Motivation

What do we do when there are no gods to worship? No one to idolize or model ourselves after? What do we do when there’s no one or anything left but ourselves? Do we give up the on the ideals that motivated us to self-actualize and carve ourselves out of the stone that was laid before us? Or, do we look inward and see that we are the gods that have walked this earth for centuries? That we are everything we seek externally to remain on a kinetic trajectory through life. That we are everything the gods referenced. That we...

There is no shortage of evil on planet Earth.  Genocide, rape, disease, and starvation run rampant and there seems to be no end in sight.  In the moments we sit back believing peace has finally come to the human race there is someone plotting to throw us back into chaos.  Whether we like it or not, we are forced to participate in this ebb and flow of darkness.  The only reason this pattern exists is that we think we are powerless against it.  Far too many of us readily accept the idea we are victims and that there is nothing...

That space where time does not exist.The moments of clarity without thought.The calm & the rage.A cleansing of the day to day clutter.These times can be found in different areas of the mind at different times.The biggest “Zen” moments I’ve ever had have been during fight training & competition, real life-threatening situations, meditation in the highlands of Scotland, envisioning and forging a mental path into my future, and prior to max effort lifts.Sometimes it’s calm and time for contemplation, assessment & seeing the bigger picture.Sometimes it’s scary, something bad might happen, but you are driven towards it.It must happen. You...

We’ve all seen the strength athlete that makes analogies to a lone wolf, a lion, or some alpha primate, regardless of how inaccurate that self-comparison may be. And we can accept the reality that often, this journey needs to be taken alone. The truth, however, is this mindset can be a very isolating (and needlessly dramatic) approach to life, and that to really succeed, you need a circle – a family, a pack- that embraces each other’s strengths and seeks to eliminate shortcomings.What, and who, do you identify with? Are you building a circle of individuals that want what you...

Confidence is the key to success. Regardless of the task at hand - you will get further if you have an overwhelming amount of morale The downside of confidence is that it can often become the breeding ground to ego - which can do the complete opposite of creating success and destroy everything that you worked so hard to obtain. So how do we create self-confidence while also remaining humble? How do we acknowledge our accomplishments without basking in our own glory? Confidence is built by success - the more success and accomplishments that we achieve, the more confidence that...