The hard work will come. It doesn't care when, where, or how. It doesn't care how you feel or what is happening in your life currently. It will come. Some of the hard work will be of your choosing; parenthood, discipline, career, sports, challenging oneself etc. Most of it will be involuntary. The more voluntary... Continue Reading →
Meditations on façade and comparison
A peek behind the curtains of anyone's life would reveal a truth that most wouldn't care to admit; that pretty much no one has it all figured out. We, as humans, have a comparison problem. We are bombarded with comparisons from the minute we wake up to the minute we fall back into our regularly... 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 →
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 →
The Last Dance
"Ah man.....that passion that Michael exudes." As a sports fan, I have been thoroughly enjoying 'The Last Dance' docu-series on Netflix that centers around Jordan and the Bulls for the 97/98 season. If you're not a sports fan then it may not be your favourite thing to watch but damn.. I got that 'fire in... Continue Reading →
Pay the Price
"It's all achievable, we just have to be willing to pay the price." I wrote "Pay the Price" on the blackboard in our gym a few years ago to serve as a reminder of the price of success, a re-calibration of sorts. I stumbled upon a poem today that rekindled my thoughts of this motto... Continue Reading →
Don’t quit early
Thoughts to myself after finishing an Air Bike workout last weekend: "Man, I'm getting into a bad habit of getting off the bike when I'm nearly finished my cals." For anyone who doesn't know, when you ride an airbike and jump off, the cals keep ticking over for a little afterwards. I caught myself getting... Continue Reading →
Success
A colleague of mine posed this question today, "What does success mean to you?" This question gave me a good opportunity to think deeper about my own definition of success. In my early 20's, success for me was the gaining of a thing; a job title or promotion, a new car, house, wife and children,... Continue Reading →
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