Strength for Two with Joe Besser

Why is a graduation ceremony called commencement?

Let's change the world together one moment at a time by living with arete.

The Burn is what connects us to and ignites our why and purpose especially after we Win.   

Through the lens of language learning we see that in order to be a master we need to be willing to be a beginner. Seek the discomfort of making mistakes to learn.

Digging in to Ideas from Adam Grants great book Hidden Potential.

Admiral William McRaven Tells us to Make our Bed. Get an early win, Pay attention to details, and do what you say you will do.

David Goggins is one of the most extreme endurance athletes on the planet. But he used to be a 300 lb exterminator.  Push past your normal stopping point to get compound gains to allow you to accomplish what you once thought was impossible. Learn more about David at his website https://davidgoggins.com/   Heroic Members can check out the philosophers notes here https://www.heroic.us/pn/cant-hurt-m...

Alden Mills is a former Navy Seal who is the auther of several great books. Be Unstoppable, Unstoppable Teams, and Unstoppable Mindset.  From Unstoppable we learn that to be unstoppable UPERSIST   U nderstand Your Why   P lan   E nergize to Execute    R ecognize Your Reason to Believe in Yourself   S urvey Your Habits   I mprovise to Overcome Obstacles   S eek Expert Advice   T eam Up! Heroic Memb...

Wisdom from former Navy Seal Mark Divine.  We need to have Front Sight Focus. The discipline to act on our W.I.N (What's Important Now ) target and let other goals and targets fade away, until they become the W.I.N. target. Heroic members - Check out the Philosopher's note for his book Way of the Seal You can learn more about Mark at https://unbeatablemind.com/  

All your excuses are lies!. This is a compantion idea to the worse I feel the more commited I am to my protocol.  We have to know, we can do it! Our excuses are not the real thing keeping us from doing what's most important,  It's our discipline.   Jocko Willink digging in a bit on this idea on YouTube https://youtu.be/6YjAk_l71Vk?feature=shared A cool song mashup of this podcast on spotify  

From Leo Buscalia's Love " One does not fall 'in' or 'out' of love. One grows in love. " and " If one wishes to know love, one must live love, in action. " Heroic Members can check out the philosopher's note here  

Happy Anniversary Jen!

When life throws us curveballs, it doesn't matter what are plans are.  The sooner we can refocus on what's important now, and identify what needs to be done, the sooner we can move through the pain of the life event and end the suffering.  

Finding Time for what's important requires discipline and intention.  Baking bread helps me know that I can find time for what's important.  It is possible to prioritize what's important no matter how busy the day may seem.

8 minutes and 34 seconds is 1 percent of our waking day.  We all have things we say we don't have time for. Let's utilize that 1 percent of our day to stack and compound progress on self care and self improvement.

I figure that there are 100 waking hours.  While that seems like a lot of hours, we have to be intentional with our time.  We have to be Time Warriors and fight for time to do what's important and to prune away the non important things.

There is always going to be pain as part of life. When we accept and move towards the pain, we avoid the suffering.  

Just as our plants flourishing in our garden,  Sometimes what looks like healthy growth needs to be pruned to allow for blossoming and bearing fruit.

Perfection assumes we can reach a point where work is no longer required, but that isn't going to happen.  We will always be perfecting. On a continual journey of improvement. Gentlemen, we will chase perfection, and we will chase it relentlessly, knowing all the while we can never attain it. But along the way, we shall catch excellence." ― Vince Lombardi

When we inevitably make mistakes and miss our mark, we don't need to shame ourselves. We learn from it.  There is no perfect human. We all make mistakes.  Playfully framing a mistake as "oops, I was so close to being the first perfect human" is a fun way to remember there is no shame in a mistake and thinking we can achieve perfection is ridiculous.  

Even the Blue Angels have a case of imposter syndrome from time to time, just like professional athletes, and you and me. We doubt ourselves not because of our abilities, but because we are human. We need to talk to ourselves, not just listen to ourselves and use tools like hero bars to remind us we are capable.   Check out episode 17 for the Heroic Tool, Hero Bars    

Excellence is a Choice, but Abraham Maslow tells us "What one can be one must be". Choose Excellence.

The Blue Angels have a saying. "I'm just glad to be here" It's a beautiful expression of not only loving what is, but also loving who is. 

You can have access to the same high performance training as the Blue Angels.  By using the full power of our imagination incorporating all our senses, we can gain the benefits of experience without leaving our chairs. Blue Angels Documentary. Check Out 23minute mark to see the Chair Fly https://www.amazon.com/Blue-Angels-Brian-Allendorfer/dp/B0CV24PLDC   Brian Cain Guided Mental Imagery practice...

Discipline is one of the Cardinal Virtues most associated with flourishing.  Three types of discipline Reactive, Structural, Expansive.