How do you expect to finish if you never start?
As a college athlete, I won a conference championship & was voted captain. Then, I helped build a multi-million dollar furniture company. Then, I chased a lifelong dream by writing & publishing a book (Believe EG21) about the incredible true story of the '05 CSU football team. I love to learn, teach, & question the status quo.
Today we honor one of the greatest leaders this world has ever known. He was the epitome of a man who stood by his message and did not waiver. I have great deal of respect for that quality, not many people are like that anymore. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. has been brought up in multiple books that I have read… Continue reading In Honor of MLK: How to be Opportunistic
Before I started this blogging journey, I had no idea what I was doing, I just started. I was somewhat of a reader, blogs and some books. But the closest thing in my life to writing was lengthy emails that I would send. I had no idea where to start, so I just did. I knew that I wanted to… Continue reading 17 Myths About Writers
It’s no secret that I set goals and I’m big advocate of you doing so as well. I wrote a series on goal-setting and starting in November and I used my blog to create public accountability for my personal goals just last week. It hadn’t occurred to me to talk about struggle of how to stick to your goals day-in… Continue reading The Most Effective Ways to Stick to Your Goals (3/3)
As 2014 presses on, I’ve shared many of my goals and what I want to do with this year. But I want to hear more from you. What self-improvement or business topics would you like to hear about? What would you like me to write about? Is it something new that I haven’t covered? Or perhaps something that I’ve already… Continue reading WARNING: Feedback Needed for Motivational & Business Topics
Many of us have had to go through some sort of transformation in our lives. Maybe it is a personal ‘version upgrade.’ Maybe it is new career that made us grow. Maybe it is the healing of ourselves after a breakup. In any of these situations, we never just wake up and say, “Hello world! This is the new me,… Continue reading How Making Little Bets Will Make Us Big Winners
My recent 5 months have been filled with the struggles of an entrepreneur as I worked with my partner, Travis (Trav for short), on Epic Day Outdoors. We’ve gone through many iterations of the ‘business’ and just around the end of the year we parted ways (I use quotations here because we never technically made any money). We separated amicably… Continue reading 9 Startup Lessons I Learned
SCANDAL So has anyone heard about the UNC Student-Athletes that read at a 3rd grade level? This story was on the TV yesterday as I was working out and I just had to watch. I wanted to scream at the TV’s as I ran on the treadmill! Let me clarify here, I am not upset about the fact that collegiate athletes… Continue reading Why College Athletes Should NOT be Required to Read
Learning From a Fall As I was at the gym yesterday I was in the middle of a stretch that would have made my brother proud. With one leg extended out in a lunging position and pulling up the opposite for a quad stretch, I was in position that required high concentration and a lot of balance. Only two points… Continue reading How to Gain a Competitive Edge & Avoid Falling