Category: 2. Personal Growth

  • Maxim #9: Feel the Fear and Do It Anyway

    Fear is not always a bad thing. In fact, it is sometimes a very good thing. There are things we should fear. Like any other emotion, fear is telling us…


  • Maxim #8: Ask for the Cheat Codes

    Playing video games is a lot of fun. Good video games keep it fun by making it progressively more difficult. It’s easy at first so you keep playing and advancing.…


  • What I Read in September

    Soundtracks by Jon Acuff (Re-read)This might be my favorite book by Jon Acuff. Soundtracks are his word for repetitive thoughts. We have them ruining in our minds constantly. Often, they…


  • Maxim #7: Embrace the Suck

    This is what you wanted. You wanted it to be hard. You wanted it to suck so you could prove to yourself that you could handle it. That you were…


  • On Death

    Every morning when I am getting dressed, I put this coin in my pocket. “Memento Mori” means “Remember Death”. It is a reminder to me that I might not live…


  • Maxim #6: Do The Reps

    This maxim is another soundtrack I heard from Jon Acuff. I love it. It can be applied to so many different things: Working out. Playing the guitar. Learning to juggle.…


  • Maxim #5: Make Tomorrow Easy Today

    On the bottom of my habit tracker card (you can see an image on this post) are the letters MTET, which stand for Make Tomorrow Easy Today. It reminds me…


  • Maxim #4: Future You Is Calling…

    Would you like to be able to tell Younger You a few things? Warn them of some mistakes? Encourage them to take some risks? Kick them in the pants? Give…


  • Maxim #3: Win the Morning, Win the Day

    At zero dark thirty this morning, I was out doing a 4 mile ruck with 30 lbs. on my back. It was close to 6 am when I was coming…


  • I Believe Things That Aren’t True

    I believe things that aren’t true. I know I do. I am sure of it. If nothing else, it is a matter of the odds. I have thousands upon thousands…


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