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"Grit is passion and perseverance for very long-term goals. Grit is having stamina... Grit is living life like it's a marathon and not a sprint." ~Dr. Angela Duckworth Technically, I don't feel great physically (still combating Montezuma's Revenge, which adds...

“A river cuts through rock, not because of its power, but because of its persistence.” ~Jim Watkins Nobody said it was going to be easy. Just keep showing up. Morning stats Yang/firing up: cold shower stood on one leg to...

“It's not what we do once in a while that shapes our lives, but what we do consistently.” - Tony Robbins Keeping habits on the weekend can be tricky, no doubt. (I forgot to take a cold shower when I...

"Happiness is the default state of mind. So when the mind becomes calm and clear, it returns to its default, and that default is happiness. That is it. There is no magic; we are simply returning the mind to its...

Time to get gritty... "We humans like gritty hard work, because gritty hard work provides better long-term survival benefits. And if we can tap into that, we can fundamentally change the quality of our life. While grit requires more energy...

According to some quick search engine research, it seems to take either 21 or 66 days to form a habit, so we're either 1/7th or 1/22nd of the way there - either way, congrats! Morning stats Yang/firing up stood on...

Woke up feeling excited about this new plan! Momentum is a beautiful thing... Morning Stats Yang/firing up: cold showerlisten to motivational speech: "Kill Your Excuses" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XnJa6tK2ackpushups 3 x 13 (39 total)pullups 3 x 10, 9, 8 (27 total)50 minute bike...

STOP READING if you’re already living your best life; this blog is not for you... But if you’re like me, and you feel pretty good about your life, but you have a feeling you could do, learn, give, discover, and/or...

After five minutes of being harnessed in and looking 75 feet down, my heart raced and my palms sweated. I felt scared - very scared - but leaving the platform via the stairs wasn't an option... I was committed to...

A limiting belief I’ve told myself for over a decade is that I can’t run high mileage without getting injured. (I started to try once, when I first got to college, and...got injured, with a stress fracture, after increasing from...