If you follow sports, and even if you don’t, you probably know that Dallas Braden threw a perfect game for the A’s on Sunday. For some perspective: that was the 19th perfect game in the history of Major League Baseball. Given that your local team plays 162 games each season, and there are…
Category: The Warrior Mindset
Be your own hero
The connection between self defense, personal empowerment, and living the life you want to live overlaps a great deal more than you’d think at first glance. That’s because self defense doesn’t happen in a vacuum. It’s not something you do in a scary parking garage and nowhere else. It’s part of your daily life. …
Finding the time
This is the time of year when everyone else in publishing seems to take the month off and drink a lot of eggnog. I, on the other hand, always find myself scrambling to get everything done and feeling overwhelmed by the effort. Partly this is because I’m thinking, “The year is almost over! I didn’t do…
Doing the work
In the course of any given day, I have lots of conversations with lots of writers. A consistent theme in the past few months has revolved around “doing the work.” In fact, it’s become kind of a sign-off mantra with a friend of mine: “Okay, I’m off to Do The Work.” It can be hard to stay focused and…
The power of yet
You’re probably wondering if I know I have a typo in the title to this blog post. And indeed, the power of yes might be an interesting post to write someday. But I really am talking about the power of yet. The other day, my daughter Jessica and I were watching Mr. Magorium’s Wonder…
Resolutions require resolve
Getting through the tough slog of whatever goal you’re trying to achieve can be accomplished if you have enough resolve – grit, determination, single-mindedness, whatever you want to call it. It isn’t enough to have a goal and a list of steps you’re going to take to get there – or at least it isn’t…