanted to write about the one that has really stuck... Continue Reading →
My feedback journey
Listen to feedback that interests me at the time or supports my ego. Reject all other feedback. ⇓ Consider all feedback received for the potential growth. Struggle with dis confirming feedback. ⇓ Seek out all feedback. Where can I improve? This is a hugely over simplified model of how my journey of feedback has progressed, but... Continue Reading →
Inspired Lion 