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This stone taught me a brutal lesson about perspective. I saw it in a museum about the Olympic Games in Greece. The ancient Olympians used it as a training weight. They held it over their head.With one hand. For a period of time. It weighs 143 kilograms. I consider myself fairly strong. I deadlift 150kg…

The hardest word in the English language isn’t “help” It’s “no” Not no to the bad stuff (that’s easy)But no to the good stuff that isn’t the right stuff. The good client.The good opportunity.The good invitation. Every yes to something good is a no to something great. I learned this in the military.Confirmed it in…

I know how you clear a room.I recognise your movements in pitch dark.I know how you move your weapon.I know what you look like, exhausted….and still pushing.I know the weight you carry without ever saying a word.I know I can call you at 3 AM, world falling apart, and you’ll be there.No questions. No hesitation.…

I’ve been thinking about this tree for three days. I saw it on a walk through Greece and I haven’t been able to shake it. If you look at the tree, you can give it all kinds of disadvantages: – the soil it’s on– it’s in the shade– there are weeds around it– the temperature…

How you start the morning determines the trajectory of the day. Start in chaos → end in chaos.Start reactive (phone) → end reactive (fires). But if you start scripted → you win the day before most people are awake. I call my morning routine the Zero Option Morning. “Zero Option” means no decisions are made.The…

There was a final time (after many times) I watched Shrek with my little daughter. I didn’t know it then. Curled up on the couch together. No announcement.No farewell ceremony.Just another movie night that turned out to be the last one. Life is a series of closing windows:• Time with your kids being kids• Moments…

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…