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Fight For Your Life: Walk With Gratitude
A single sentence I blurted out at fourteen taught me a lesson in gratitude I still carry today. Three decades, a cancer diagnosis, and a lot of life later… I finally understand just how much that moment shaped me
The Two Lists: Burn & Focus to Clear Your Mind
When my mind started filling with doubt, fear, and stress, I realized I needed a reset. That’s how I created two simple tools: the Burn List and the Focus List. One clears out the negative thoughts weighing you down, the other centers your energy on what truly matters. Here’s how I use them to reclaim momentum — and how you can too.
The Secret
In 2015 I read a book titled The Secret. I liked it. It was an easily digestible business book on the subject of leadership. It was short and unlike most business books, was formatted as a story. The topic was of a young manager struggling in...
Turning The Tables
In 2015 I started coaching Women’s Roller Derby. My wife had been playing for 5 years, and if you know us, it was always inevitable that I would get involved at some point. We do everything together. I was part of the team’s coaching staff for the...
Get Busy Living
On Easter Sunday – April 9th, I made a decision as I went to bed. I was going to wake up and go to the gym. No matter what. I had to send the message to the cancer inside me that I was in control. I would not be its victim. It picked a...
Attitude and Gratitude
Around the time of my senior year in high school, my dad gave me an audio cassette and told me to listen to it. I had heard of Lou Holtz. I knew he was the football coach at Notre Dame. What I didn’t know is that he was also a motivational...
Other Than the Cancer Diagnosis, I’m Pretty Damn Lucky
Cancer is a fight. It’s in your body trying to kill you. If you take no action and don’t fight back, you’re gone. But it’s not a fight you take on willingly and it’s not a fight that you train for. But if you could train for it, what would that look like?