When your alarm goes off in the morning, get straight out of bed. Don’t hesitate. Think of the meaningful work you have the privilege of doing today, and eagerly move toward it. But on some days, of course, you’ll hit snooze and linger in bed, resisting the call to wake up. That’s okay. It’s a practice. During your workout, push yourself to lift a little more, run a little faster,… Read More »It’s All Practice
Around this time in January of 2010, I had my first serious ski injury. I launched myself off an icy jump and did a 180, but I was going too fast, and I overshot the down-sloped landing and came down hard on flat, cement-like snow. Since I was landing backward, all of this impact had to be absorbed with my lower back, which simply couldn’t handle the force. Did I… Read More »The Best $10 I Ever Spent
When you’re constructing a home or an office building, the first thing you have to build is the foundation. Everything else will be built on top of that, so you have to start there. If you’re impatient or cheap, and you don’t lay down a strong foundation, the building will never be sound. Now, as obvious and irrefutable as this principle is in the realm of construction, we routinely ignore… Read More »The Foundation Has to Come First
While many people struggle daily with a lack of confidence, there are folks who have the opposite problem – people who are routinely overconfident. And, as several stories in my humorous memoir demonstrate, overconfidence can be dangerous. Sometimes hilarious, yes, but potentially disastrous. So how can you find out if your confidence is justified? And how can you adjust your self-assessment if it’s not? Here are three ways to overcome… Read More »3 Ways to Overcome Overconfidence