If I picked up 20lbs and held it close to my body, it wouldn’t feel nearly as heavy compared to if I extended my arms out and carried the 20lbs away from my body. It’s the same weight but where we choose to carry it makes a big difference. Switch now to think of the…
Sunday my son started digging through his Easter basket and explored his National Geographic Kids Why? book his mom bought him. Then came the onslaught of “mom and dad did you know…” which I must admit the nerd in me was entertained. Did you know… Humans share 90% of genes with cats and 82% with dogs. Even…
There tends to be two realities to each situation, objective and subjective. The objective represents what actually happened in a situation. Subjective reflects how we perceive and interpret what happened. This subjective part has many lenses. The exact same situation 10 people experience will have 10 different subjective viewpoints. At the surface all 10 may…
The most interesting display of architecture I’ve seen is La Sagrada Familia in Barcelona. As my family and I were walking our route to reach La Sagrada Familia, we turned the corner and the basilica appeared. I felt astonishment of how captivating this building is. So unique beyond anything I’ve ever seen, and the exterior…
Random collision of events can be a great surprise. Sunday, I stepped out of our rental apartment to see thousands running in the Barcelona Marathon. Our morning walk to our family’s first excursion of the day was parallel with one leg of the race. As we were walking along, voices in all sorts of different…
One of the biggest challenges I face is not defining myself at any one specific point in time but instead, assessing myself by how far I’ve come. It’s human tendency to assess ourselves by looking through the lens of today and measure ourselves at one point in time but the true test to measure is…
This week the NFL Combine displays some of the most incredible athletes in the world. This group of athletes are mentally and physically put to the test in the hope they grow their draft stock for the upcoming NFL Draft. Physical tests such as the 40-yard dash or seeing how many times they can bench…
Recently I came across some studies on the topic of how employees’ motivation at work is continuing to decrease. Organizations respond by flooding money into inspiring employees with the hope of flipping unmotivated employees magically into motivated employees. But what if this idea of solving for lack of motivation is not the actual problem we…
Jim Rohn famously said, “for things to change, you have to change.” If you’re not happy where you’re at right now, it’s not the outside world that must change. It’s the person in the mirror that must make the decision to change. But if I’m to make the decision to change my circumstances, am I…
Kobe Bryant was one of my favorite basketball players to watch of all time. His competitiveness, IQ for the game, incredible athleticism, and nonstop motor are just a few of the reasons why he’s considered one of the greats. Recently I came across a clip from a well-known basketball performance coach, Alan Stein Jr., reflecting…