[powerpress] Anytime you start working towards a big, scary, impossible looking goal, you're inevitably going to face set backs. Times are going to get hard. You may even get to a point where you aren't sure if you can do it anymore and you're going to want to give up. Throw in the towel. Stop the frustration and the pain. Sometimes, that's exactly what you need to do. It IS time to close up shop and move on with the lessons you've learned from the ...
Archives for 2015
S1E4 – Inside the Mind of a Navy Seal: Grit and Resilience with Command Master Chief Paul Tharp
[powerpress] Grit and resilience aren't natural skills you're born with. They're something that you have to build. It's something you can learn. Over his incredibly successful career, Command Master Chief Paul Tharp has built such an incredibly resilient mind that he now teaches aspiring seals how to do it too. Listen to this week's episode of Impossible Radio and become more resilient, today. Some Things You'll Learn in This Episode: What it ...
Cold Shower Therapy for iOS is Brand New
http://instagram.com/p/5g3yESTFve Cold shower therapy is the best way to get over your fear of action in a real, visceral way. About 3 years ago, we released our first app ever. It was ugly, primitive and very basic. But it also got us started for the first time, got us in the Apple store and developing apps. Over the past couple years, we've moved on to bigger and better apps, building a Top 20 iTunes health & fitness app and an awesome ...
Protect The Asset
In a delusional spiral of self-sabotage, whenever I feel behind on something or need to push to get something done, I usually follow a pretty distinct & repeatable process: The first thing I sacrifice is sleep. