At some point, we all used to create. Maybe it hasn’t been since you were at school, with the glue in art class that is somewhat clear and gluggy, that some kids would eat… For a lot of people, as they have aged, they have begun to conform, to shift to the left hemisphere only,...

At different stages in my life, I’ve sat at varying positions on the coffee connoisseur spectrum. From particular single origin ristrettos to the $1 cups at the service station, I’ve been through all phases, in no real order. I do tend to make my coffee at home though. Two weeks ago, I purchased 2 bags...

As we attempt to grow into adults, we seem to hit one difficulty after another in the rollercoaster of life. Whether it’s a job, or a relationship or something else, we inevitably hit struggles. It is pretty easy to get lost. Sometimes when we are lost, it helps to stop. To notice the surrounding environment...

If you drive over a speed bump too quickly, it will destroy your car. Or, at a minimum you’ll spill your cup of coffee. When we face a difficulty in our work, our relationships, our even our training (say an injury), we are at the speed bump. In conversation, this looks like a quick justification,...

There’s a reason when you get your learner license with a motorcycle they limit the power output per/kg of the bike that you can have. It’s not helpful to go all in at once. It’s too much for a newbie to be on an 1000cc superbike. It’s the same with our training, our work, our...

Often coaches point out the absurdity of some parts of the fitness or diet industry. Crazy diet trends, the pointless tiny isolation exercises or “spot reduction” techniques that simply won’t work. The thing is, the market is always right. Or, put another way, the culture dictates everything. There have been very few times where what...

In 2009, I was hanging out with a lot of pro triathletes. I was lucky to learn a lot about the sport in this time. Over the years, I “adapted” to a high volume of load, or stimulus while trying to “hang on” to these people in training sessions. One of the hardest and most...

Over history, alcohol has frequently been one consideration when it comes to dealing with intoxication. There have been various attempts to limit this through prohibitionism, even as far back as 1772 BCE with the Code of Hammurabi. During this time, if beer was “sold” for money instead of traded for barley, it was punishable: “If...