How to get up at 4 a.m. every day
Getting up at 4 a.m. is all the rage. That didn't used to be the case, but Dwayne Johnson and Mark Wahlberg started sharing their early morning workout experiences on Instagram and getting up early suddenly became cool. Before that I would bet most people didn't even know 4 o'clock happened twice a day. I have a lot in common with The Rock and Marky Mark. We are all highly successful, very rich, A-list [...]
Passion vs. Discipline
Not too long ago some friends and I got into a discussion over which is more important: passion or discipline? The discussion started when one friend asked how I had the discipline to sit down and finish a manuscript and the other friend said it had to be passion for [...]
The power of perspective (a foster care story)
Imagine for a moment you are a baby. A baby so young you haven't even been born yet... I want to take you on a little journey. But this journey only works if you put yourself in the place of the person I'm describing. It only works if you are [...]
The 5 best exercises of all time
Fitness can get really complicated sometimes. Trust me, I know, I have an exercise science degree and I once had to take an exercise trigonometry class (you read that correctly -exercise trigonometry). But the truth is fitness can be boiled down to some pretty simple concepts and exercises. With that in [...]
Life lessons from Abraham Lincoln
Abraham Lincoln has been my hero for as long as I can remember. I probably wasn't even 8 years old when I bought my first book at a garage-sale about America's 16th president. My interest in his life started as blandly as it could have; I was amazed I shared [...]
3 reasons to collect experiences instead of possessions
I recently read a study that found that older generations of Americans spend more of their money purchasing things while the younger generations prefer to spend their money on having an experience. This makes sense because the older generation lived through the great depression and two world wars; for those [...]
15 things I wish I could tell my teenage self
My birthday is coming up in a few days and it has me thinking about things I wish I knew. There are lots of things I still don't know but wish I did. I've found that wisdom is hard to come by and is often only earned with age and [...]