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๐ ๐ W๐ถ๐ณ๐ฒ ๐ถ๐ ๐ฐ๐ซ ๐ช๐ผ๐ฟ๐น๐ฑ ๐๐ต๐ฎ๐บ๐ฝ๐ถ๐ผ๐ป. ๐๐ฒ๐ฟ ๐ฐ ๐ง๐ถ๐ฝ๐ ๐๐ผ ๐๐ฒ๐น๐ฝ ๐ฌ๐ผ๐ ๐ฆ๐๐ฐ๐ฐ๐ฒ๐ฒ๐ฑ ๐ถ๐ป ๐ฆ๐ฝ๐ผ๐ฟ๐๐, ๐๐๐๐ถ๐ป๐ฒ๐๐ ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ ๐๐ถ๐ณ๐ฒ…
โWhatโs taking her so long?โ I thought as I waited, gripping the handlebars of my bike. After what felt like 30 seconds, my wife, Manon, finally appeared, flying down the trail with a loud “๐ฌ๐ถ๐ต๐ฎ๐ต!” It was summer 2013, and we were in the Vallnord Bikepark in Andorra, racing down mountain bike trails. These weren’t…
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Who do you want your future self to be?
๐ช๐ต๐ฎ๐ ๐ถ๐ณ ๐ ๐๐ผ๐น๐ฑ ๐๐ผ๐ ๐๐ผ๐๐ฟ ๐ณ๐๐๐๐ฟ๐ฒ ๐๐ฒ๐น๐ณ ๐ถ๐ ๐ฎ ๐ฐ๐ผ๐บ๐ฝ๐น๐ฒ๐๐ฒ๐น๐ ๐ฑ๐ถ๐ณ๐ณ๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ป๐ ๐ฝ๐ฒ๐ฟ๐๐ผ๐ป?๐๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ฒโ๐ ๐๐ต๐ฎ๐ ๐๐ต๐ฎ๐ ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ฎ๐น๐ถ๐๐ฎ๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป ๐ฑ๐ถ๐ฑ ๐ณ๐ผ๐ฟ ๐บ๐ฒ ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ ๐ต๐ผ๐ ๐ถ๐ ๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ป ๐ต๐ฒ๐น๐ฝ ๐๐ผ๐ ๐๐ผ๐ผ…. If you had a chat with โPresent Meโ and โ2014 Me,โ it would feel like two completely different people. Seriously, itโs ๐ฐ๐ฟ๐ฎ๐๐ how much we can change over time,…
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I horribly failed The Marines. This I learned:โฆ.
In my teens, I had just one burning desire. One thing I craved more than anything: ๐๐ผ ๐ฏ๐ฒ๐ฐ๐ผ๐บ๐ฒ ๐ฎ ๐ ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ถ๐ป๐ฒ. Why? The military excellence, the adventurous life, and above allโthe Brotherhood for Life. It wasn’t just appealing to me, it became ๐ฎ๐ป ๐ผ๐ฏ๐๐ฒ๐๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป. I read every book about special forces, tactics, and their missions. I…
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๐๐ผ๐ ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐๐ผ๐บ๐บ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ๐ผ๐ ๐ง๐ฎ๐๐ด๐ต๐ ๐ ๐ฒ ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐๐บ๐ฝ๐ผ๐ฟ๐๐ฎ๐ป๐ฐ๐ฒ ๐ผ๐ณ ๐๐๐ผ๐น๐๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐ ๐ ๐ฃ๐ฒ๐ฒ๐ฟ ๐๐ฟ๐ผ๐๐ฝ
Whenever my Commando unit would walk into an off-base mess hall, the room would go ๐ฑ๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ฑ ๐๐ถ๐น๐ฒ๐ป๐. You could feel the weight of the stares and hear the whispersโ”Itโs the Commandos. What are ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐บ doing here?” Even after all that time, the level of respect we got still blew me away. We represented something different,…
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๐ง๐ต๐ฒ ๐ฆ๐๐ฟ๐ฝ๐ฟ๐ถ๐๐ถ๐ป๐ด๐น๐ ๐ฆ๐ถ๐บ๐ฝ๐น๐ฒ ๐ฅ๐๐น๐ฒ ๐ง๐ต๐ฎ๐ ๐๐ฒ๐ฒ๐ฝ๐ ๐ฎ ๐ฑ๐ฌ-๐ฌ๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ฟ-๐ข๐น๐ฑ ๐ถ๐ป ๐ง๐ผ๐ฝ ๐ฆ๐ต๐ฎ๐ฝ๐ฒโ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ ๐๐ผ๐ ๐๐ ๐๐ฎ๐ป ๐๐ฒ๐น๐ฝ ๐ง๐ฟ๐ฎ๐ป๐๐ณ๐ผ๐ฟ๐บ ๐ฌ๐ผ๐๐ฟ ๐๐ถ๐๐ป๐ฒ๐๐ ๐ง๐ผ๐ผ!
