Change is hard. Often because so much of our identity is connected to the roles we currently occupy. When those roles change, we lose who we think we are. What if we brought our identity down a step lower. If we identified not as the role we occupy, but as someone who is always growing…
I’m not quite sure to whom I should attribute this quote. One of my training partners shared it with me recently. He’s a twenty-something cage fighter 👊🏽. But don’t worry, you don’t need to step into the Octagon to put this advice to use. You’ve probably heard of “flow state” where you execute effortlessly. We…
I grew up a Philadelphia sports fan. While I wasn’t a huge basketball fan, I remember Allen Iversen (the original AI) as a dynamic and exciting player to watch. I was naive back then. I took the media report of Iversons infamous “Practice?!!” press conference at face value. There really was only one version of…
I find this an incredibly comforting thought. We are talking here about the anxiety from making choices in our professional or personal life. Perseverating on what to do with our lives, our careers, or how to handle a significant decision at work can weigh on us. Choices like these have consequences. We are right to…
Do you really think so little of yourself that you can’t sacrifice an hour or two, 3-4 days a week, for yourself? Harsh. But sometimes that’s what we need to hear. The full version of this quote talks about how we give hours of ourselves to our jobs, our friends, and our family before we…
“Aspiring artists share one trait. They all think like amateurs. They have not yet turned pro. The moment an artist turns pro is as epochal as the birth of his first child. With one stroke, everything changes.” Make 2025 the year that you turn pro in whatever your art may be. Take it seriously. Put…