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My commitment to write a daily blog since January 7th, 2018

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2024

Day 82 – The Greatest Resistance

Day 81 – Face Janus Again

Day 80 – The Power of Showing Up Every Day

Day 79 – Staying the Course

Day 78 – Greatness is Built-in Increments

Day 77 – Spirit of Transformation

Day 76 – The Pink Ribbon

Day 75 – The Shopping Mall

Day 74 – Setting Your Bearing

Day 73 – Gingerbread Competition

Day 72 – Make Gumbo Together

Day 71 – Automation Only Works for the Efficient

Day 70 – Constant Pressure

Day 69 – Rest is Not Weakness

Day 68 – Are You Refusing God’s Call?

Day 67 – Repetition Sunday

Day 66 – Expressing Intent

Day 65 – A Good Defense

Day 64 – Compound Your Interest

Day 63 – Embrace the Chaos

Day 62 – Stop Being Available

Day 61 – Protecting the Sacred Time

Day 60 – Contemplating Rituals

Day 59 – The Importance of Drills

Day 58 – Cut it Out

Day 57 – A Plan Has Two Requirements

Day 56 – The Importance of Clarity

Day 55 – Everything but the Root Cause

Day 54 – Distraction Free Environment

Day 53 – Concentration is a Skill

Day 52 – The Bridge is Over

Day 51 – The Road Not Taken

Day 50 – Anthem – Part Eleven

Day 49 – I Am Waiting

Day 48 – Chimes of Freedom

Day 47 – And Here I am, Fighting Dandelions

Day 46 – Sabbath Poem I

Day 45 – Warrior Rituals

Day 44 – Slow Down to Speed Up

Day 43 – The Goal is Failure

Day 42 – Navigating Life as a Neutral Particle

Day 41 – The Law of Entropy

Day 40 – Things You Must Do

Day 39 – Prevent Tailspins

Day 38 – Self Destruct Mode

Day 37 – Thinking is Work

Day 36 – Label and Tag the Thought

Day 35 – Run Toward Conflict

Day 34 – Value is ALWAYS Built

Day 33 – Shorten the Defeat Cycle

Day 32 – Mind Wandering is Good Sometimes

Day 31 – Cogito, ergo sum

Day 30 – Self Disclosure is Good

Day 29 – Under Your Control

Day 28 – Constant Reminders are Required

Day 27 – Gain the Relax Skill

Day 26 – Be Wary of Time Thieves

Day 25 – The Basics Will Destroy You

Day 24 – Lift Off Requires the Most Energy

Day 23 – Starting from Perfect is Not Engineering

Day 22 – More Than Three Principle

Day 21 – Waiting for Perfect Time, is Wasting Time

Day 20 – The Day I Decided Never to Color Inside the Lines

Day 19 – When the Shine Wears Off

Day 18 – Multi-Generational Perspective

Day 17 – Progress Everyday

Day 16 – Advice to Younger Self

Day 15 – When Focus Fades

Day 14 – Lean Into Discomfort

Day 13 – Gameify

Day 12 – Self as System

Day 11 – Woop Thinking

Day 10 – Do Something Epic

Day 9 – Sure Foundation

Day 8 – Just Do It Anyway

Day 7 – Incremental Habits

Day 6 – Run Everyday

Day 5 – Daily Writing

Day 4 – The Day of Rest

Day 3 – The One Thing

Day 2 – The Power of Prayer

Day 1 – Embarking on the Journey: A Commitment to Growth

Day 365 – Mission Accomplished

Day 364 – You Do Not Have to Be Exceptional Everyday

Day 363 – Finding an Outlet

Day 362 – Dealing with Sudden Irritability

Day 361 – Recovery is Work Too

Day 360 – Time is The Primary Ingredient

Day 359 – A Tool for Each Job

Day 358 – Consider the Basics

Day 357 – When Tunnel Vision Is Needed

Day 356 – Being Pretentious is Hard Work

Day 355 – Suffering Has Value

Day 354 – Considering Linguistic Habits

Day 353 – When to Step In

Day 352 – Map Your Life Workflow

Day 351 – Success is a 1:Many Relationship

Day 350 – The Best Process is the One That You Follow

Day 349 – What is a Decision?

Day 348 – What are You Willing to Cut Out?

Day 347 – Life Lesson from the Iron Tiger

Day 346 – Achieving Stillness

Day 345 – Should We Practice Herd Anonymity?

Day 344 – Talk It Out

Day 343 – Humans Hallucinate Too

Day 342 – There Will Never be An Apple

Day 341 – A Followed Process is Best

Day 340 – Considering Kuzushi

Day 339 – Learning is Not Just Curiosity

Day 338 – Introduce Variability Into Life

Day 337 – Copy First, Then Innovate

Day 336 – The Problem is Not The Problem

Day 335 – Digging Deep

Day 334 – Where Do You Find Peace?

Day 333 – Good Character Development

Day 332 – If you are in, go all in.

Day 331 – Prepare and Execute a Deep Work Session

Day 330 – Speed Usually Wins

Day 329 – A Note on “Case Studies”

Day 328 – The Idea of You

Day 327 – What Moment are You Building Toward?

Day 326 – It’s Not the Ritz – A Lesson in Realized Value

Day 325 – Only So Much Room Under the Carpet

Day 324 – The One That is There

Day 323 – The Escalating Scale of Productivity

Day 322 – Above All, Be Genuine

Day 321 – Personal Feedback Loop

Day 320 – Pattern Recognition Speeds up Decision Making

Day 319 – Design is the Focus on What Ought to Be

Day 318 – What is Your Era?

Day 317 – Time for Creativity

Day 316 – The Power of Naivety

Day 315 – Getting to Simplicity Requires a Lifetime of Complexity

Day 314 – When it Comes to Doing Hard Things – Context is Everything

Day 313 – When Intelligence Becomes Noise

Day 312 – Don’t Advertise Big Macs to Epicures

Day 311 – Methodology is not Strategy

Day 310 – Weird Is Awesome

Day 309 – When to Make Tough Decisions

Day 308 – You are Single Threaded

Day 307 – Trust the Process?

Day 306 – Accuracy Costs

Day 305 – The Taming of Pegasus

Day 304 – The Lernaean Hydra

Day 303 – The Refutation of Dataism

Day 302 – Faith is NOT Belief

Day 301 – The General Consensus?

Day 300 – Swim Upstream

Day 299 – Dealing with Bombastic Bob

Day 298 – You Fear What You Pay For

Day 297 – Ignorance IS Bliss

Day 296 – The Danger behind Impressive Charts

Day 295 – Semantic Satiation or Bleaching?

Day 294 – a Desk and a Phone

Day 293 – But First, Pray

Day 292 – The Definition of Trust

Day 291 – Don’t Be A Rock

Day 290 – Commitments Require Habits

Day 289 – Observe First

Day 288 – Organizations Gravitate toward Complexity

Day 287 – The Past Does Not Exist

Day 286 – Make No Waves, Back No Losers

Day 285 – Happiness is Relative, Truth is Absolute

Day 284 – How to Treat People

Day 283 – You Can’t Fake Enthusiasm

Day 282 – Growth is Simple

Day 281 – Perseverance

Day 280 – Building a Working Group

Day 279 – The Best Made Plans

Day 278 – Two Ways of Seeing a River

Day 277 – Nature’s High Festival

Day 276 – That’s the Way it Was This Morning

Day 275 – This Land is Your Land

Day 274 – The Bucket is No Metaphor

Day 273 – The Road Not Taken

Day 272 – What I Lived For

Day 271 – The Wilderness

Day 270 – Everybody is Good at Dreamin

Day 269 – What Do “They” Want?

Day 268 – A Little Help from Friends

Day 267 – Pay for Lies, Get Lies

Day 266 – Circumstance is Contextual but Not Certain

Day 265 – Never Too Late to Tell Your Story

Day 264 – What is Possible in 100 Days?

Day 263 – The Powerful are Always Simple

Day 262 – The Simple Reason Why It is Hard to Think

Day 261 – What You Should be Doing?

Day 260 – Meet New People

Day 259 – Communication as Art

Day 258 – Declare War on Self-Consumerism

Day 257 – A Life of Upgrades

Day 256 – Cut in Half

Day 255 – Cytokine Storm

Day 254 – Irony is Dialectic – Part 3

Day 253 – What is Not There – Part 2

Day 252 – On Putting Things In Order – Part 1

Day 251 – When the System Becomes the Work

Day 250 – Power to the People

Day 249 – Small Advantages Accumulate

Day 248 – Top of Mind is Not an Opinion

Day 247 – Visualization

Day 246 – Investments Take Time To Mature

Day 245 – A Philosopher that Messed Me Up

Day 244 – My First Philosophy Class

Day 243 – Adaptation versus Adoption

Day 242 – Wanderin’ Around

Day 241 – Mimicry is Hard to Avoid

Day 240 – Motivation is a Liar

Day 239 – The Minimum is Still Progress

Day 238 – Free People or Free Data?

Day 237 – The Issue will be Energy Consumption

Day 236 – The AI Fever Dream

Day 235 – I run.

Day 234 – Self Version 6.2

Day 233 – Being a Top Performer Means Being Different

Day 232 – Horse Vision

Day 231 – It is Not Adoption, It’s Evolution

Day 230 – 15 Minutes Adds Up

Day 229 – Ceremony Holds Value

Day 228 – How You Start is Not How You Will Be

Day 227 – Be Audacious, Unpredictable and a Little Crazy

Day 226 – Goals Should be Unobtainable!

