The Infinite Game

The Infinite Game

At the very beginning of 2020, I got a special treat to see one of my favorite authors speak before everything fell apart a few weeks later. Simon Sinek came to LA for a talk where he went in-depth about his new book, The Infinite Game.  I highly recommend it. It...
Reject Familiarity

Reject Familiarity

“It does not matter how slowly you go, only that you don’t stop.” – Confucius When I made the decision to get healthy and implement some positive changes in my life, my coach Traver Boehm gave me what ended up being some of the best advice I’ve ever been given....
Momentum Comes From Movement

Momentum Comes From Movement

I spent most of the academy with shin splints – small stress fractures in the shins that are ridiculously painful.  I had zero motivation to run. It hurt like 🔥HELL🔥 to run.  Before runs, I would chew Advil like it was Skittles. At night, I’d ice...
Six Must-Have Books About Stoicism

Six Must-Have Books About Stoicism

A lot of people are interested in stoicism right now. It’s become very popular in the last half decade or so especially since Ryan Holiday, released several books on the topic (see below). It’s piqued the interest of a lot of people in high performer type...
5 Lessons Cops Can Learn from Special Forces

5 Lessons Cops Can Learn from Special Forces

Retired Lieutenant Colonel David “Scott” Mann is many things. As a twenty-year member of Army Special Forces (a.k.a. the Green Berets), Scott describes himself as “an anthropologist with a gun,” but he’s really more than that. When Mann wrote his book, “Game Changers:...
The One You Feed

The One You Feed

 There’s an old parable attributed to the Cherokee Indians of the two wolves.  An old Cherokee chief sits with his grandson and tells him,  “A terrible fight going on inside of me. It’s a terrible fight. And it’s between two...