The title says half of it: When you know someone will interpret everything you say their way, do you talk to them? The other half: What if they’re your parents? No, I didn’t just have a fight with a parent, but I do talk to a lot of people who interpret what I say as best I can tell based on preconceptions of what they expect someone talking about what[…] Keep reading →

I’ve meant to write this post for years. It may be the longest past due. Why? Because it relates to many parts of my life and involves decisions that will affect me the rest of my life. I’ll stick with the basics to put the main thoughts on paper, so to speak. When I started doing burpees daily, it was ten a day for thirty days with a friend in[…] Keep reading →

I find this series of conversations with Bruce to be ending up excellent examples to learn advanced Spodek Method from. I think they’re also engaging. I certainly enjoyed the conversations with Bruce. You can tell he believes in the vision and isn’t trying to answer askew, or maybe I’m not picking up on cues, but the interaction is both not clicking but not falling apart either. If you’re learning the[…] Keep reading →

I love nature. Sometimes I have to share my love for quirky parts of it. Did you know alligators can live 3 years without eating? I find it amazing. They’re cold blooded, so don’t need little energy to keep their bodies going. In the water, they need little energy to move. I think they can digest more parts of what they eat than many other animals. Still, imaging going three[…] Keep reading →

A vignette from Michael Lombardi, podcast guest and football great General Manager about his mentor Bill Walsh, appears in his book Gridiron Genius, sticks with me. In particular, the part at the end of this passage about the picture frame. To me, one way mastery differs from just doing enough is that when we master an art or craft, we love the details. Before mastery, they may seem drudge work.[…] Keep reading →

I’d heard people talking about the Olympics. I looked them up and it turns out they started last week. I doubt I’ll watch much. Why not? Not for lack of potential interest: I love sports. I love athleticism, fitness, and people reaching their potential. I love competition and the drama of not knowing how a competition will turn out. For one thing, when I clicked to the official page at[…] Keep reading →

Regular readers of my blog know I took a course, Conservatism 101, from the Leadership Institute, which led me to read conservative literature I hadn’t before: Edmund Burke, Frederic Bastiat, Friedrich Hayek, Russell Kirk, and more. This reading came after I started reading and watching Milton Friedman, Julian Simon, Ayn Rand, and current followers of their work like Marian Tupy, Gale Pooley, and Alex Epstein. I had blogged about them[…] Keep reading →