“How’s it going?” I asked, trying to gauge her energy. “Good, right? Nice pace.” “All good. I’m getting in the flow,” Leyla replied confidently. We both know the importance of the words we speak. No room for complaints here. I love her spirit. “Just another 10K to go,” I added. “OK, easy.” Yesterday, my daughter…
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๐๐ผ๐ ๐ง๐๐ฟ๐ป๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐ฑ๐ฌ ๐ฆ๐ฝ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ธ๐ฒ๐ฑ ๐ ๐ ๐๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ผ’๐ ๐๐ผ๐๐ฟ๐ป๐ฒ๐: ๐๐บ๐ฏ๐ฟ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ฒ ๐จ๐ฟ๐ด๐ฒ๐ป๐ฐ๐
๐๐ผ๐ ๐ง๐๐ฟ๐ป๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐ฑ๐ฌ ๐ฆ๐ฝ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ธ๐ฒ๐ฑ ๐ ๐ ๐๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ผ’๐ ๐๐ผ๐๐ฟ๐ป๐ฒ๐: ๐๐บ๐ฏ๐ฟ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ฒ ๐จ๐ฟ๐ด๐ฒ๐ป๐ฐ๐When a close friend of mine hit 50, he warned me, “The big 5-0 changes everything. Youโre getting old!” I shrugged it off, thinking it was nonsense. After all, nothing happened when I turned 49, so why would 50 be any different? Just a number, right? I…
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Imposter Syndrome and Why You Need to be In the Arena
As I line up for Day 1 of the Sea to Sky Hard Enduro Beach Race, part of the World Hard Enduro Series, a thought cuts through the noise in my head: “๐ช๐ต๐ฎ๐ ๐ฎ๐บ ๐ ๐ฑ๐ผ๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐ต๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ฒ?” This isnโt your average beach race. Far from tropical vibes, this track is an obstacle course designed to…
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How to Increase your Happiness Score Immediately
In your business life, you measure ๐ฒ๐๐ฒ๐ฟ๐๐๐ต๐ถ๐ป๐ด. But: Is Your Happiness on Track? How to Measure and Improve Your Lifeโs KPIs You likely have a dashboard full of KPIs, tracking the health of your company in real time. You measure: – Customer Acquisition Costs– Customer Churn Rate– Average Cart Value– Margins on Goods– Stock ValueAnd…
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Choosing Compassion Over Competition in Hard Enduro – Never Too Late
“๐ฃ๐น๐ฒ๐ฎ๐๐ฒ, ๐ฝ๐น๐ฒ๐ฎ๐๐ฒ, ๐ฝ๐น๐ฒ๐ฎ๐๐ฒ, ๐ต๐ฒ๐น๐ฝ ๐บ๐ฒ… ๐ฝ๐น๐ฒ๐ฎ๐๐ฒ!” The desperation in his voice cuts through the roar of engines. I stop, scanning the steep hillside, and then I see himโa fellow competitor, a Korean rider, stranded way off the track. His bike lies meters below, tangled in the bushes, and heโs clinging to it, eyes wide with…