You have 45 minutes for a “workout.” Do you try to get more reps in? A faster circuit? More calories? Speed (and convenience) tend to get the upper hand in a fast-paced culture. Uber eats, takeaway food, life on-demand… But there’s another axis – one of “appreciation” – what happens if we took that same...

For years, I resisted the “cold shower” trend. I couldn’t get into it. I grew up surfing in cold water, and just didn’t see the upside to adding more of it in, unless I was in the ocean. I tried it a little down in Melbourne, but just found it added more stress to an...

For a while there I was doing a lot of long distance triathlons. Hours of training “fitness.” My identity was basically built on this whole routine of swimming, cycling and running. And, at the same time I remember having restless sleep, lethargy, and mood swings. I was “fast,” but my body (and therefore mind) was...

Breaking a promise with yourself generally isn’t helpful. Maybe we wanted to start some training, or a new business, or agreed to meet someone… We started off great, then pulled back, jumped into something else, or just didn’t show up. If we break enough of these promises, we don’t tend to trust ourselves at all,...

Choice – making a decision: what to do today? What do we work on? Each choice means we aren’t choosing something else. There’s a cost. And, that’s OK. Preference – We choose, again, but now it’s looking a little similar. Still a conscious decision (we’re aware of the decision), even though we know we have...

Something a lot of people feel: How do we release the work to the world if we’re not sure it’s ready? How do we launch the event if we aren’t sure how it’s going to go? Sure, when we think about it, the question is full of holes (perfection doesn’t exist, the “start” has to...

“Vote with your wallet” is true, but like a lot of sayings, the weight gets lost after a while. And, at the same time, there are a couple of times each year where we can really make an impact for small business. Now is one. In 2020, a lot of the small business sector was...

My uncle Dave is a great golfer in California, who taught me to play when I was young. In golf, you meet lot of characters. Here’s a snapshot of three I can remember: My late nana. Nana played for years, and in her 70’s, she still had a fire in her belly. If she missed...