Monday Motivation
MM #190 Discomfort vs. Safety: A Dance on the Edge
Our modern life has cozied up to comfort so much that it's lost its zest. Once upon a time, the mere concept of constant comfort—endless food, shelter without fear, a...
MM #189 - Haunted By It
I found myself on a plane, shoehorned into my window seat this morning, looking out over the Gulf of Mexico before reaching Central America. From this aerial view, a familiar...
MM #188 - Stay Weird
What a wild ride it’s been, tearing through Austin, Texas. This city, dripping with the eclectic and the bizarre, has schooled me in the beauty of embracing the weird. Chasing...
MM #187 - Hit The Brakes
In the relentless race of entrepreneurship, where high stress and being busy for the sake of being busy is often worn as a badge of honor, we've lost sight of...
MM #186 - Just Say No
What an incredible phrase. While it was unfortunately tarnished by the drug war in a failed attempt to educate about the dangers of drugs, the real value is still there...
MM #185 - New Year, New You
It’s cliché, but whatever is the moment you feel free enough from the weight of your past to try and break free of its gravity, do it. Every year, I...
MM #184 - Unlock Your Chains
"The gates of hell are locked from the inside." – C.S. Lewis. I'm not sure what brought this quote to my universe. Perhaps it was reading something from Duncan Trussell....
MM #183 - Haunted By It
I found myself shoehorned into my window seat on a plane this morning, staring out over the Gulf of Mexico before we hit Central America. From this aerial view, a...
MM #182 - Call to Adventure
The more I venture into the uncharted corners of the world, the more my perspective blows wide open. Every step down the road less traveled isn’t just a step –...
MM #181 - BE IMPECCABLE: A Manifesto for the Unyielding
Listen up. When I say 'be impeccable,' I'm not spewing some self-help guru's recycled crap. I'm talking about a blood-and-guts commitment to the person you see in the mirror. 2023...
MM #180 - No Permission Needed
When will you choose to be an adult? Not the boring, button downed, joyless, responsible, and stressed out dreamless individuals we see in our culture. I’m talking about the leaders. ...
MM #179 - How Did I Get Here?
How did I get here? That’s the thought playing on a loop in my head. This same feeling has always found me when I push a boundary of travel. The...