. . .he saw something within me that I didn't see within myself, and he knew he would be doing me a great disservice by letting me throw in the towel.
Taking A Cold, Hard Beating In Life
Category: Insight
An exploration of personal observations, particularly with regard to the lives of human beings.
Flat Tires And The Great Cosmic Joke
I've been on a money kick lately. The last several months, through a possibility created through the coaching of friend and mentor, Javier Silva, I identified a huge loss of power around my personal finances, and I put the kibosh on previously unrecognized frivolous spending. I've needed new tires for a while now. I started [...]
20 Success Principles We Can Learn From Hiphop
Vent Once, Don’t Repeat
I was once shadowing a preceptor in the hospital setting who was providing me with on-the-job training. He would go perform various medical procedures, and I would observe and sometimes assist as needed. This was a large-scale hospital with many different departments.One afternoon, we were called to the neurological ("neuro") floor. My preceptor for that [...]
Your Life In 60 Seconds
Look around you. How many people do you know who effortlessly and authentically convince you that life is absolutely, cosmically, unquestionably as amazing as God intended it to be? Recall the various types of communication you encounter daily. Do you see hope? Do you see joy? Do you see wonder?
Feed The White Wolf
The dark wolf was winning by a landslide, so much that I wasn't aware that a white wolf even existed . . . Once you become consciously aware of your recurring thoughts, then your brain patterns slowly become less a matter of coincidence and more a matter of choice.
Nelson Mandela, Dementors, and … a DeLorean?
This week I took some time to review the legacy of Nelson Mandela, and I was incredibly moved. The website of The New York Times contains a full transcript of the speech he delivered to Cape Town on the day of his release, after serving 27 years in prison (you can view the transcript here). [...]
Two Breakthroughs, Part 1 of 2: Access To Power
. . . when you have discovered just how responsible you are for whatever way your life has turned out, you have discovered how to shape your circumstances into anything you can imagine.
The Impossibility Movement 