I had the privilege of meeting with a friend from high school last night after not connecting since 1987. We were members of the basketball team and the the track team as well as members of the same tribe. Sports, girls and laughs and being teenagers was what we were about. In…
Agreement number 4 by Don Miguel Ruiz is always do your best. A simple concept yet incredibly difficult to act on consistently. It’s not hard to act on it when you are inspired, well rested, clear but…when you’re tired, busy or lacking enthusiasm a lot of us dumb down our…
As I sat on the shore of Lake Mission in my chilly vehicle waiting, rain beginning to come down harder and harder, watching the palm trees dance with a wild wind, I thought, what the hell am I doing here today? The short answer to that is that I had…
Tonight our team downed our rivals in a fierce battle that was not over till the very end. As good and as long time coming as that W was (too long), way better were the extra things that people were doing for each other, without attention, to get stuff done,…
I am proud to officially welcome 2 new young champions to Team Monumental’s high performance group. These boys paddle for The San Diego Canoe and Kayack Team, another local paddle group we are proud to support and call family. Nate n Jesse have olympic dreams, puritan work ethics and enthusiasm…
One of the keys to racing well, in any sport, is having a concrete race plan. One can show up and just charge, however exclusively relying on perception and feeling, without a cognitive map will more often than not lead to sub-par, often ugly results. When I think about a…
In a deeply moving description of being sent into the “sacred grown-up land” of the Local Bar in Freehold New Jersey, by his mom as a kid, to retrieve his thirsty dad, Bruce Springsteen sent me time traveling to my childhood… In 1980, I was 11 years old and like…
The New Year has me surrounded by people trying to change their health, personal habits and quality of life and I love it. I call this the pursuit of CIG. – Change – Improvement – Growth What ever your CIG pursuit looks like, one of the essential keys to sticking…
One of the biggest inhibitors of personal success is the erroneous all or nothing mentality. If I can’t do all that I would like to do or planned on doing in my pursuit of my ambition, I’m not going to do anything at all. Success in finance, fitness, personal growth…
In a deeply moving intro to My Home Town, Bruce Springsteen described the big tree in his front yard that was one of the many physical anchors of his childhood play. It was place where he rested, imagined and sought cover and distance from things a young person needs distance…