Day 225 – The Donut Shop and the Gym

Day 224 – Dual Coding Theory

Day 223 – The Symbol of the Launchpad

Day 222 – Consider the Long Tail

Day 221 – AI, Turkeys and David Hume

Day 220 – Your Problem is that You Need a MacGuffin

Day 219 – What is Your Alter Ego?

Day 218 – The Four Pirates – Boredom, Impatience, Fear, and Confusion

Day 217 — Innovation Myopia or Sitting on Gold

Day 216 – The Rule of Thumb

Day 215 – The Apostrophe In Mother’s Day

Day 214 – When the Blue Jay Procrastinates

Day 213 – Beware of the Synecdoche

Day 212 – Courage is Not the Absence of Fear

Day 211 – My Thoughts on Criticism (and 10 tips on feedback)

Day 210 – Become an Edge Dancer

Day 209 – Our Doubts are Traitors

Day 208 – Miracle of the Holy Fire

Day 207 – No New Thing Under the Sun

Day 206 – Out of Thin Air

Day 205 – We Wield the Double Edged Sword

Day 204 – Persistence is the New Perfection

Day 203 – Switching to Easy Mode

Day 202 — Pulling a Plow

Day 201 – Every Day is Every Day

Day 200 – Get Small

Day 199 – Write It Down

Day 198 – When Do You Trust Intuition?

Day 197 – The Art of Job Crafting

Day 196 – Stress is a Dependent Variable

Day 195 – Intent Matters

Day 194 – Stumbling Blocks to Stepping Stones

Day 193 – Law of Conditional Progression

Day 192 – Long Delays are Never Clever

Day 191 – das Kind mit dem Bade ausschütten

Day 190 – Walkin’ Blues

Day 189 – Scale Yourself First

Day 188 – Greed is Good

Day 187 – Stop Seeking Recognition and Seek to Improve Instead

Day 186 – ‘Get There First’ Disease

Day 185 – The Impact of Daily Writing – Part II

Day 184 – The Impact of Daily Writing – Part 1

Day 183 – The Basics will Kill You

Day 182 – The Company Does Not Make the List

Day 181 – One Macro to Rule them All

Day 180 – Do You Have A Pledge?

Day 179 – Value Comes After Commitment

Day 178 – Where Innovation is Found

Day 177 – Art of Decision-Making

Day 176 – A Few Key Tips on Listening

Day 175 – The Best Time is Spent on the Front End

Day 174 – What Does it Really Mean to Prioritize?

Day 173 – Humility

Day 172 – The Return of “Ghosty”

Day 171 – Resilience is Earned

Day 170 – Time is Your Watering Can

Day 169 – What to Do When Failing

Day 168 – Naming the Beast – A Key Technique for Overcoming an Obstacle

Day 167 – 5 Quick Recommendations When Tired

Day 166 – Teaching Them to Reset

Day 165 – The Best Value is 4th Best

Day 164 – When I was a child I had a fever

Day 163 – Paying for Clarity: A Worthy Investment

Day 162 – Success Flows Like Water

Day 161 – Above All, Be Different

Day 160 – Hope is Not an Excuse

Day 159 – Open Your Mouth

Day 158 – The Near Death Experience

Day 157 – Revenue Solves All Problems

Day 156 – Life Design Flaw – Overengineering

Day 155 – Life Design Flaw – Hard Coding

Day 154 – Collision with Success

Day 153 – The Unexpected Feast

Day 152 – Reflection on Purpose

Day 151 – Your Umwelt, Another’s Umgebung

Day 150 – Run with Friends

Day 149 – Practical Consideration for ‘Saying Grace’

Day 148 – Stress and Inspiration are Not Friends

Day 147 – F=ma

Day 146 – CAPUCHI: Means Something to Me!

Day 145 – Change Awakens the Dormant

Day 144 – Gnome Time

Day 143 – Not Done Yet

Day 142 – Over Your Skis

Day 141 – Am I Valuable

Day 140 – Go Big

Day 139 – Mapping Life

Day 138 – Saturation Point

Day 137 – Searching for the Path

Day 136 – Every Day Counts

Day 135 – Roll Your Own

Day 134 – The Human Venture

Day 133 – In Becomes the Out

Day 132 – Your Freedom of Speech

Day 131 – Brain Fog?

Day 130 – Success is counted sweetest

Day 129 – The Hobson’s Choice

Day 128 – I belong in a Zombie Apocalypse

Day 127 – The Ascent of Alex

Day 126 – Expressing Value

Day 125 – “Let Me Talk You Through It”

Day 124 – Stay Stoked

Day 123 – Troughs Feel Bad

Day 122 – The Game is Not Fair

Day 121 – Patience and Repetition

Day 120 – From Russia with Grit

Day 119 – Inbox Anxiety

Day 118 – Use My Shirt

Day 117 – The Greatest Gift

Day 116 – Achievement Requires Sacrifice

Day 115 – Think Bigger

Day 114 – Listen

Day 113 – Power of Self-Observation

Day 112 – Setbacks = Strength

Day 111 – Please and Thank You, That’s the Secret of the Nile!

Day 110 – Whit’s fur ye’ll no go by ye

Day 109 – What is Right and What is Necessary

Day 108 – Productivity Paradox

Day 107: Mastering the Basics

Day 106 – The Illusion of Shortcuts

Day 105 – Make Mistakes by Avoiding Risk

Day 104 – Clearing the Barricade

Day 103 – To Get Answers, Ask Questions

Day 102 – Why You Should Be Reading

Day 101 – All that is gold does not glitter

Day 100 – Rotten with Perfection

Day 99 – Makar Sankranti

Day 98 – Equilibrium is Not At Rest

Day 97 – The Role of Role-Playing

Day 96 – Redefining ‘Salesy’: The Power of Genuine Intent in Sales

Day 95 – Slicing the Market: Lessons from the Value Propositions of Pizza Giants

Day 94 – The ‘Mutual Conspiracy’ of Problem-Solving: A Reflection

Day 93 – “Burn the Boats” – A Misunderstood Maxim in Business Leadership

Day 92 – The Same Sheet of Music

Day 91 – Embrace Vulnerability

Day 90 – Three is the Magic Number

Day 89 – The Inner Game

Day 88 – Simplicity is Earned

Day 87 – Establish the Minimum

Day 86 – Runs with Deer

Day 85 – Metrics Matter

Day 84 – The Law of Not Overdoing It

Day 83 – The 365 Day Challenge

2023

Day 82 – Pluck It Out

Day 81 – The Crossroads – Making Tough Decisions

Day 80 – The Game Paradigm

Day 79 – The Meeting of the Dogs

Day 78 – Holiday Wrecking Ball

Day 77 – Listen To Your Mom

Day 76 – The Finch

Day 75 – Just Leave it Alone: The Christmas Brisket

Day 74 – Stretch Your Soul

Day 73 – Personal ROI

Day 72 – Non-Productive Times

Day 71: Coulda, Woulda, Shoulda

Day 70 – Processes are Efficient, People Are Effective

Day 69 – Faith is 180 Days

Day 68 – Building Our Digital Competitors

Day 67 – Deciphering Life’s Patterns

Day 66 – Finding Time

Day 65 – Navigating the Rapids of Forced Bravery

Day 64 – Courage to Proceed

Day 63 – Risk is Messy

Day 62 – Weakness Can Become Strength

Day 61 – Changing the TimeFrame

Day 60 – Be Organic

Day 59 – The Efficiency Paradox

Day 58 – The Profound Impact of Diet on Human Performance

Day 57 – Don’t Kill the Flow with Routine

Day 56 – Clearing Out Life’s Garage, Understanding Inertia

Day 55 – Elephant in the Mind: Confronting the Unspoken Truth

Day 54 – Self-Efficacy Shapes Our Destiny

Day 53 – One Person’s Failure Is Another’s Success

Day 52 – Embracing Principles as Doctrine: The Path to an Authentic, Principle-Centered Life

Day 51 – Become a Pinball Wizard

Day 50 – Embrace the Suck: A Journey of Personal Triumph

Day 49 – Self As System

Day 48 – Performance Requires Recovery

Day 47 – Trusting Yourself

Day 46 – In Case of Emergency

Day 45 – Repetitious Decay

Day 44 – What is Your Field of Dreams?

Day 43 – Leveling Up

Day 42 – Failing Upwards

Day 41 – Chasing Rainbows

Day 40 – Process Not Tools

Day 39 – As the World Turns

Day 38 – When in Doubt, Pretend

Day 37 – Change Ripples Outward

Day 36 – I Think I Can

Day 35 – Be the Do

Day 34 – The Morning Light

Day 33 – Shooting Above the Mark

Day 32 – Conjuring the ‘They’

Day 31 – Conquering the Mind

Day 30 – Magic Number Seven

Day 29 – What ‘Never Give Up’ Means

Day 28 – That Boulder Was Once a Pebble

Day 27 – Staying Focused

Day 26 – Back to the Lab

Day 25 – Every day is Groundhog’s Day

Day 24 – The Goal is to Fail

Day 23 – Relentless Pursuit

Day 22 – The Missing Ingredient is Repetition

Day 21 – Dealing with CurveBalls

Day 20 – Compounding Defeats Immediate

Day 19 – Personal is Business Transformation

Day 18 – Establish Micro Rituals

Day 17 – Negativity is Imaginary

Day 16 – Motivation is Overrated

Day 15 – Every Habit Needs a Trigger

Day 14 – The Law of Incremental Improvement

Day 13 – Start Building Mind Calluses

Day 12 – The Struggle Is Not So Real

Day 11 – Enter the Pain Cave

Day 10 – Tell Your Primal Brain to Shut the #&@! up

Day 9 – Cultivating Growth: Lessons from Heirloom Tomatoes

Day 8 – Vision of the Future

Day 7 – The Least Actionable Task

Day 6 – Embracing Imperfection

Day 5 – Accountability

Day 4 – Ride at Dawn

Day 3 – Handling Disruption

Day 2 – Addiction: The Barrier to Life Transformation

Day 1 – Everyday is Everyday

Run to the Mailbox

Are you struggling with starting a personal transformation?

