When you face adversity weakly, you build weakness. When you face adversity with strength, you build strength. Both are a simple choice that contributes to your foundations. Build wisely. "We don't always get to choose the adversity we face.We do always get to choose how we respond to it."Anthony Dyson
Good character is heavy
The heaviness of choosing the right way over the easy way must be accepted. Not just the thought of the weight, or words about the weight, but the physical moving of the weight; The lifting, the sweating, the bleeding, the heaving and the shouldering. Without training this capability, without callousing the hands and strengthening the... 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 →
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 →
Lockdown Strong
The Inspired Lion "Lockdown Strong" tee has been designed. I came up with the idea for this shirt while working out in my garage a few weeks ago. I was thinking about all of the awesome videos and photos I'd been seeing of all the warriors out there finding a way to keep up their... Continue Reading →
Attitude and Effort
Our attitude and our effort. At the end of the day that is all we can control. There are a lot of things that are happening to, for, and around us everyday that we have no control over. Sure, we like to think we do but we don't. We don't control lock downs or business... Continue Reading →
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