That uncomfortable place. A few years ago, Kia and I were walking through a really tough time. It was one of those periods of life when we found ourselves in that uncomfortable place. You know…you’ve been there before. It’s that place in life when you do know what you’re supposed to do. Am I supposed […]
Motorbikes & Music Videos. Information vs Inspiration.
Motorbikes and Music Videos When I was a kid I spent what felt like hours in the car going to and from events and practices and school and errands and relatives and everywhere in between. During these rides in the car, I did a lot of daydreaming too. One of the most vivid daydreams I […]
On getting Fat and Happy
Kid Dynamite I was not a boxing fan growing up. I didn’t have much of a chance of that living in a single mother house with 2 women (mom & sister). I’ll never forget, though, one boxing match I did watch. I was staying with my dad in the summer, and we were at a […]
Oh man, that feels good!
My drug of choice. My last post, I summarized a portion of Simon Sinek’s book, Leaders Eat Last. In it he contends as a culture we are increasingly becoming addicted to 2 natural chemicals in our body – dopamine and cortisol. Every time you achieve something find or something you are looking for you receive shot of dopamine. Cortisol […]
How to ATTACK
Word of the Year 2015 Earlier, I shared my 2015 Word of the Year – ATTACK. 2013 and 2014 were more theory than practical – TRANSFORM & VISION. I’m excited about ATTACK because it’s practical. Here is a list of things I will practically attack in 2015: Writing. I’ve committed to write here 3 days a week. I […]
ATTACK fear
Why ATTACK? A few months ago, I re-read the story of Noah and the Ark. It’s such a familiar story, most people could pretty accurately recite the story at a moment’s notice. Especially now that Noah has been made into a major motion picture, we know the basics. Noah is chosen because of his righteousness […]
2015 Word of the Year: Ready. Set. Attack.
What’s the Word? Every year for the past 4 years (this being my 5th), I’ve chosen one word I want to focus on for the year. It started out kind of randomly and haphazard. I didn’t have a plan or concept of what I wanted, but it blew up in an amazing way. Now I […]
Hitting walls.
Walls and Writing Sometimes in life you hit a wall. The imaginary, larger than life, too big to overcome wall. I’ve hit that wall with my writing. I don’t really know why…I think it’s a season. So right now you are reading my attempt at taking a sledge hammer to this imaginary wall in my […]
Without witness.
Unbroken. Unbroken is the incredible, true story of U.S. Olympian and war hero Louis “Louie” Zamperini. Zamperini was a bombadier in WWII whose plane crashed in the Pacific Ocean. Louie and two companions floated in 2 rubber rafts for 47 days before being captured and held in Japanese prison camps for over 2 years. The story […]
What in the world?
90’s Christian Rock In the 90’s I pretty much solely listened to Christian music. There were some pluses and minuses to this. The plus was it was a good way to guard my heart. A minus was there were like 3 big name artists to listen to (a gross exaggeration, but close). One of those artists […]