The Gap Will be Filled

Just Walk Out the Door

Comparison Game

Do Not Dismiss Mimicry

Stored Energy

On versus In

Homework

Where Wisdom is Found

The Pomodoro Technique

The Soil Must Drain

Law of Compounding Progress

Weeds of Change

Big Things First

Law of Significant Enclosure

The Breath of Life

Harboring Infection

Do Your Part

Worry is Corrosive

Self as Higher Power

Giving Control

Jesus Take the Wheel

V=P-O

Personally Verified

Muladhara

Form of Fasting

Satyagraha – Fasting with Purpose

Art of Fasting

Emotions are Adaptations

Dealing with Impatience

Impatience Kills the Moment

The Distraction Link

What Causes Impatience?

Impatience is Natural

Learning Patience

The Right Choice is Easy to Identify

Drop the Reigns

Perseverance is a Value

Family History is Important

Just Figure It Out

Complaining Does Not Grow the Hay

Make No Waves, Back No Losers

Be a Pinball – Sometimes

Prayer is Powerful

Drop the Rocks

Conflict is Good

Marriage is a Good Idea

Intent Matters

Not Met Yet

Fail to Win

You Could be Tired

Hawthorne Effect

Force Positivity

Even a Little Counts

The One Thing – First

SPAM with a Little WOOP on Top

Erase Personal Past

Self as System

Success is Accidental

I am a MarshMallow

Everyday is Everyday

Ride at Dawn

Embrace the Suck

Focus on Horizon

To the Bold, go the Spoils

Results of the 5am Commitment

Kill Powerpoint

Fly Away

Pick One Thing

Time is Required

All Commitments Start with Habit

Valuation Exercise

When All Else Fails…Be Still

Enforcing Boundaries

The Future Does Not Exist

Push for Failure

Your Whole Soul

Heap Weakness on Your Soul

Making a Commitment Real

First Things First

The Initial Plunge is Never Pretty

Play Against Tougher Opponents

Distance Increases Perspective

Stop the Distractions

Small is OK

Everyday

Memorization as Meditiation

Art of Lying to Oneself

Opportunity Abounds

Serious Commitments

A Sure Foundation

Last Note from 2022

2022

Hobby Habits

Coming Up on 4 Years

Sick Day

Shapes on the Ceiling

Right as Rain

Words to Meaning

Difficulty Exposes Character

Get One Done

Success is Really Just Good

An Undertaking

Dominoes and Walmart

Like Attracts Like

Taking Care of the Needs

The Anti-Moment Thinking

Comparison Thinking

Texas is Big

Music Unlocks the Soul

Confidence is Built

I fought the law

Sustainability

Mental Crunches

Meat Loaf

Start Over Everyday

Take for Granted Journal

Shrinkflation

Pandemic – Done

Back in Black

Expectations are Fragile

My Quantum Day

Convergence of the Brand

Remap the Brain

What Should I Work On?

Take on Some LCDs

Time Under Pressure

Peaceful, Easy, Feeling

Learning Calculus

Skull and Bones

My Euroclydon

Finding the THE

James Garfield – My Unsuspected Hero

I am 99% Done

Nacl

Queuing Strategy

Frustrated at the Inevitable

The Time We Live

Simple Usually Wins

The Great Moments

The Raven’s Curse

Be Specific

Perfectly Happy

Understanding is Solving

Self Disclosure

Value Respect

See What Happens Motive

Today I Bought a Pizza

Progress is Pain

The Moment You Jump

365 Goal Accomplished

Desert Rat Chick

What Makes Crazy

Like Breathing

Natural Talent

The Emotion of Dissapointment

Open Your Mouth

Its Ok. You can Still Buy

1939

Beware the Compounding Shortcut

Hyperbolic Discounting

Fear is the Teacher

The Moment of Peril

Mirrotivation

Prometheus

Don’t Know Until…

Red Beads

Know What to Do

The fight…the REAL fight

Mogura Taiji Queuing

I think I will Read Faulkner

I am wanpanman

Faith Principle #1 – Verb

Faith Principle #2 – Power In Truth

Faith Principle #3 – But if not

Sufficient is Today

The ART of Relaxation

A Life that Touches

The Blue Man

The Positive Lens

Was it Worth It?

Keep Your Mouth Shut

10 before 10 Rule

Split Personality

Might in Focus

Just Face Time

Simplicity is Genius

Like Clockwork

Fake it To Make it

Power of Visualization

Commit to Omit

Name the Demon

5 Minute Message

The Ought and the Should

The Seagulls

Unrelenting Bludgeoning Focus

Foiled Again

On Equity

Redundancy for Stupidity

Talent Profile

A Brain In Trouble

Growth Requires Ingredients

Purchasing Fast

View of Self

The Wise Blue Moon

Inflation on Dreams

To Follow

The Light Heart

State of Mind

Aligning Values

Listen

The Lokahi Triangle

I Will Never Paint in the Lines

Commit to Routine

Do It Heartily

Remember Your Bonds

An Abundance of…

Asking for Help

Stare Success in the Face

The Wrong Goal

I Thirst

New SuperPower

God of Minecraft

Culture is about Behavior

Yhprum’s Law

Power of Perspective

Compounding Effect of Little Things

Red Team Handbook

Focus Brings Alignment

Being Patient

Positive is Contagious

Rest Time

Hit the Up Button

Same Problems Different Decade

Reaction to Stress

Efficiency

Autonomy

Caloric Function

Feedback Loop

So Punk Rock

Plays

On Being Selfish

What You Dont Know

Something to Be Afraid Of

Don’t Be a Panda

Building Resiliance

My Personal Cast Member

Autonomy

Relics of Greatness

You Get What You Spend Time On

Halfway Between

Failure is a Pathway

Moral Sentiment

The Plunge

Mindful is Now

The Problem Today

Was this Worth It?

Tough Days

What to Be When I Grow Up

Simplicity is the Result of Genius

Honor and Love

The Pinball Motif

Truth Has a Source

Of the 4th Kind

You Are What You Repeat

Archetype

You Dont Need Much

Struggling versus The Struggle

Gift Horse

Brain Blood

An Unhappy Thought

Live and Die by Decisions

Duldrums

Reboot

The Contract

Day 1 of 18,262

Day 2 – Recipe for Failure

Day 3 – Don’t Pull Anchor

Day 4 – Imagine the Perfect Week

Day 5 – Contemplating the One Thing

Day 6 – Number of Anchors

Day 7 – Daughters

Day 8 – Future As Memory

Day 9 – The Fourth Way

Day 10 – It is Not Working

Day 11 – Contemplate and Ponder Defeat

Day 12 – Design by Committee

Day 13 – Deal with God

Day 14 – First Concert Vibe

Day 15 – On Being Random

Day 16 – Doers of the Work

Day 17 – What are You Willing to Give?

Become an Addict

An Hour

The Eye Focuses, You Follow

Reduction is Improvement

Know Much, Say Little

Choose Peace

Closet Cleaning

Lesson – Dont Ignore The Best Things

In a Box

Life’s Pinnacle

Pattern Watching

That Clean Desk Feeling

Pencil Pushing

Worn Out

Crazy is Good

Depends on What You Count

Any Direction is Good for a Blob

Does Altruism Exist

Beach Boys

Internal Obstacles

The Great Robber

Being Excited

Back to Back Weird Experiences

Just be Yourself

The Lonely Tree

Sun Up, Sun Down, Blah Blah

Not Giving Up

Tight Rope Walkers

When It Clicks

My Device is Slow

Caffeine is of the Devil

Trading Value

Fear of Failure

Everyday is Day 1

Be an instigator

Innovate or Evaporate

Trust

Learning to Learn

Unwinding

Three Rules

The Woman and the Beggar

Matcha

Improve Inefficiency

Concentrated Effort

Leaping To Top is Not Possible

Outsourcing Worries

Ride at Dawn

One Plan Myth

DayDream with Purpose

Self Cultivation

Accuracy is Better Than Power

The Best RX

Overcoming the Mind

Rest Day

Progress is Not Always Up

Who Am I?

Improvement Leaps

Driving by Motif

Giving Away Value

Always Learn

@ Many @ One

Act Like It

Respect Hospitality

Know the Plan

Being Open

Surround with Good

The Golf Course Miracle

Fostering Humility

Vision of Future

Standing Between Two Big ….

When its Wrong its Wrong

Attitude on Prayer

The Bird Takes Breaks

Write It Down

R/R Ratio

The Familiar is NOT Always Good

Eggs and Bacon

Never Leave the Primary

Go Ahead and Jump

Everyone is Flawed

Discrimination in Nature

Life Restores Slowly

Is Honesty Always Good?

