It is better to focus on one thing and make it great, than a few and them be mediocre. Sometimes I really struggle with this. I am on Tamoxifen, which is classified as a chemo drug. I am blessed in that I don’t have any major side effects from it like many others do, but every once and awhile I have a period of time where I really have trouble focusing on one thing at

In the movie The Matrix, Neo spends a considerable amount of time running, fighting, and rejecting the notion that he’s a savior of the entire universe. However, when he finally believes the prophecy, he disassociates from all emotion, and a calmness overcomes, allowing him to defeat Agent Smith with one hand behind his back (literally). But the idea that “the best fighter is never angry” is not necessarily about defeat or fighting. That saying has

Ah, the wisdom of a young Ferris Bueller. Time flies and before we know it, years have passed. We’ve put things off that we thought we would do, and we never get to it. It’s kind of like Max, played by Jamie Foxx from the movie, Collateral. He spent 12 years driving a cab in Los Angeles, as a “temporary” job while he “put some things together.” What he was putting together for 12 years

When someone is always waging war with other people, they are really at war with themselves. Often times people will start conflict with people, simply to avoid sitting with the uncomfortable feelings they have towards themselves. It gives them something else to focus on and respond to, rather than looking deep inside themselves and addressing what is going on with them inside. For someone battling a war within themselves, they will often resort to blaming

True and lasting transformation happens when the pain of staying where you are is greater than the pain of making the change. Last year, I wrote a post about how the only thing standing between you and your goal is the bullshit story you keep telling yourself and the steps you can take to challenge the limiting beliefs you have about yourself. We all have these narratives about why we are the way we are

Earlier this month, I talked about how as with the butterfly, adversity is necessary to build character in people. I went into detail about the adversity they face in the process of becoming something else, something greater. Most of us love butterflies. There is a butterfly sanctuary in Pacific Grove, California that we visit whenever we are in the area. Every year between Fall and Spring, thousands of monarch butterflies migrate to this area to

Time magazine named Elon Musk the 2021 Person of the Year. This is a man who is well deserving of the title, and who truly trusts his own madness.  If you want to create anything, you have to be willing to trust in your own vision even when other people think you are crazy. Like Steve Jobs said, “The people who are crazy enough to think they can change the world are the ones who

If you have ever tried to do something from a distracted or unmotivated state of mind, you can probably recall how much more difficult the action seemed. You may have even procrastinated for a time before moving forward, and when you finally did act, the results you got from those actions were probably not as impressive as you’d hoped. On the other hand, if you have ever approached action from a focused, determined state of