I’m more than just taking up space — They say if you want to be great at anything you can’t have a balanced life. You can’t be a great writer and lover and sailor and web developer and father and soccer coach and chef and competitive athlete and…something has to give. A lot of things have to give. …

Make your life fit your lifestyle! — You are a unique person with a unique life. Sure, you may share common characteristics with other people, like careers, hobbies, and interests. But beyond that, when you factor in your beliefs, values, lifestyle, habits, likes, and dislikes, you are as unique as a snowflake. …

What will you do with the time you have left? — “Son, the only hope you have to survive this war is to accept the fact that you’re already dead. The sooner you accept that, the sooner you’ll be able to function as a soldier.” This is one of my favorite lines from the epic mini-series “Band of Brothers.” It came…

What will become of it? — The last six years have been a fever dream of political nightmares. Antagonist alert: You may not like what I have to say and I don’t care. What has happened to humanity when there are people in positions of power who want nothing more than to light a match and…

Be grateful now —

Do This Instead — Everywhere you look there seem to be shortcuts to success. Just scroll through the headlines of any blog feed or even here on Medium. Every high-traffic article is some version of “10 steps to Easy Success in…” That’s not how success works. It’s fine to have systems. In fact systems…

The Secret To Self Mastery — Instant gratification is all around us. Our lives have become gamified. We have become the modern-day dogs in Pavlov’s greatest experiment. Click a button, win a prize. And we wonder why we accomplish so little and feel so unfulfilled. As a father, I have taught my children the same lesson…

Movement Builds Resilience — Movement is the single best self-care practice on the planet. You may think exercise and movement are the same. They are not. True, exercise is movement, but movement is not exercise. Everyone can do movement. Not everyone can do exercise. And yes, I agree they are simply semantic differences. But for the person challenged to exercise, it’s a big difference. Our hyper-connected world suffers from a hyper-sedentary world. We simply sit too often and for too long. Exercise enthusiasts are not exempt. Working out for an hour in the morning does not give them permission to sit the rest of the day.

How to live a legacy worthy life — Happy Memorial Day! As we remember our loved ones and our fallen soldiers, shouldn’t we also think about our own mortality? Some day we will all be the remembered ones in future Memorial Day celebrations. But how will we be remembered? Is it too soon to think about our own death? Do you…