You Are Not THAT Special

Try It On

Plunges

Guilty of Hand Wringing?

You Are the Calvary

Consistent Persistence

Change Yourself Not the World

Dare Greatly

Struggle is Normal

Watch the Triggers

Be Wary of Changing Circumstance

Value is Incremental

Immitted Energy

Committed

On the Shelf

Perception is Reality

Passionate About Happiness

You Have Not Lived Until…

The Dumbing of a Generation

The Hands Hobby

Good Response Can Be Bad

The One with Passion

Curiosity

Learning Old Tech

Just Jump

Corrections Cause Problems

Faith in Something

Why is it Bad?

The Power of One

The Burning Stick

Enjoyment as Value

Wired That Way

Names

The Way I Was

Calm Before the Storm

Discomfort is Learning

Alter Ego Returns

One Reality

Safe Mode

Fullest

Waiting

Not a Tree

Lesson Learned from Cooking Turkeys

Foil and Hazelnuts

Regular Intervals Improved Peformance

Nothing

Maximizing the Day

Tracking Your Behavior

Less is More

Focus to Flow

The Illusion of Safety

My First Zeppelin Song

Earned not Discovered

Toleration is Acceptance

Doubt Not

The Fateful Day

Risks are Usually Obvious

Gas Station Serenede

Jagged Little Pill

The Pie is Infinite

Forcing the Situation

Food is Powerful

Melancholy

This Morning’s Inspiration

The Human SuperPower

Confidence Crosses Many Chasms

Upgrade

Repetition is the Solution

Treating Commitments Poorly

Meeting My Feminine Side

The Hoka Revival

Something from Nothing

Free the Sax

Day Off – Yeah, Right

Buried In Paper

Fun Times

Dangerous Metrics

Forced to Swim

Removing is Improving

Signing Off

Last Note from 2022

2021

Look Great Naked

Fail Not Faint

Overcoming COVID Fatigue

Spirituality @ Work

Meaningful Contribution

The Slow and Steady Drip of Pessimism

Stop Tolerating

Mono e mono

The Best Four Letter Word

Knowledge Increases Sorrow

Language Precedes Culture

To Accept or Force

Two is Better

The Unbreakable Vow

Ambition Devours Gratitude

Anti-Patterns

Be Wary of Easy

Three Years

Elastic Force

Decision Calculus

Self as Product Motif

Metrics Reduce Repetition

The Least is the Most

Sun Up, Sun Down, Blah, Blah

On Gardening

Erase Personal Past

No Dead Cat Bounces

Breaking Bad

Guy the Banker

Fasting for Power

The Edge Dancer

The Ordered Life

Optimized Fat Metabolism

Pray Before Meals

Visualize Future Self

Mind Journeys

Dunbar’s Number

Man Training

Decision Paralysis

Work Ethic

The Tempest is Raging

Calisthenics Before the Sun

New Eating Plan

The Art of Doing What Sucks

The Pain Cave

The Bowl Lesson

Important Life Hack

Teeter Totter

Consider the Opposite

Be Wary of the Hive Mind

You Are The Source

Practice Discomfort

Good At

Step into Uncertainty

Worth Your Time

My Work is Done

Their Shoes Feel Weird

Consistency Pays Off

Risk

Ennui

The Unengaged Mind

Super Navy Seal Burpees with Jacks

When You Complain

It Was a Good Day

What is Perfection?

Hybrid

Double the Value

Beware of the Single Metric

Prune to Grow

Principle of Progression

Relax

The Kata

Perspective

Crawl to Fly

On Being Human

Price of Participation

Oikeiosis

Articulate the Want

Rhythm

Why Badges

Are you growing?

No better than Yes?

The Hat or the Towel?

Tell It to ShutUp

Excuse to Talk

See the Not

Wrestling Pigs

Professional Grade

Be the Myth

At the end of the day

The Danger of Identification

Symbolic Inducement

Unguided Meditation

Potters Clay

The CoVid Mindset

Renewal Required

Nothing is Owed

Progress is Cyclical

Weight in Stones

Keep Swingin

About Potential

Mondegreens

The Hero Journey

30 Days of Savings

Napoleon Technique

Emotional Investment

Bubble Thinking

Choose What You Control

Rub the Wrong Way

Good Ground

Fortis Fortuna Adiuvat

Rewarding Bad Behavior

Just Do What Works

Sleep as a Function

Celebrate Bad Days

Know When to Say When

Today is a Great Day

But I do not feel like it…

Two Birds

Patience is a Virtue

Pulling a Thread

The Evening Routine

The Tree that Flourishes

Boat Mind

Personality Tests

Know When to Fight

Nightly Prep

Climb a Mountain

Life is Organic

Fight On

Finding Gold

Investment

The Piano

Convert To Data

On Killing Ducks

Defending the Low Post

Conquer the World

Eat the Same Thing

Be Passionate

The 100 Day Plan

Honest Feedback

Shantih shantih shantih

Jevron’s Number

Run When You Have To

Judge Not

Summer of….

Bucket List

Determination Defeats Destiny

The Duck is Dead

I feel free

What to Fight For

Decoration Day

A Memorial Day Story

60 and 6 before 6

Graduation Day

Is Time Valuable?

You are probably neurotic

Faith is Choice

Even USB has problems

Start Small

Learning from Nascar

Lorem Ipsum

Open to New

The House Edge

The Mother of All Charities

Remember the Cold?

There is Still Hope

100 Years of Uncertainty

The Return

Vitamin D3

Day 1247 – Last of Book

Shortcuts are More Fun

The Generational Influence

Look No Further

The Sparrow

Going to the Basement – Day 0

The Basement – Day 1

The Basement – Day 2

The Basement – Day 3

The Basement – Day 4

Sawmill Pass – The Aftermath

100 Miler or Bust

Simple Plan Executed Well

Develop Forward Hindsight

Cars and Careers

The Bad Rap of a Sloth

Trump Flags, Vodka, and Gangsta Rap

All You Need is 10 to 20

The CrossRoads

Turn the Tide on Negativity

Results are Results

Overcome Fear with RIPs

The Filter Bubble

Space Flight

Run Off the Pandemic

Sometimes it is Just Simple

Face to Face

Equalizers

What do People Want?

Oaths

Ego eimi

Time Expectation

Be Epic

Just Start

Running in Mining Towns

Endeering Encounter

Scene from Avatar

Pay for What You Value

Wind River Range

WindRiver Day One

WindRiver Day Two

Wind River Day Three

Wind River Day Four

Wind River Day Five

Wind River Day Six

There and Back Again

The Journey into the WindRiver Range

Using the Bully Pulpit

Handling Criticism

The Big Rocks Thing

The Multiplier

The Time Miser

The Honor Code

Influencer Status

The Long and Lonely Road

Eat Run

You Take Absolutely Nothing

The Goal is to Fail

What to Worry About

Where Power Lies

Time to Get Serious

No Pat on the Back

Send a Letter

28 Knock Out

Blind Spots are Blind

The Right Amount of Crazy

Sacrifice Precedes Benefit

Diffusion

Shutup and Call It Meditation

Disclosure is OK

The Unobtainable

Head Down

Are You Experienced?

The Holy Place

Plateau Jumping

Lengthened Perspective

Intelligence is Deliberate

Ladder Climbing

Make Your Own Ladder

Perfect is Actually Progress

The Acceptance Requirement

Everyday

My First Pheasant Hunt

Letter Writing

Talk it Out

Trouble with Trouble

Taking Out a Trouble Loan

431256

The Greatest Weapon

Do Not Interrupt

Keeping Promises

Loyalty

Be Ye Therefore Prepared

Contention Avoidance

Going to Church?

Error Free or Fast?

See Beyond Your Field

200 Days to Go

Next Not Best

Say It, It Is

Ride the Moon

One Sentence

Tried Hard to Live His Way

Fighting Fatigue

Good Change

Discouragement is Good

Emotional Balance

Improve U to Change U

Weekly View

When in Doubt – Hydrate

Soul Searching

Story Telling

Inflation

Perfect 10

Hold then Cloud

Invest in Self

Have What You Want

Bold Only Bold

Avoidance Coping

Substitution Pattern

The Moment of Defeat

When in Doubt, Pretend

Be Still

Alien in the Garden

Be Careful What You Choose

Full Moon in October

My Talisman Broke

Choose the Focus

Followers Don’t Follow

Enduring Hardship

Into the Thick of It

The Cost of Doing Good

Worrying Does Nothing

Embrace or Love?

You Need a Code

Your Response

The Greatest Currency

Make a List

Cicada

Going to the Pain Cave (again)

Happiest Place on Earth

How to Get Good

FODMAPs

Self Fulfillment Prophecy

Momentum Solves

That One Guitar

The Long Way

Desire to Be First

Delicate Art of Telling Yourself to Wait

Say Something or Be Nothing

Be Controvesial

Mediwriting

You See What You Aim At

You can’t outpace conflict

The New Car Morning

Zsa Zsa and the Nine

Reduce Ions

The Preparation

The If Only Curse

Going Through Hell

4 Days – No Phone

The Big Cheat Day

Endure the Inevitable

Science Fair

Walkin’ Blues

The Root of Personal Power

OliveWood

Cold Cranking Amps

Smile and Let Go

Write Goals Everyday

You Are Your Best Moves

The 6th Looms

The Critical Path

Bravery is Not Measured

The Spirit of Elijah

6th Grade Science Project

Possess Your Soul

To Just Believe

Sonata Pathétique

The W’s of Disappointment

The Piano Player

Blackout @ 4am

The Search for Meaning

The Big Kid in the Sandbox

Piano is Finally Done

Competance @ 90

Pick Up, Go Again

People Power

Two Rabbits

The Art of Nothing

Hard Rain

Saturnalia

Bull of Heaven

To Actually Transform

Wonderful Life

2020

The Main Ingredient

Existence Precedes Essence

A Man Who Honored Humanity

Be a Badass

Ah-ah, ah!

