2016 has been an awful year for music. We lost: David Bowie Merle Haggard Glenn Frey Maurice White And Prince. For the last decade, I’ve only listened to 8 or 9 new bands. Early into…
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Avenge Your Hunger with These Superhero Smoothies
Superhero Smoothies I was in SC last weekend for one of my oldest friends weddings. A few days of relaxation and celebration and plenty of reminiscing. Like that time, we played golf and I had to…
How to Make Water Taste Awesome
Water is the essence of beauty life. Without it, you’ll die. Here’s a list of things the liquid of life does for your body: dispels toxins regulates body temperature aids in digestion promotes healthy skin…
Through Hell and High Water: A Tale of Adventure from Georgia to Austin
The sky turned a vile yellow, a sign that Mother Nature was about to vomit a torrent of destruction. Rain fell on our rental car with the ferocity of an angry God. And like the…
How Your Favorite Hero Can Help You Conquer Your Goals
I Need a Hero The first question that I ask any of my clients is: “Who is your favorite Hero?” Whether from a movie, comic book, novel, or video game we’ve all had a fictional,…
How to Maximize Your Time With Less Payne
Tell me if this story sounds familiar. A young hard-nosed cop, the brightest new star in the NYPD, returns to his home across the river in NJ after a long day on the beat. Extending…
Self-Talk, The Power of Thoughts, & Why I Would Die on a Deserted Island
Never Have I Ever…. Watched a single episode of the television phenomenon Lost. Lost premiered while I was in college. That place where I was too busy crushing Yuengling, playing poker, and smoking myself…
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…
A How To Guide for Escaping The Dead Marshes of Motivation
“I don’t feel motivated”
When those words seep into your brain you have entered what I call “The Dead Marshes”.
Like Frodo and Sam in Lord of the Rings, we all find ourselves trodding through the Dead Marshes of Motivation at some point.
4 Exercises for Gamers That Promote Optimal Wrist Health
The work week is over and you finally have an entire weekend to devote to all the video games that have come out this fall. After playing for hours on end, you are hit with an intense, throbbing pain, and it feels like your fingers are going numb. It dawns on you that somehow in these hours of gaming you may have developed a video game career-ending injury. Your weekend is ruined and now you are afraid that you will have to hang up the controller and “never game again.”