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Why You (May) Have Fat Loss Frustrations
Mario, Fat Loss Frustrations, & the Scale “I am going to lie on the couch tonight, watch terrible television shows that rot my brain, and drink beer.” These were the first words spoken as my…
Free Fitness: A Zero Dollar Solution to Fitness
A Lesson Learned from My Grandfather I’ve been a big fan of the Tim Ferriss podcast for the last two years. Whether he is interviewing successful CEOs, scientists, Hollywood writers or directors, Tim…
Forget New Year’s Resolutions. Create a Quest for 2016 & Achieve Your Goals!
Begin Your Quest The ball has dropped. A few pieces of confetti are still attached to your clothes and you have woken up in a small village known as Hangoverville. You take two aspirin, wonder…
The Most Important Front in Your Battle for Fat Loss (or Gaming)
Battlefront: Fat Loss Star Wars: Battlefront is officially out today! via GIPHY As a rabid fan of the original Battlefront games, I dreamed for years that someone would make a new iteration of this franchise….
Game Like a Pro: Wrist Curls for Optimal Gaming Performance
Get Back In the Game During a multi-hour gaming marathon, every gamer has experienced that moment when their wrist and hands seize up thanks to our Darth Vader like grip around our controller. If you…
Preposterously Phenomenal Pumpkin Powered Provisions (Plus Pancakes)
Football season has officially started, the nights are getting slightly longer, and the world seems to be full of pumpkin flavored everything. Shhh…I have a secret….I freaking love pumpkin.
From Oreos, to Lattes, to beer, and more, pumpkin reminds us that it is time to put away the shorts, break out the jean jackets and prepare because winter is coming.
How To Get Back in the Gym: After a Vacation, Illness, or “Break”
“What’s the best way to head back into the gym? After a vacation, illness, heavy workload, etc. you can sense you are gonna hate it at first but you gotta start back up. How do you do it the right way?”
What a Video Game Taught Me About Leadership
For decades all around the world, however, video games have been used as teaching tools, educating kids on a plethora of subjects like history, pattern recognition, critical thinking, and more since the early 1990s. (Think Carmen Sandiego, Oregon Trail, Tetris, SimCity, Starcraft, etc.)
If games can teach us how to recognize patterns, develop plans of action, think critically, manage resources, problem solve and more, could a game you play online help you develop leadership skills that you can apply in RL? (that’s real life for those who don’t speak gamer)
How to Find Your Why
Implementing a new consistent behavior that you hope will lead to a life changing habit can make you feel like a salmon swimming upstream. You are constantly fighting the current of your own mind as you work to establish this habit.
In all honesty, most of us would rather the habit fairy show up and magically leave the habit under our pillow. We want it all and we want it now!