Let the boys in the basement do the work

Ex Nihilo Nihil Fit

The Law of Sacrifice

Add Humility to Your List

Personal Risk

The Pause Button

Do Something Not Anything

The 365 Commitment

Emotion Monitoring

Some is always better than none

Acquisition is always the Toughest

You always have a choice

Heart and Soul

Reduction

The Agony of Just Do it Anyway

The power of 3s

Invest Energy

How to Focus

The Weekly Review

Form Comes Eventually

Do Something Radical and Unexpected

My Dive into an Ant Hill

The best indicator of health

Constitution

Arrows in the Quiver

The Short Timer Perspective

A Help Meet

The 3X Solution

Transform the Transformed

Make the Choice

The Journey Visualization

My Little Experiment with HIIT

Mindful Eating?

The Cow and the Ox

Might the Noun not the Verb

The Life of Jonathan David Graves

Crazy or Driven? The line is not clear

Select Yourself

Out not In – The plight of the Empath

Boundaries are Good

Suffering is Required

Cupid and Psyche

The Blackhawk War

Separation from God

Objects of Symbolism

A Good View

Prochnow

Be the Miracle

You are what you think

The first thing

Get Started on a Thursday

You Are a Habit Machine

Find Something Hard

The Irony of the Idealist

It’s what is on the inside that counts

Getting the Most Out of the Day

Just Quit Whining and Do it Anyway

Sick

Counting Sheep

Keep it Going

Even Time Is Not Perfect

Commitments are not Trivial

You are a Dopamine Addict (probably)

Be a Cockroach!?

Rejuvenate, nah, transcend!

Symbolic Action

Blog 255 – Something to Say

The Best

Blog 256 – Don’t Worry – Just Be – Then Move Forward

Self Determination Theory

Blog 257 – It’s Your Fault – That’s the Answer

Resurgence

Blog 258 – Bicycles and Babies

Zhilaohu

The Zombie Apocalypse

Time Travel

Day 1 of the National Quarantine

What is the Most Important Thing?

Level of Urgency

I Think I’m Going To Like Today

You Could Just Run

What Will We Discover

Tomorrow versus Now Mentality

Self Imposed Boot Camp

Impermanence of All Things

The Fishing Trip that Created Me

Talking is Good

Buckle Down

The Long Term Fast

My Self Proclaimed Holy Week

Day 1 Result – Gratitude

Day 2 Result – Self Authoring

Day 3 – The Swan Song of the Primal Mind

The Perfect Eating Day

The Tale of Pony Tail Girl

The Scrappy Chihuahua

Palm Sunday

The Story of Ramona, a Spanish Flu Victim in 1919

A Child’s Prayer

Green Beans for Breakfast

Free Form Writing Therapy

Prayed a Little More Earnestly

Time for a Refresh

Our Ephemeral State

Personal Philosophy

Sugar is Bad

Sometimes You Crash

I Can Blame China Now

The Clydesdale Story

Drop the Rocks

Accumulating Shortcuts

The Old Fisherman

Primal Puppy

Cardigan Sweater

Embrace Conflict

Pruning Bonsai

No Runway

Pick Your Battles

Grow Yourself

Centurion Compact

Koala Bears

Savory Dishes

Hydrated State

Stay Curious

20 Minute Timer

Positive Constructive Daydreaming

Success by Accident

Becoming Disciplined

Trim the Top

Hollaback Girl

Stripe

The Gopher’s Fate

Rhythm of War

Don’t Be a Rock

Friction is Not Bad

Form Precedes Function

Buy When Selling

The 3rd Mind

Singularity of Purpose

Infinite Intelligence

Good Days

Create Emotions

Zuni Fetishes

Skipping Rocks

Path Thinking

Bear Lake Monster

Be Like Water

Cow Run

The Key Ingredient

Three is the Number

Just Run

No fear, No envy, No meanness

The Canary Approach

Fear is the Problem

Pruning Promotes Growth

In League with Stone

Feet are My Carriage

Changing Ecliptic

The Fairness Hurdle

Idea not the Work

Be Like Wile

Be an Extremist

War Footing

Adaptabilty

Demons are Pipsqueaks

Hypermodernism

100 Day Challenge

The Challenge Begins!

The Universe Knows – Day 1

Pick a Fight

Punch in the Face – Day 3

Put in The Time

Move with Purpose

Amor Fati

Intuition is Built

Zuiderzee

The Raven

Kanban @ Big 5

Feedback Loop

Maniacal Focus

Eat Your Need

Practice Breathing

Stay Consistent

Change Views

Big Days

Guilty By Date

Moment of Hope

On Elves

Finding Peace?

Metaphor

Bergtagna

Gritty

Fuel the Tank

Direct Approach

Bending Spoons

Memento Mori

Aequanimitas

Excellence is Habit

Categorical Imperative

Hurdles

Brain Pathways

Water for Chocolate

Time is Precious

Preparing Meals

Your Obituary

New Computer

Death to Vampires

Wait a Year

Contol

Wrap Up Time

Mea Culpa

Must Stay Hydrated

Too Young

Summer of Pre

Not the Event

Seek Habit First

What is Wisdom?

Perceived Value

Catawampus

Enola Gay

Anything is Everything

The Real Battle

The Swallows

Absorb Uncertainty

The Only Decision

Free Day

Smooth Paths

Be Unpredictable

One Hundred Sixty Eight

All Roads are One

Self Improvement Bank

The Garden Grows

Define Hard Work

I am a will be.

Force the Present

God or Fate, Whatever

Both Right and Wrong

Faith in God

Eyes on the Distant Object

The Straw Man

Passionate Parrots

In Irons

But if not

Get Busy Living

Turn the Cheek

Conflict = Good

Easier to Shout Stop!

I am Dangerous

Finding Nemo

Learn this Spirit

Mood Follows Action

Future As Memory

Anger is Toxic

Overloaded GI

Heroes do not seek Heroism

Shall I always be chosen?

The Maid of Orleans

You Can Change

Knight of the Seven

Learning Program

Weekly Not Daily

When To Think

Do Well With Your Time

The Good Steal

The World of Myr

Hell is Coming to Breakfast

Let it Grow

Uncle Ben

Day 1000

Feelings are Lame

Chicken

Overwhelming Accumulation

The Widows Mite

Reach for Failure

Right Thing

seek tranquility, do less

Put in More

Increase Exposure

Dross to Consume

Virtue is Value

The Stockdale Paradox

Self Sabotage

Where did that come from?

Are You Mad?

Annoying Squeak

It is About Consumption

Road to Damascus

Good Mooring

No, No, No

Ask for Help

Challenging the Norns

Savoir Faire eez Everywhere

Process of Improving

Pelican of the Wilderness

Primary Neurosis

Do Not Wage War Against Ugly

Running Efficiency

To Ask is Dangerous

Become Superhuman

Power of No

Olea Europaea

See It All

Two Masters

Before the Sun

The Power of Pause

Know Thyself

Complete the Race and Don’t Chicken Out

First Things First

Take a Moment

Finding Motivation

Man in the Mirror

Hold the Feet

Mile Stone

Coordination of Effort

Control the Inputs

Humour

The Purpose

What is Good?

Power Builds

Start Small

Tribute to Angelina

Create Your Story

Now is Better than Planning

Tribute to Eli

The Annual Recap

Am I Wrong?

Back from the Basement

Wu Wei

Who are you?

Break the Mold

Everyday is Not True

Zero Willpower

Kick Your Own Butt

Eat a Raisin

Replace Doomscrolling

Killer of Great

Sometimes a Shovel

Pick and Stick

51% Intent

Bet the Cards in Hand

To Jump or Dance?

The 6th of December

Goals are Important

Embrace the Suck

The End Game

Trivial Kills

Political Animals

The Growth Mindset

Half a Map

For What Purpose?

Day as Portfolio

The Slow Roll

Cold Dead Fingers

Swords to Ploughshares

High Five

The Fat Soul

Christmas Star

Guns Blazing

Leave It Alone

Accept Reproof

2019

Day 360 – The End or The Beginning?

Day 361 – Vision

Day 362 – Organic Growth

Day 363 – Mountain Run

Day 364 – Race Day

Day 365 – Mission Accomplished!

Day 1- Ask the Question

A New Day

Day 2 – Where the Body Goes . . .

A Case for Consistency

Day 3 – A Surprising Habit That Combats Stress

Significance is Struggle

Day – 4 Go Slow to Go Fast

Ride at Dawn Redux

Day 5- Success is Doing Your Best – John Wooden

Purposeful Alignment

8 Mile

Day 6 – Break on Through

The Power of Increments

Day 7 – You Have More Grit Than You Know

Day 8 – Publicly Commit

140 Days / 20 Weeks Left

Day 9 – Scrooge Bailey

139 Days Left

138 Days Left

Day 10 – Goals Define Your Reality

Form Precedes Function – 137 Days to Go To Marathon

Day 11 – Small Bites and Building Resolve

136 Days To Go – Willpower is not your friend

Day -12 Listen

Let Others Know – 135 Days Left

Day 13 – Your Own Boot Camp

A Word on Triggers – 134 Days Left

Day 14 – Commitment, Why?

