by David | Oct 23, 2019 | blog
Last year I purchased a new Subaru Crosstrek after my 2004 Volvo wagon unexpectedly reached a point where it was no longer drivable and the costs to repair were prohibitive with no guarantee that fixing it now would extend its usable life. I love my new car and was...
by David | Oct 15, 2019 | blog
“Life is not easy for any of us. But what of that? We must have perseverance and above all confidence in ourselves. We must believe that we are gifted for something and that this thing must be attained.” – Marie Curie It’s easy to come up with...
by David | Aug 9, 2019 | blog
Watching martial arts movies is not the same as stepping onto the mat and training in martial arts. It’s easy to be the critic on the sidelines: “That was dumb – why did he do that? I would never do that.” “I could have won that...
by David | Aug 7, 2019 | blog
Why exercise? Is it to look good? Lose weight? A social thing? Here are 3 primary reasons that I came up with for why I exercise: (1) Maximize Health: Do the things that keep me healthy for the long haul and increase resilience (the capacity to recover quickly from...
by David | Aug 5, 2019 | blog
Brad Stulberg shared “The 9-Word Ultimate Fitness Manifesto” summarizing the new physical activity guidelines by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services in November 2018: “Move your body often, sometimes hard. Every bit counts.” ...
by David | Jul 26, 2019 | blog
Sir Isaac Newton proposed his First Law of Motion, the Law of Inertia, in 1687: A body at rest tends to remain at rest. A body in motion tends to stay in motion. Bodies will continue in their current state, whether at rest or in motion, unless acted on by a greater...
by David | Jul 22, 2019 | blog
“It takes courage to say yes to rest and play in a culture where exhaustion is seen as a status symbol.” — Brené Brown I’ve found myself stuck in western culture’s mindset of “Go! Go! Go!” I feel guilty if I’m not...
by David | Jul 21, 2019 | blog
“Make haste slowly,” says the Alchemist or festina lente in Latin. How much of the time do we spend trying to finish or get to the end faster, whether it’s a project, a race like a marathon or the next stage of our personal growth? There’s...
by David | Jul 20, 2019 | blog
In her book, In When Things Fall Apart: Heart Advice for Difficult Times, Pema Chödrön writes: This very moment is the perfect teacher, and it’s always with us… Awakeness is found in our pleasure and our pain, our confusion and our wisdom, available in each...
by David | Apr 1, 2019 | blog, books
“Love of your work, willingness to stay with it even in the absence of extrinsic reward, is good food and drink.” – George Leonard The Path of Mastery In his book Mastery: The Keys to Success and Long-term Fulfillment, George Leonard describes the...
