"It's better to be a warrior in the garden than a gardener in a war." - Chinese Proverb Capability is built so that it can be leaned on when the time calls for it. Don't find excuses not to build it, because the excuses could prove too costly.
Present in nature
Go for a decent sized hike and get a little exhausted. Sit down somewhere to rest and let the sun fall on your skin. Notice how it feels. What patches are warm? Which ones are still cool? Hear the noises. The birds chirping, the kangaroos bouncing, the wind in the trees. See the grass swaying... Continue Reading →
Why we train
It's to fight the little demons every day. No matter how many times you turn up, they are still there, always chirping, always trying to take control. Turning up every day makes you stronger, more forceful, more in control. It teaches you to master yourself, to master your impulses and short term desires. The physical... Continue Reading →
Our job is to be the adult
"An escalated parent can not de-escalate an escalated child." I read this line a long time ago and it floats back into my mind every time that I mess up with my parenting. Every time that I raise my voice or feel a complete frustration in what to do. Parenting is hard, but that's not... Continue Reading →
Professional Good Human
Wake up every day with one simple career aspiration, to be a professional good human. After that, everything is a bonus. Without that, the world is a worse place. Businesses are a worse place. Teams are a worse place. Families are a worse place. Character first, always. Anything less is a travesty.
Without hardship, there is no strength.
As a tree needs the wind, so to does a human need hardship. A controlled and comfortable environment does nothing for the strength of a tree's trunk. In the absence of the natural stressor, wind, the trunk grows weak and without stress wood. Without stress wood, the trees would grow quickly but fall over before... Continue Reading →
Letters to me
Over time, this writing has taken different forms. I've bent and swayed in the breeze of my many pursuits, though the underlying thread has always remained the same, it's what I need. As I work on myself, as I learn and try, I need to write to discover a deeper understanding. These notes, these letters,... Continue Reading →
Master the basics
Greatness comes from a mastery of the basics. When the pressure is on, or you're getting flustered, or you feel like you're behind where you should be, the temptation can be quite daunting to do something fancy to get yourself out of the hole. Funnily enough, that's the opposite approach than what you should probably... Continue Reading →
Sometimes it comes too early
When I sat down to start to write tonight, I started thinking about how I feel that my rhythm for writing is in a much better place than in previous stints, that I am really starting to get into the flow of the process. I have tried to force this flow numerous times before and... Continue Reading →
Unhappiness is a choice
I've been thinking recently about how happiness is sometimes viewed as a special choice or gift and that unhappiness is seen as a default of sorts. That if we don't have this special ability to be happy, that we can't. I don't think that's true, and knowing that it's not can be uncomfortable. We choose... Continue Reading →
Inspired Lion 