Having a Dream – 133 Days Left

Day 15 – Today Was a Good Day

Create Your Own Mantras – 132 Days Left

Day 16 – Agony Quest

Building Mind Calluses – 131 Days Left

Day 17 – Be Better to Do Better

Understanding Your Capacity – 130 Days Left

Day 18 – Harsh, But True

Future Authoring – 129 Days Left

Day 19 – The 11th Commandment

The Best Way is Through – 128 Days Left

Day – 20 Relationship Focus

How Many Licks? – 127 Days Left

Day 21 – Tidying Up

The Great Big Hill of Hope – 126 Days Left

Day 22 – Emotional Rescue

Self Disclosure – 125 Days Left

Day – 23 Growing Myself Up

Someone to Love – 124 Left

Day – 24 Pragmatic Meditation

Bad Days – 123 Days Left

Day 25 – Imagined Regrets

Guns and Bullets – 122 Days Left

Day 26 – Moving Past 40%

Play List – 121 Days Left

Day 27 – Easy Peasy

Make Today Great – 120 Days Left

Day 28 – Treading Water Beats Drowning

The Delicate Art of Live Frog Eating – 119 Days Left

Day 29 – Keep Your Eye on the Prize

The Long Haul – 118 Days Left

Day 30 – Manage Your Stories

Sweat the Big – 117 Days Left

Day 31 – Working Smart, Not Just Hard

True Power – 116 Days Left

Day 32 – Feeling a New Normal

Avoiding Resistance is Futile! – 115 Days Left

Day 33 – So It Shall Be Written; So it shall be done

The Long Run – 114 Days Left

Day 34 – Don’t Worry, Be Happy

Measuring Success – 113 Days Left

Day 35 – A Projection and Reflection of You

Back to the Future – 112 Days Left

Day 36 – Get Out There, Or In There

Myth of the Moment – 111 Days Left

Day 37 – Inspired Collaboration and Serendipity

Day 38 – Glaciers Transform the Landscape

Love – 109 Days Left

Day 39 – Tell Yourself – Run! Commit

Worthiness – 108 Days Left

Day 41 – Fancy That

Commitment Defined – 107 Days Left

Day 42 – A Good Day with Balance

Staying Motivated – 106 Days Left

Investing Time – 105 Days Left

Day 43 – Tune In – Early Morning Revelations

The Great Placebo – 104 Days Left

Day 44 – Read

Repeat – 103 Days Left

Day 45 – The Molten Core

Seek Advice – 102 Days Left

Day 46 – Patience

When you do not want to – 101 Days left

Day 47 – Realize Your Potential

For a Cause – 100 Days Left

Day 48 – Something to Consider

Finishing a Commitment – 99 Days Left

Day 49 – Focus and Forge Your Discipline

Be Your Own 365 Hero! – 98 Days Left

Day 50 – Be Kind to Tomorrow You

Skating Away – 97 Days Left

Day 51- Your Body Says It

Overcoming Mind – 96 Days Left

Day 52 – Dulce Suenos

Do Not Build on Sand – 95 Days Left

Deliberate Focus – 94 Days Left

Day 54 – Changes Wrought by Momentum of Habit

Implementation Intention – 93 Days Left

Day 55 – Incoming Revelation?

Day of Rest – 92 Days Left

Day 56 – Knowing is Not Enough

How will you know? – 91 Days Left

Day 57 – Habits of Mind

Be Bold – 90 Days Left

Day 58 – Yep, We Deserve it Alright

The Familiar Self – 89 Days Left

Day 59 – Foundations of Choice

Cycles and Tides – 88 Days Left

Day 60 – Proper Being Requires Development of Formidable Skills

Choices – 87 Days Left

Day 61- Jack and the Beanstalk

Finding the Time – 86 Days Left

Day 62 – Beanstalk Part II

Donkey in a Ditch – 85 Days Left

Day 63 – A Good Vantage Point

Everyday Awesome – 84 Days Left

Day 64 – Looming Complexity Solved

Before the Day is Done – 83 Days Left

Day 65 – The Greatest Outcome

Passion Play – 82 Days Left

Day 66 – Find a Spark, Add Fuel, Catch Fire

Get Out of Jail Free Card – 81 Days Left

Day 67 – Seek this Simultaneous and Diametrical Experience

Mana – 80 Days Left

Fail to Succeed – 79 Days Left

Day – 68 Calling Dr. Rock Star

The Admirals Speech

Quality over Quantity Debate – 78 Days Left

Day 69 – Rapid Improvement? No. Incremental Improvement? Yep!

Day 70 – Carpe Diem

Steady Boats, Hard Work and Bull Markets – 77 Days Left

Day 71 – Focus

Automation – 76 Days Left

Day 72 – This is Big, Don’t Miss It

Sick Days? – 75 Days Left

The Path of Resistance – 74 Days Left

Day 73 – Courage ?

Day 74 – Driven by Life-force, and Gratitude

Is Serial Better? – 73 Days Left

Day 75 – Language Games and Gestures

Resurgence – 72 Days Left

Day 76 – See Challengers not Persecutors

Defining the Path – 71 Days Left

Day 77 – Be Outcome Focused

Back to Eating Live Frogs – 70 Days Left

Day 78 – The Problem With Problems

The Power of the Moment – 69 Days Left

Day 79 – Just Knock, The Door Will Open

The Marvelous Increment – 68 Days Left

Day 80 – Managing Our Patch of Now

Pattern Recognition – 67 Days Left

Blog 81 – The 3 Day Fast

7 Habits? – 66 Days Left

Blog 82 – Fasting and Working Out

Trial Runs – 65 Days Left

Blog 83 – Get on Your Horse

We Get What We Sow – 64 Days Left

Blog 84 – You’re Finished!

Imagine the Finish but Do Not Think about the Finish – 63 Days Left

Blog 85 – Just Do Now – You Got This!

The Bene Gesserits – by Jonathan Leavitt

Maturity Defined – 62 Days Left

Day 86 – Reasons to Question “Embracing the Suck”

Stretching – 61 Days Left

Blog 87 – Take the 365 Pill, Plant the 365 Magic Beans

Even Big Waves Crash – 60 Days Left

Fix What is Bothering You – 59 Days Left

Blog 88 – Making Meaning

Blog 89 – Morning Launch

Good for the Soul – 58 Days Left

The Great Wrestle – 57 Days Left

Blog 90 – Sharing Dr. Berg

The Cookie Monster Trial – 56 Days Left

Blog 91 – Keep Your Powder Dry

Small is Great – 55 Days Left

Blog 92 – Cruel to Be Kind

The Way is Through – 54 Days Left

Blog 93 – Wisdom and Inspiration

Milestone Reached! – 53 Days Left

Blog 94 – Your Turn My Turn

At the Moment – 52 Days Left

Blog 95- Your Turn My Turn – The Rest of The Story

Do Not Forget Yourself – 51 Days Left

Blog 96 – Helping Ourselves

High Hills, Low Valleys – 50 Days Left

Blog 97 – Some Goals and Strategy

Day 98 – Avoid Failure not Pain

Finding Time – 49 Days Left

Day 99 – Truth and The Fabric of Reality

Anticipation is the Enemy of Now – 48 Days Left

Blog 100 – The Better Box

Grit – 47 Days Left

No Think, Do – 46 Days Left

Blog 101- Channeling Bob Ross and Mr. Rogers

Rotten with Perfection – 45 Days Left

Blog 102- Tenacity

You Build You – 44 Days Left

103 – Take it With You

Blog 104 – That Same Old Jam

Rise – 43 Days Left

Blog 105 – Trust Yourself, Plan and Engage

Reps are Required – 42 Days Left

The Truthful You – 41 Days Left

Blog 106 – How Best to Live?

Puke at Practice – 40 Days Left

Blog 107 – Good Pain vs Bad Pain?

Birth of My AlterEgo – 39 Days Left

Blog 108 – Fasting to Launch Into Keto Diet

109 – Elasticity of Human Performance

Tyler’s Revenge – 38 Days Left

Blog 110 – Sometimes Smaller Increments

Take the Gun, Leave the Cannoli – 37 Days Left

Be a Mermaid – 36 Days Left

111 – The Victor

112 – Feelings, Nothing More Than Feelings

Fire – 35 Days Left

Blog 112 -Tracking Increments

Know the Target – 34 Days Left

Blog 113 – The Small is Big

Talk to People – 33 Days Left

Blog 114 – 365 for Organizations

Better People – 32 Days Left

Cut it Out – 31 Days Left

Blog 115 – Getting a Handle

Blog 116 – Resolute

Breaking Bad – 30 Days Left

Blog – 117 Suck Embraced, Onward

The Weekly Thing – 29 Days Left

Blog 118 – Theodore, Hero and Life Coach

Live for Tomorrow Like there is no Tomorrow – 28 Days Left

Blog 119 – Foot Placement is Key – Where are Your Feet?

Gratitude – 27 Days Left

Blog 120 – Use Duct Tape if Necessary

People – 26 Days Left

Blog 121 – Results Earned

Like vs. Will – 25 Days Left

Blog 122 – In Bloom

The Difference is Small – 24 Days Left

Blog 123 – We Know What Works – Work It

To Do Everyday – 23 Days Left

Blog 124 – What Can Be Changed?

