Want to win? Don’t focus on winning!

            Olympic gold medalist, Lanny Bassham, tells the great story about a professional golfer he was training.  Interestingly, Basham is not a professional golfer.  He didn’t work with this golfer...

Want Longevity and Health? Find Opportunities to Move

The Director of the Mayo Clinic, Dr. James Levine, said that “sitting is the new smoking.”  Dr. Levin has extensively studied the negative effects of the modern, sedentary lifestyle, concluding: “”Sitting is more dangerous than smoking, kills more people than...

A Balanced Life is a Happy Life

“To optimize potential, we must train ourselves in a whole person, balanced manner.”  ~Mark Divine, former Commander Navy SEALs The highest aim in life is for each of us to realize our full potential.  This means to become the very best version of ourselves.  How do...

How Are You Spending Your Time?

 This past month we had to change the time on our clocks because of Daylight Savings Time.  We lost an hour of our day and an hour of sleep.  It got me reflecting on time and how we spend it.   The founder and former chief evangelical officer of Apple, Steve Jobs, was...

The Day I Forgot My Pants

I had been a lawyer for two years, working as a junior associate. Every day was identical: I was either buried in research or endlessly drafting tedious documents on my computer. My performance reviews were excellent but at the same time I felt stuck. I craved more...