Tag: Maxims

  • 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…


  • 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…


  • Maxim #2: Do Hard Things

    I don’t like hard things. I like easy things. Seriously. I am someone who naturally values comfort and ease. That is true physically, relationally, commercially, whatever. I just want things…


  • Maxim #1: Discipline Equals Freedom

    One of the first and most important to me, I learned “Disciple Equals Freedom” from Jocko Willink, retired Navy SEAL, author, speaker, business owner and all-around rock star. It is…


  • Daily Motivation

    This is a picture of the current version of my maxim card. It is something I look at each day, sometimes multiple times, to remind me of maxims I want…


  • A Bad Day Working Out is Better Than No Day Working Out

    This principle applies whether it is working out, writing, studying, or [insert your desired habit]. I am not sure if I got the phrase from James Clear and Atomic Habits,…


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