"Climb the mountain not to plant your flag, but to embrace the challenge, enjoy the air and behold the view. Climb the mountain so you can see the world, not so the world can see you." - David McCullough One of my mentors, Scott McGee, once asked me "What do you think your purpose is?"... Continue Reading →
Falling is necessary, failure is a choice.
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 →
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 →
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 →
What’s your code?
"It feels like a lot of the world is living without a code." What ever happened to everyone having a code? A set of values that they assessed every decision and action from. A code that helped them as they went about their lives. When we don't have a code, we make poor decisions at... Continue Reading →
A slight adjustment
"The slightest adjustment is all that is needed sometimes." Yesterday I finished work late. Nothing crazy but too late to participate in my usual afternoon activities at home. This usually gets to me as I take my health and family time very seriously. Yesterday, it started to get to me, but as I began my... Continue Reading →
Character is my currency
“Don’t do favours to receive favours back, do favours to inspire further favours forward. Help for the sake of helping. Give for the sake of giving.” When I do something, I want to do it because it’s the right thing to do versus because I’m gaining something from it. I want to act and serve... Continue Reading →
The habit of grit
"Why do you always insist on taking the hard road?" I replied, "Why do you assume I see two roads?" I believe in the theory that there is only one way we develop mental toughness......Doing hard things. The kind of hard things that force us to embrace discomfort, but purposefully, not stupidly. To keep pushing,... Continue Reading →
Inspired Lion 