That Mom Voice – 22 Days Left

Blog 125 – Buoyancy and Momentum!

Going Full Monk – 21 Days Left

Blog 126 – Get Some Wax

Vespers – 20 Days Left

Blog 127 – The “Get To” Way

Purposeful Day – 19 Days Left

Be the Observer – 18 Days Left

Blog 128 – Rainy Day

Blog 129 – Canned Peas and Frogs, Yummy!

Dancing with Deer – 17 Days Left

Blog 130 – William Was Right

The Consistent Rhythm of Everyday – 16 Days Left

Blog 131 – Saddle Up Rosinante!

You Can Choose – 15 Days Left

BLOG 132 – G.R.O.W. Part 1

The Zero Milestone – 14 Days Left

Consider, Measure, Record – Accomplished! – 13 Days Left

Blog 133 – G.R.O.W. Part 2

Blog 134 – G.R.O.W. Part 3

Learning from Ants – 12 Days Left

Blog 135 – G.R.O.W. Part 4

Like You Breathe – 11 Days Left

Blog 135 G.R.O.W. Finale

The Lower Limit of Lazy – 10 Days Left

Fail to Form – 8 Days Left

The Art of Recovery – 7 Days Left

BLOG 136 – Not Urgent Becomes Urgent

Blog 137 Daily Re-Commitment

Momentum Compounds – 6 Days Left

Blog 138 – If Creative and Competent, Then Constrained and Disciplined

Construct Reality – 5 Days Left

Blog 139 – Working Rewards

The Delicate Art of Edge Dancing – 4 Days Left

Blog 140 – Becoming a Benevolent King

The Peril of Day 1 Thinking – 3 Days Left

Blog 141 – Confession Time

Shinrin-yoku – 2 Days Left

Remember to Have Fun – 1 Day Left

Blog 142 – Keep It Simple

Blog 143 – Race Day

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Blog 144 – Making Meaning and The Big Kahuna

It is On Now!

Blog 145 – How Will Yo Respond?

The Hard Part

Blog 146 – Stop Doing

The Subsystem View

Blog 147 – More of What Works

Quality of the Source

Blog 148 – You Know What To Do

The Unseen Progress

Blog 149 – Hyperproductivity Escape Velocity

The OKR Process

The Sprint Cycle Begins

Blog 150 – Marshal Your Consciousness and Spirit to Create The Best Tomorrow

Blog 151 – Manifesting Friendship, Generosity, and Next Level Benevolence

Day 1 of 84

Blog 152 – A Good Habit is a Worthy Goal

Day 2 of 84 – Young and Reckless

Day 3 of 84 – Variety?

Blog 153 – Let It Go, Temper Enthusiasm With Discernment

Blog 154 – Language and Atmosphere

Day 4 of 84 – Not Done

Blog 155 – Innovation and Focus – Life or Death

Day 5 of 84 – Defend with Ferocity

Day 6 of 84 – Write it Down

Blog 156 – Keep On Keepin’ On

Blog 157 – Hey, Can You Lighten Up a Little?

Day 7 of 84 – Block Time and Say No

Blog 158 – Live and Let Die – Ideas

Day 8 of 84 – The Good Fight

Blog 159 – Conform to Reality

Day 9 of 84 – You are on the path when…

Blog 160 – Renew Your Mind

Day 10 of 84 – Stay in the Now

Day 11 of 84 – The Tipping Point

Blog 161- Early is Better -and- Blast Past Sticking Points

Day 12 of 84 – What is Try?

Blog 162 – Running Lessons

Day 13 of 84 – Being Deliberate

Day 14 of 84 – The Depleted will Fill

Blog 163 – What I Know About Lifting Weights

Blog 164 – Self-Discipline – More Than a Habit

Day 15 of 84 – Facing Demons

Blog 165 – Believe in Yourself – Get Up to Bat!

Day 16 of 84 – Think Small for Change

Day 17 of 84 – Drop the Rocks

Blog 166 – writing about what’s worthwhile

Blog 167 – Twenty Five or Six to Four

Day 18 of 84 – Finding a Rhythm

Day 19 of 84 – Just How Important is It?

Blog 168 – Diagnose and Learn Before Re-Launch

Blog 169 – Intrinsic Motivation?

Day 20 of 84 – It is about time

Blog 170 – Get Clear and Precise Each Day

Day 21 of 84 – Coping with Failure

Blog 171 – No Plateaus, Pulling in The Slack

Day 22 of 84 – Low is High

Blog 172 – Managing Media for Good

Day 23 of 84 – The ReBirthDay

Blog 173 – Ride the Moment of Will

Day 24 of 84 – Your Constitution

Day 25 of 84 – Time, Continuance, Change

Blog 174- Play

Day 26 of 84 – Freedom!

Blog 175 – Mental Hacks That Work

Day 27 of 84 – The Great Work

Blog 176 – Make it Happen

Day 28 of 84 – Addiction Versus Lifestyle

2018

Day 1 – Welcome

Day 2 – Group Email Inspiration and Test

Day 3 – Magnification

Day 4 – Staying the Course!

Day 5 – Be the Instrument

Day 6 – Staying Calm

Day 7 – Relax and be OK with it

Day 8 – Doing the Laundry

Day 9 – The Power of Choice

Day 10 – What is in the list?

Day 11 – When focus is needed

Day 12 – The importance of “closing” the day

Day 13 – Write it down and it happens

Day 14 – The Greatest Reward

Day 15 – The Power of a Positive No

Day 16 – Channeling your Inner Hadlock

Day 17 – Fight or Flight?

Day 18 – Seeking Clarity

Day 19 – Serving Others

Day 20 – The Commitment is Growing!

Day 21 – Getting Things Done

Day 22 – Easy as 1,2,3

Day 23 – Time to G.R.O.W.

Day 24 – Do not forget the most important question!

Day 25 – Meet the Person that Will Change Your Life

Day 26 – Ask for Forgiveness!

Day 27 – Slay a Dragon

Day 28 – Time

Day 29 – Seek Meaning

Day 30 – Progress?

Day 31 – Know Yourself

Day 32 – What do you really want?

Day 33 – Balance

Day 34 – Be Open

Day 35 – If it is bugging you…

Day 36 – Who Are You?

Day 37 – Serve

Day 38 – What is faith anyway?

Day 39 – Don’t make it complicated!

Day 40 – Important Days

Day 41 – Take Responsibility

Day 42 – What to do when you are not required to do anything!

Day 43 – Lent

Day 44 – Improvements

Day 45 – Family

Day 46 – Priority

Day 47 – Tough Days

Day 48 – Remembering the List

Day 49 – Day of Rest

Day 50 – Forming Habits

Day 51 – Eat a Live Frog

Day 52 – The Dash

Day 53 – Ride at Dawn

Day 54 – Vocare

Day 55 – The winds will come

Day 56 – Embrace the Suck

Day 57 – Slay the Dragon

Day 58 – Chevron

Day 59 – The Mirror

Day 60 – 365 Works!

Day 61 – Cultivate Friendships

Day 62 – Tale of Two Cities and Two Voices

Day 63 – 5am

Day 64 – WOOP Thinking

Day 65 – Let People Know

Day 66 – Become an Edge Dancer

Day 67 – Like Yourself

Day 68 – Eat S.P.A.M.

Day 69 – Be Bigger Than Your Problems

Day 70 – Transformation

Day 71 – Learn to Fly

Day 72 – Be Humble

Day 73 – Mind Calluses

Day 74 – Prayer

Day 75 – Bad Mood Days

Day 76 – Today was the day that I…..

Day 77 – Disrupt Yourself

Day 78 – Risk Therapy

Day 79 – Think you are

Day 80 – Taking the List Seriously

Day 81 – Would you do it?

Day 82 – Spend that extra 5 minutes

Day 83 – Do the simple well

Day 84 – Push On

Day 85 – Your One Moment

Day 86 – Therapy

Day 87 – Consider the Impact

Day 88 – See the Day

Day 89 – More on Dragons

Day 90 – Thunder before the Lightning

Day 91 – Set Your Mind

Day 92 – Small and Simple Things

Day 93 – White Bears

Day 94 – Anxiety

Day 95 – Inspiration’s Source

Day 96 – Risk Avoidance

Day 97 – Taking Stock

Day 98 – Obstacles

Day 99 – Listen More

Day 100 – Integrity

Day 101 – Ten Good Decisions

Day 102 – Automating My Life

Day 103 – Two Minds

Day 104 – Courage!

Day 105 – Your Words

Day 106 – Serving Others

Day 107 – Measuring Life

Day 108 – Story Telling

Day 109 – Billy the BullFrog

Day 110 – The mind

Day 111 – Be The

Day 112 – Let Yourself Think

Day 113 – Reality

Day 114 – True Ambition

Day 115 – Focus is Earned

Day 116 – What do you really want?

Day 117 – In 365 Days from now I will…

Day 118 – The Road Least Travelled

Day 119 – A Beautiful Game

Day 120 – Actually Commit

Day 121 – The ingredients of progress

Day 122 – Facing Discouragement

Day 123 – Sprints

Day 124 – Personal Backlog

Day 125 – Control?

Day 126 – Change

Day 127 – Money Getting

Day 128 – Allergy to Uncertainty

Day 129 – Raise the Blah

Day 130 – Don’t be Meh

Day 131 – Meet 1 New

Day 132 – What do you believe?

