People ask me what success looks like at 52. Not the Forbes version. The real one. Well… for me.. ✅ It looks like number 5– Watching my daughter Leyla perform and not touching my phone once. ✅ It looks like number 4– A body that still works. Hard.– Because I paid the 4% every single…

I picked up Stephen Pressfield’s Warrior Ethos after visiting Sparta last week. One line stopped me: The Spartans didn’t fight FOR Sparta.They fought AS Spartans. There’s a difference. A big one. Fighting FOR something is external. You can negotiate with yourself when conditions aren’t perfect. You can quit when the mission gets hard enough. Fighting…

Nobody lies on their deathbed wishing they’d taken more calls. You’ve heard that. Everyone has. And yet… Monday morning comes, the phone lights up..and the call gets taken. Again. Because knowing something and living it are completely different skillsets. If they weren’t, therapists would be out of a joband LinkedIn would be a much quieter…

Today I almost half-assed my workout. But then I remembered something: When your brain says “I’m done,” you’re at about 40%. Not 99%. Not 80%.Forty. Your brain is a survival machine.Its job is to conserve energy and keep you safe.When it senses discomfort, it sends the panic signal. It’s lying to you. I learned this…

Don’t wait for it. Retirement is a Joke. Don’t wait for it. In our 30s, 40s, 50s, so many of us:– Ignore health, piling on the damage year by year– Put relationships on the backburner– Drop hobbies that once sparked joy and excitement– Have next to no real free time– Live for short weekends just…

Every year I audit the five people with the most influence over my life. And every year, at least one of them has to go. I was standing in Sparta this week when I was reminded why. My dad and I, on a cultural tour through Greece. We stopped at the site where the most…