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Change Your Definition of Success
“Success is peace of mind, which is a direct result of self-satisfaction in knowing you made the effort to do your best to become the best you are capable of becoming.”–John Wooden (1910-2010) John Robert Wooden was hired by UCLA as the head basketball coach in 1948....
Life Lessons From My German Shepherd
A year ago I had to say goodbye to a close friend—my beloved German Shepherd of 10 years—Sequoia. I am updating my original post in her memory. Sequoia was fiercely loyal, an unapologetic love machine, and my adventure buddy. She logged a lot of miles and elevation in...
The Price Tag of Hurry
*Photo by Andy Beales Unsplash.com For most of my life, I’ve been in a hurry. While I was in full-time graduate school, I also worked 32 hours a week. I was so fried by the weekend that I would drive 8 hours on Friday night from LA to Utah to go backpacking just to...
If You Don’t Aim For An Ideal Week, You Might Never Have One
The pandemic has encouraged—or even forced—many companies to allow their team members to work entirely remotely, but lots of people (myself included) are encountering all the challenges that come with that seemingly blissful dream of working from home. This big change...
Your Brain Prefers Lazy Tasks—Here’s What You Can Do About It
“If it's your job to eat a frog, it's best to do it first thing in the morning. And If it's your job to eat two frogs, it's best to eat the biggest one first.” –Mark Twain With most people working from home during the pandemic, staying focused on important projects...
Unbroken—The Louis Zamperini Story
If you have haven’t heard this story, it’s nearly unbelievable. How could a poor immigrant boy from Torrance, California make it all the way to the Olympics, shake Hitler’s hand, and then go on to survive multiple plane crashes, being lost at sea for months, and more...
Great Leaders Have Endurance—Lessons From One of the Greatest Survival Stories of All Time
The Big Idea—After more than a month of shelter-in-place, and no clear date when life will return to something that resembles normal, we need inspiration from leaders who have gone before us, and demonstrated incredible endurance through crisis. I love adventure—and I...
