Posts tagged mindset

Your How to Guide for Eating Healthy on Vacation

Once the 4th of July is over, most people, are done vacationing for the year.  For others they might have one more weekend or week planned before the cold chill of fall begins to descend from the North.

I just got back from vacation celebrating being married to my amazing wife for a year along with celebrating America’s Birthday.  I did not track food for the week but I did stay very conscious, mindful if you will, of what I was eating. 

You can implement a few of these yourself the next time you take a vacation.

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Becoming the Batman

Almost 98% of my podcast guests answer my question of “what superhero would you be” by answering that they would be Batman.  It makes sense to be honest, a rich guy with cool toys who stands for justice and tries to right the wrongs of the city he loves.  Batman makes more sense then some dude who can only can be defeated by some rock that doesn’t exist naturally on Earth (suck it Superman).  

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Kevin Spacey and the 1% Rule

If you read my previous post, you know that I once aspired to become the next Hollywood star.  If you asked me to name one actor whom my generation of men revered more than any other, it would be Kevin Spacey.  Mr. Spacey owned every character whose shoes he stepped in.  His performances, still to this day, grab you by your balls and demand unfaltering attention.

His career has been full of awards and accolades not to mention inspiring many of the men I knew in college to pursue a career in acting.  This year he won his first Golden Globe for his portrayal of Frank Underwood in the Netflix series House of Cards.  At his acceptance speech, Kevin said something that took me by surprise. And no, it is not his use of the “F” word.

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From a Certain Point of View

Obi-Wan Kenobi tells Luke Skywalker in A New Hope that Darth Vader betrayed and murdered his father.  After Vader reveals to Luke that he is in fact his father Luke confronts Obi-Wan in Return of the Jedi and tells Obi-Wan that he lied to him. Obi-Wan explains that Anakin Skywalker ceased to be and became Darth Vader and the good man inside him died when he turned to the dark side.  Obi-Wan comments that his explanation of Luke’s father’s death was true from “a certain point of view”. 

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