Disclaimer: This post is not about the efficacy of masks for COVID. I was watching The Crown on Netflix and in one of the early episodes, there's a depiction of the Great London Fog of 1952. The government was aloof as citizens suffered from thick air pollution laced with toxins. I had never heard ... read more >
Call Sign Chaos: James Mattis and Bing West From Amazon [General James] Mattis divides his book into three parts: Direct Leadership, Executive Leadership, and Strategic Leadership. In the first part, Mattis recalls his early experiences leading Marines into battle, when he knew his troops as well as his own brothers. In the second part, he ... read more >
The Covid-19 pandemic has been rough on women. Women have had to figure out how to balance both educating their children with distance learning while still doing their jobs from home. (If they are even lucky enough to have a job where they can work from home) Many women have had to drop out of ... read more >
Ruth Bader Ginsburg’s death deeply affected many women who saw the Supreme Court Justice as a powerful symbol of the feminist movement and trailblazer who stood up against gender discrimination that was, “solely on the basis of sex”. As a fitness trainer for older adults and fitness enthusiast, I got a kick out of ... read more >
What’s the ONE thing you can do this week such that by doing it everything else would be easier or unnecessary? Gary Keller, The One Thing Americans believe more is better. If we just do more, then we will have more. This type of mindset has led to elevated stress levels, declining health, and fractured ... read more >
"The best leaders are not driven by ego or personal agendas. They are simply focused on the mission and how best to accomplish it." - Extreme Ownership I believe that we are all leaders in some form or fashion. At the very least we are leaders in our own lives so I think this concept ... read more >
Mindset matters most - Brian Grasso What makes my nutrition/health coaching different from the traditional fitness industry is that I believe that your success is not based upon diets and exercise plans. I believe that your success is based upon what is going on in between your ears. The traditional fitness industry has failed us ... read more >
This book is said to be one of the best selling books regarding the subject of Goals. I first read it years and years ago and what I liked about the book is that at the end of the every chapter there are questions to answer so you can get clarity on what your goals ... read more >
There are distractions all around us. More than ever we are bombarded with ways to waste our time and get all thrown off track. To be successful, we must focus on the tasks at hand and not get distracted by the latest shiny object. Enter: The Power of Focus! This is one of my favorite ... read more >
"You're either on your way up or you're on your way down" That is one of my favorite life mottos and it's a central theme of the book, "The Slight Edge". According to author Jeff Olson, people are either on the way up on the success curve or they are on the way down to ... read more >