Here’s a simple reminder for the week. Every moment matters. Time passes. We simply need to make sure we live our lives every single day…every single moment. How do we do this? 1- Breathe. All the time.2- Notice life happening. The sun, the birds, the people around you.3- Just be with yourself. Make sure you do what matters. We are busy. Make sure what… Read more →
Self-Discipline
Consistency
Living a Fantastic Life requires a lot of natural and developed attributes. One of them is consistency. Why? Change requires time AND consistency. Creating a habit cannot be done overnight. That is why starting small (very small) and being consistent is way more powerful than trying to change everything at once. Who I am today is a sum of the many choices… Read more →
Kipchoge…amazing!
I have previously written about some of the greatest athletes of all time. Today, and next week, I want to take a look at the GOAT of marathon running: Eliud Kipchoge. I’m a former marathon runner and ultrarunner, and when I see what he has accomplished while staying at the top over time, I am….well….amazed. I wanted to get inside his head and the article below does just that. His consistency and… Read more →
Choosing Time
We all know that time is our most precious resource: It’s the one thing money cannot buy. And with smartphones in every pocket these days, we’ve never been better able to track how we use every minute of our time. However, we don’t always want information about the way we spend our time, and when we get it, we aren’t always inspired… Read more →
Inner Peace. Now.
One of my favorite people to follow on Twitter is Naval and something he shared has really stuck with me: find peace and then happiness is an outcome of peace. He thinks peace is the most important thing in his life. So of course, I went looking for how to find peace. . Below is an article I found, and here are some… Read more →
Showing Appreciation to Your Team
This week’s LIFEies topic is about the people you spend a lot of your day with — your work team. Since the pandemic started (and even before) I’ve asked myself some questions about building my team. How can we work with our team on a weekly basis to grow our culture, make our team stronger, and simply make working for us better? The… Read more →
2 Minute Rule
Today’s LIFEies is a simple one. I’ll start with the 2 minute rule from David Allen: If it takes two minutes to start a habit, then do it now. The author of the short article below, Muhammad Usama Ashraf takes that saying one step further: It should take less than 2 minutes to start a habit. We can change our… Read more →
Your Gut
Our LIFEies today is about microbiota. “What now?” Don’t worry, we’ll start off with a few simple definitions: —Microbiota – the microorganisms of a particular site, habitat or creature. The human microbiota, for example, consists of all the collective microorganisms, bacteria, etc. that live within our bodies. —Dysbiosis – the reduction in microbial diversity. —Microbiome hypothesis – This postulates that our influence on the… Read more →
Run Your Own Race
I love the title of this article AND the message. I got it from the Farnam Street blog but wanted to share the message with the LIFEies crew. When I was running ultra-marathons, I learned VERY quickly, everyone has to run their own race. Going out too fast in a 50 mile run is a recipe for dropping out. I developed my own… Read more →
Decision Making Part 2
This is the second part of decision making LIFEies. Below is a great model and a fantastic article on how to make decisions. —Is this a one- or two-way door? With one-way decisions, there is no going back. Two-way decisions you can change after you make the decision. —What are the consequences of your decision? If they are high, then… Read more →