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...
To create something new, bring a new idea to the table, and challenge the existing, is really hard. For many people, the recency bias is dominant: Google and Facebook will dominate forever, the education system and job market are stable and fixed, that the music, fitness, health and design industries exist as they do for...
When people play rugby, boxing, or even go mountain bike riding, they are signing up for difficult. Similarly, freediving, and marathon running are physically difficult. No question. When we engage in these activities, this is pretty clear. In fact, we pride ourselves on overcoming these hurdles. In some of them, it’s common for people to...
There is of course an infinite number of pursuits we could choose here. In each of these though, in particular if we begin as an adult, we find a common thread – these are vehicles for intense learning. In particular, we find progress is impossible without continually stumbling into four big pillars: Consistent, intentional effortPatienceFeedbackAwareness...
Should I go to the gym today? If you’re tired and run down from a big weekend of travel, thinking about your work or your training this week and wondering what to do, then you have a generic situation on your hands. The headache and fatigue you have may feel unique, but it’s highly likely...
“Let your life speak.” What do you know to be true? What is your experience? What are your thoughts? For business owners, freelancers, practitioners or coaches, this is both scary, and powerful.* Creating work that embodies this knowledge and experience allows us stand out while we do work that we are proud of, with people...
Language allows us to discuss ideas, to uncover new areas of thought and to express. But it also can be a shackle and chains. In the same way it can open the door to reason, it can close the gap to wonder and to feeling. Through description, we liken, compare or contrast experiences to those...
This is a difficult topic to articulate, as we are dealing with terminology that can mean different things for different people. Either way, “Movement” as a sub-culture has certainly grown. There are now facilities that focus specifically on this broad approach to training or “practicing” and some of them are completely outside of the “fitness”...
