by David | Jun 21, 2018 | blog
One late night about 25 years ago, I was driving by myself on I-15 from Salt Lake City back to Idaho Falls, Idaho, when I fell asleep at the wheel. I woke up to the left side of my car sliding along a guardrail. When I later returned to the scene a few days later with...
by David | Jun 12, 2018 | blog
I want to come clean on my 30+ year chemical addiction. Although the chemicals feel really good, they have a downside. I recognize now that I do have a serious problem and it’s taken me many years to understand what I was doing to myself and why. My hope is that...
by David | Mar 6, 2017 | blog
Katsu Tame Ni – “In Order to Win” by David B. Glover “I’m sorry, but you have cancer.” I didn’t say anything to the doctor. I didn’t know what to say. I sat there numbly and shook my head slowly from side to side, as I played his words over and over and over in my...
by David | May 3, 2016 | blog
My good friend and fellow cyclist, Peter Springer, shared this story to his friends in his “Goodbye” email that he sent out to announce his move from Richmond, VA to Charlotte, NC. I used to ride with Peter when I worked for Capital One. We would ride after work in...
by David | Mar 14, 2016 | blog
I recently met a retired Navy SEAL who knew a former company mate of mine at the Naval Academy (USNA), Stew Smith who became a Navy SEAL officer. After eight years in the SEAL Teams and as an instructor at the Naval Academy Physical Education Department, Stew resigned...
by David | Feb 15, 2016 | blog
“Time is what we want most, but what we use worst.” – William Penn Feeling a little overwhelmed by life? I, too, often feel overwhelmed often by all responsibilities of all the various roles I play in my life – husband, son, brother, friend, entrepreneur, coach,...
by David | Feb 8, 2016 | blog
I took the StrengthsFinder 2.0 test a few years ago and recently revisited my results. Written by Tom Rath based on Gallup’s 40-year study of human strengths, StrengthFinders 2.0 subscribes to the maxim: “You cannot be everything you want to be – but you can be a lot...
by David | Feb 7, 2016 | books
I’m proud to announce the publishing of a book that I co-authored with my friend and mentor, Peter O’Dunne: From Rust to Trust: Peter’s Tips for Living a Principle-Centered and Other-Focused Life. In this book Peter shares the approach that has...
by David | Feb 3, 2016 | poetry
What goes through an athlete’s mind when he is training or racing a triathlon, marathon or other endurance event? A poem about my experiences running the Disney Marathon. I wanted to capture the external environment as well as the the thoughts running through my...
by David | Feb 1, 2016 | poetry
In the USA, we put a huge emphasis on winning – the Super Bowl, beating the stock market, Olympic medals, “best of” rankings, etc. But, what is it about winning that we care so much about? Here are my thoughts on winning written as a poem from an athlete’s...
