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Lies
“Think warm thoughts. Think warm thoughts. Think warm thoughts.” I still remember my offensive line coach in 9th grade, walking up and down the sidelines, chanting (screaming) at us. It was the end of the season and below freezing. And here was this man, a former Olympic bobsledder, coaching us, in his way, through a… Continue reading
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In The Spotlight
It’s so incredibly hard to be proud of yourself. It’s beaten into us as kids, “Don’t be proud. Be humble.” (You can read an older piece with my thoughts on that here.) Allowing yourself to be proud of the things you do, accomplish, and achieve is only the beginning. It is even harder to accept… Continue reading
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The Grind
To grind is to reduce something to small particles or powder by crushing it. Think of all the things in your life that grinding is a part of. You grind coffee beans so that you can make your life giving morning brew. You grind peppercorns or sea salt crystals to season food. You grind herbs… Continue reading
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Buckets
Work-life balance is the unsustainable pipe dream of people who are too cowardly to acknowledge where their true priority lies. Balance itself is a thing that’s not practical outside of athletics like gymnastics and skateboarding. The pursuit of balance in our life, work-life balance, balancing caring for ourselves and maintaining our relationships, balance between spending… Continue reading
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Excellence
“We are what we repeatedly do, therefore excellence is not an act, but a habit.” – Aristotle Anybody that’s lifted weights long enough knows that you never wake up one day, look at yourself in the mirror and go, “Oops, I made muscles.” Athletes don’t get to the pro-level by accident. Artists don’t open galleries… Continue reading
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Do It For You
Early on, right after I first started working with one of my mentors, I remember him saying to me, “I care about your success. I care about you achieving your goals and realizing your dreams. But I shouldn’t care more about it than you do.” It’s a phrase that both took a while to fully… Continue reading
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Find Your Tribe
“Life is short, Vic. Go where you feel love. And if that love’s consistent, stay.” Maura, Doom Patrol (TV Series) The people you surround yourself can be the secret to your success, or they can be the reason you end up going nowhere. You’ve likely heard the saying, “You are the average of the five… Continue reading
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This Too Shall Pass
As I’m writing this, there are only a few more days until my spouse’s largest event of the year. She is an events coordinator for a non-profit, and the upcoming gala is the largest, most important event she coordinates every year. About a month ago, with 5 or so weeks left to go before the… Continue reading
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Time Travel
“Most of these time-travel guys are convinced that all they need to do is change this one little thing to get the future they want, but that’s not how the future works. It’s not one thing, Duke, it’s a hundred of them – all colliding in ways we can’t ever fully predict.” – Duke Thomas, DC… Continue reading
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Dreams
“You dream about your sheep and the Pyramids, but you’re different from me, because you want to realize your dreams. I just want to dream about Mecca. I’ve already imagined a thousand times crossing the desert, arriving at the Plaza of the Sacred Stone, the seven times I walk around it before allowing myself to… Continue reading
About Me
Writer | Fitness enthusiast | Comic book lover | Helping others find their path in life