Day 133 – Gather Mana

Day 134 – Seek to Learn

Day 135 – Move Mountains

Day 136 – Everyday, Everything is False Again

Day 137 – Next 90

Day 138 – Tortoise v. Hare

Day 139 – Pluck it Out

Day 140 – The New Habit

Day 141 – Great and Wonderful

Day 142 – Fight in the Dog

Day 143 – Do it anyway

Day 144 – Listen More

Day 145 – Symbolic Action

Day 146 – Music

Day 147 – Raising the Minimum

Day 148 – Purpose Driven

Day 149 – Never Give Up

Day 150 – Source of Inspiration

Day 151 – Cry Wolf

Day 152 – Detecting Lies

Day 153 – Resistance = Strength

Day 154 – Our greatest weakness

Day 155 – Even on Vacation

Day 156 – Against the Wind

Day 157 – Do what you like?

Day 158 – What is really valuable

Day 159 – Codifying Principles

Day 160 – Feel the Pain

Day 161 – Time to Eat OKRA

Day 162 – Audacious Goals

Day 163 – The value of perspective

Day 164 – Execution is Everything

Day 165 – Value of Plus One

Day 166 – Do Not Stop for Golden Apples

Day 167 – Consistency is a Resevoir

Day 168 – My life, My dishwasher

Day 169 – Your Brain

Day 170 – Changing Prayer

Day 171 – Boldness

Day 172 – Spending Time on Goals

Day 173 – Scoring Your Progress – Weekly

Day 174 – No Internet, No Problem

Day 175 – Meditation

Day 176 – You Dont Need to Win All At Once

Day 177 – Today

Day 178 – Fire Yourself?

Day 179 – Measuring Success?

Day 180 – Brainstorming What Matters

Day 181 – Habits are Boring

Day 182 – Half Way

Day 183 – Groundhog Day

Day 184 – Tough Decisions

Day 185 – Form before Function

Day 186 – Outward and Onward

Day 187 – Working out the Kinks

Day 188 – Accountability

Day 189 – Transparency as a Virtue

Day 190 – The Accumulation of Excuses

Day 191 – The Basics are the Shortcut

Day 192 – The Battle Rages

Day 193 – Ambiguity is Ok

Day 194 – Consistency is the Aim

Day 195 – The mental leap of good enough

Day 196 – Outcomes of Habits

Day 197 – Jekyl and Hyde

Day 198 – Dog Fight

Day 199 – You Decide

Day 200 – Wow!

Day 201 – Embrace the Suck Redux

Day 202 – Fallback to Awesome

Day 203 – Rest On Purpose

Day 204 – Try Something New

Day 205 – The Romance Becomes Reality

Day 206 – No Dragging Allowed

Day 207 – No Choice

Day 208 – A commitment is not optional

Day 209 – Know What You are Working On

Day 210 – Put Fear In Its Place

Day 211 – Getting Serious about KRs

Day 212 – Stop Responding to the Urgent

Day 213 – Distant Horizon

Day 214 – Involve Others

Day 215 – Real Progress

Day 216 – Morning

Day 217 – GridIron

Day 218 – Staying Focused

Day 219 – Small Improvements

Day 220 – How do you become more creative?

Day 221 – Is quality really better then quantity?

Day 222 – Remembering Who is Important

Day 223 – Just Start

Day 224 – Coordination of Effort

Day 225 – Mental Stability

Day 226 – Good Days

Day 227 – Blank

Day 228 – Encouragement

Day 229 – Fall Back

Day 230 – Bounce Back

Day 231 – Resillance is Earned

Day 232 – Seeking Inspiration

Day 233 – Consider, Measure, Record

Day 234 – Truth is Simple

Day 235 – The One Thing

Day 236 – I bet you are awesome

Day 237 – Learn

Day 238 – Is the Familiar Good?

Day 239 – Live in the Moment

Day 240 – Hardwired

Day 241 – It adds up

Day 242 – Good Focus is Balance

Day 243 – The Body is the Mind

Day 244 – 99% of Success

Day 245 – No Apologies

Day 246 – Visualizing the Future

Day 247 – When Your Mind Says Quit

Day 248 – Automatic vs. Deliberate

Day 249 – The Future is the Present

Day 250 – Milestone Reached

Day 251 – Delete Everything

Day 252 – Time

Day 253 – Learn Something

Day 254 – Hope

Day 255 – Runner Friends

Day 256 – Mental Toughness

Day 257 – Push Not Pull

Day 258 – Out of Body

Day 259 – Setting the Date

Day 260 – Powerful Force of Nature

Day 261 – The Day After

Day 262 – Awesome Before 10

Day 263 – Today is Special

Day 264 – Another Day, Another Dragon

Day 265 – 100 Days Left

Day 266 – Ikigai

Day 267 – Do It (anyway)

Day 268 – Reasons vs. Excuses

Day 269 – The Law of Accumulation

Day 270 – Getting Real

Day 271 – What to do When Overwhelmed

Day 272 – Strength is Long Term

Day 273 – Strength is Vision

Day 274 – Constant Strain – Advice on Defeating the Little Monster

Day 275 – The NOT

Day 276 – Agrarian Habits

Day 277 – Crests and Troughs

Day 278 – Run

Day 279 – Conscious Participation

Day 280 – The Mythical One Day Lie

Day 281 – Outcome equals Master

Day 282 – Focus on Others

Day 283 – Sometimes it is just the basics

Day 284 – Aspire to Emotion?

Day 285 – Childhood Dreams

Day 286 – The Path

Day 287 – IT

Day 288 – Born to Run

Day 289 – Posture

Day 290 – Capacity

Day 291 – Don’t Fight the Trail

Day 292 – Easy, Light, Smooth and Fast

Day 293 – When a lazy day kicks your butt

Day 294 – Let Your Faith Do the Hard Work

Day 295 – Closing the Day

Day 296 – Survival is the Best Coach

Day 297 – A Higher Perspective

Day 298 – Fight the Cause Not the Symptom

Day 299 – Awareness

Day 300 – Milestone Reached – The Memory of the Future

Day 301 – A Good Day

Day 302 – Moderation or Mediocrity?

Day 303 – Create Experience

Day 304 – What if you could repeat?

Day 305 – Triggers

Day 306 – Thoughts are NOT Reality

Day 307 – When Forces Conspire

Day 308 – Progress is Great but Form is Better

Day 309 – Thought Control

Day 310 – First or Last

Day 311 – Pressure Causes Efficiency

Day 312 – Monks are Wrong

Day 313 – Faith Brings Synchronicity

Day 314 – Simulacrum

Day 315 – Resolve

Day 316 – Non Guided Free Meditation

Day 317 – Decision Fatigue

Day 318 – What If?

Day 319 – Time Off

Day 320 – Commitment

Day 321 – Think Erosion not Excavation

Day 322 – Make Decision Final

Day 323 – Picking a Habit

Day 324 – Journey or an Excuse

Day 325 – Forty Days

Day 326 – The Decision

Day 327 – Cultivate Emotion

Day 328 – Fight, Fight, Fight

Day 329 – Invest Instead

Day 330 – Settle Back to Good

Day 331 – The Dark Side of Habit

Day 332 – Combating Mental Fatigue

Day 333 – Knowing When

Day 335 – The Path to Perfect Knowledge

Day 336 – Motivation Comes After You Start

Day 337 – The Reservoir of Strength

Day 338 – Breathing

Day 339 – Strength in Numbers

Day 340 – Your Attention is Your Energy

Day 341 – Did you get the one done?

Day 342 – The Rested Soul

Day 343 – What do you want?

Day 344 – Surrender

Day 345 – 20 Day Challenge

Day 346 – Focused on The Most Important

Day 347 – A Firm Foundation

Day 348 – The Cold

Day 349 – Wim Hof

Day 350 – Milestone Reached “300”

Day 351 – Raising the Bar

Day 352 – Just Get It Done

Day 353 – Christmas Day

Day 354 – Importance of Target

Day 355 – Find Your Center

Day 356 – Janus

Day 357 – Whole Soul

Day 358 – The Saving Power of Habits

Day 359 – Write it Down

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Day 28 – Time is Non-Negotiable

This morning I caught myself arguing with a clock that had not done anything wrong. I wanted our little startup

Day 27 – Finish the Day You Wanted to Quit

By the time the sun dragged its tired light across my office floor, I had already lost the thread of

Day 26 – Motivation Fails, Habits Prevail

I used to wait for a feeling before I moved. I thought that the right song, the right sunrise, or

Day 25 – Efficiency = More Effective Capacity

John D. C. Little published a short and elegant paper in 1961 with a modest title that hid a profound

Day 24 – The Era of Proactivity

I noticed last night, at an event, that many conversations centered on the impact of artificial intelligence tools in daily

Day 23 – Choosing Over Doing

There is an ethic in the small start up environment that says I prefer doers to talkers. This makes sense

Day 22 – The Bayou In Our Bones

It is Halloween night and I am getting ready for the big show. We will have a river of children

Day 21 – Learn to Pull Feedback

We all know that constructive feedback is often the catalyst that propels us forward in our careers. Those of us

Day 20 – Discouragement is Proof

You are staring at your screen, heart heavy, wondering why nothing is working. Your best plans look like puzzle pieces

Day 19 – The Subtle Practice of the Small Promise

Most of us do not lack plans. We lack the simple proof that our words can be trusted. That proof