A little video today on intentional choosing, or more specifically, “choosing” to begin, start, act (or not to act) (If you are reading in your email provider, click on the email title above to take you to the post and the video.) I use these questions with myself and people I work with to help...
Two ways of learning include assembly line learning (a set topic, set exercises, a sequence, a fixed, often indoors location that is seperate from the broader community) and learning by “observation and pitching in.” We all know the first. Traditionally, Learning by Observation and Pitching In (LOPI) is common in many Indigenous cultures in North...
We embark on a mission to train “strength” right now on Sunday, Monday and Thursday. It’s about 75 minutes per session. Ruby and I train together. It’s fun: barbell work, bidyweight work, some accessory work. There are three things that all of these sessions have in common, for them to be a successful mission: Warmup,...
The first day of a new calendar year. If you are a leader looking to level up the collective output, maybe there are a couple of easy things to consider implementing for the team to increase health, productivity and performance. Increase weekly light exposure. Seasonal affective disorder (SAD), low productivity, low immunity, low energy production...
In French Polynesia, it’s the “shaka” sign with the hand and/or a “nod.” In close, there’s a two-stage hand shake and/or a hug with a kiss on each cheek. Where we are now on Great Barrier Island, it’s a wave of the hand off the steering wheel when you drive past a car and then...
When you stop, do you maintaining the continuity of doing? Of everyday events? A set method and procedure? To cultivate inner silence, or to just witness as the observer, is to introduce an element that doesn’t belong in the planned whole. No procedures, no methods, no steps. It’s an interruption in the societal flow, to...
Think of the energy that we save, When we allow ourselves to be “bad” at something when we begin, When we lean into action now, not later, When we reach out to connect or contribute first, without expectation That increased energy that we save by cultivating the habit of simply moving through these things with...
In March, we are starting the first round of the Access Potential Academy. This is a peer-to-peer, workshop style program for men, in which we have small projects throughout the year to level up personally and professionally. We are creating a stable, system of deep understanding, action and accountability. This is powerful. It is often...
