Reflections
Usually brief. Hopefully helpful. Sometimes funny.
Maxim #12: Manage the Motivation Monkey
You probably have a few monkeys you deal with on a daily basis. Some of them are other people's problems that try ...
Maxim #11: No Zero Days
Some days you just aren't feeling it.
You don't have the energy to work out.
You don't have the time to ...
My Love for Libby
My wife is aware of my love for Libby and fully supports it.
It helps, of course, that Libby is not another ...
How to Read Fewer Bad Books and More Good Books
There are a lot of books in the world. More than we can read. Not all of them are good. How can we minimize our ...
Maxim #10: Tame the Advice Monster
If I was going to get a tattoo, the one I might need the most is Tame the Advice Monster.
Although I am better ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
On Death
Every morning when I am getting dressed, I put this coin in my pocket. "Memento Mori" means "Remember Death". It ...
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: ...
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 ...
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