Being calm under pressure is a skill that can be learned. How do we learn it? By learning to control our breath.  Simple — right?  I have written a number of times about breathing.  In addition to cultivating calm, there are numerous health benefits, both physical and mental, to controlling your breathing. Here is a simple […]
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Let’s start with a great quote: “If you are only willing to do what’s easy, life will be hard. If you are willing to do what’s hard, life will be easy.”  T. Harv Eker I have been thinking about this quote for some time and how I want to incorporate it into my life.  There are lots of
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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
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Main menu Skip to content We all have stress. Some stress is good. For almost a year, we have ALL been under too much stress from the COVID 19 pandemic, lock downs, job losses, being cooped up…you know what I am talking about. Let’s take 10 minutes to do a quick review of how we
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Practice makes perfect. But practice so often becomes a mindless routine, where we go through the motions without achieving any meaningful growth. The Grind is not mindless. It’s focused, it’s specific and it’s measured. The below article goes into detail on  the crux of all this —deliberate practice — “practicing with a clear awareness of the specific
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I’ve written a lot in these LIFEies about developing good habits. Now let’s talk about getting rid of bad habits. We all have bad habits, and in the past, I’ve tried multiple ways of getting rid of them. Quitting cold turkey, slowly phasing them out, replacing bad habits with good, you name it, I’ve tried it.
I’ve been thinking a lot about success AND the journey getting there. One idea that I keep coming back to is: how can I find success every day?  How can I feel like I had a successful day? Win every day? We all know about big wins, but I want to really feel success regardless of
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Tackling mindfulness and living in the moment is an ongoing topic of my life and therefore my LIFEies. The idea of living life now is so compelling and spot on, I hope you have been thinking about it and working on it too. Below is a nice article on six steps to living in the moment. Here are three that I personally
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We all have stress. Some stress is good. For almost a year, we have ALL been under too much stress from the COVID 19 pandemic, lock downs, job losses, being cooped up…you know what I am talking about. Let’s take 10 minutes to do a quick review of how we are handling stress. These areas
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I spend at least 30 nights a year on the ground (backpacking). Sure, I love the exercise. I absolutely love the time in nature. But the most interesting byproduct of my backpacking and training in the desert alone or with my hiking partners has been me becoming a better leader/thinker. –I have written over 20
