One of the quickest ways to force growth is to sign up for something that is outside your current skill set. Once you know you can't back out, it compels a singular, almost obsessive, focus to become as good as you can at that skill in the time you have. If you do that, if... 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 →
Conscious unconsciousness
"Until you make the unconscious conscious, it will direct your life and you will call it fate." Carl Jung I was going back through my journal tonight for some ideas on what to write and came back across this quote and my thoughts on it. "This is why self-awareness is so important. It has to... Continue Reading →
Resistance
"How quick do our good habits face resistance after the initial motivation wears off." I had, and still do have, every intention of writing every single day. It's bloody hard. It's so easily the first thing that gets dropped when I am tired/ busy/ distracted/ insert any descriptor here. This is resistance. We will face... Continue Reading →
It all matters
"It took me a long time to realise that it all matters. Not just in training but in life. Every single moment and action matters in the story of our lives. These moments and actions don't have to be perfect, but purposeful is a good start." At the beginning of my big shift, that's what... Continue Reading →
Pound the Stone
"The hard work makes a little more sense when I keep 'Pound the Stone' front of mind." In front of us all stands a mighty stone. Rugged and untouched, it beckons to us, a blank canvas for creating. Underneath that exterior is the statue of our lives. A statue created by our strikes. Every thought... Continue Reading →
Inspired Lion 