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Every day I invest 15 to 30 minutes practicing Qigong. Qigong may be a placebo. I admit that. I don’t believe that, but, I cannot show you my invisible energy fields. And if I were to draw a you a picture of a beam of energy coming out of my finger, you might laugh. But,Continue reading “Placebos Are All Around You”

I’m asked this question often. I eat food. I do my best to stay away from ‘not food’. (There’s a lot of ‘not food’ out there.) I can make you a list of exactly what I eat. And while that list may work well for you too, it may not at all. There is noContinue reading ““What Do You Eat Everyday?””

People crave deep connection. Many of them are scared to open up. But they don’t really want to talk about the weather all day long. At some point, on some level, if you create enough space, you will invite the real person across from you to come out. This works best if you go first.Continue reading “Unbreakable Bonds”

This morning I trained on 5 hours of sleep. That is not hard, if you think about what some other people had to go through that’s actually hard, like concentration camps or Navy Seal training.  But neither is that recommended. Rest is very important.   Here is what I think it is:  Occasionally while training,Continue reading “Training on Short Rest”

If you believe that we’re evolved & hardwired for many things we no longer need, such as … Being in ‘fight or flight mode’ all day long Inability to digest certain foods Facial hair  … what about sex? A man no longer needs to ejaculate in seconds, and then be on the lookout for lions.Continue reading “Sex for Cavemen”

The other week, I had one of the worst weeks of my professional career, to date. I let an entire meeting get skipped by my team. I failed to act responsibly because I got emotional. I did not do one important thing that I said I would do for a teammate. Now, it would haveContinue reading “It’s Easy to Hide”

There’s always a way to get your exercise in.  You don’t have to go to sleep at 9 PM, wake up at 4:30 AM, and lift weights for an hour before breakfast or work.  (I do this.) You don’t even have belong to a gym. (I do not.) You can simply do a few burpeesContinue reading “There’s Always a Way”

There are so many things we latch onto, because it can be scary to think that nothing lasts.  Not your favorite football team, not your diet, not how you dress … not you.  I still latch on to plenty. I am no monk.  But the more I realize how few things I need to labelContinue reading “Latching Onto Labels”

You will sabotage yourself. You will delay doing the work that matters. A few extra taps of the snooze bar; jumping into tasks that you have already mastered; staying up to watch that extra show; telling yourself ‘you’ll start tomorrow’ (or on January 1st, for that matter); the list is endless. You’re afraid of startingContinue reading “Fear of Starting Something New”

You might wonder why, on a ‘Strength, Health, & Vitality’ blog, I write about things like ‘home environment’, ‘relationships’, and ‘creativity’. I lift plenty of weights. I ran a mile outside in the single-digit temperatures this morning, before sunrise, after doing strict military presses, rear-delt dumbbell flys, triceps band push-downs, and floor presses. That makesContinue reading “Multiple Facets Of Strength”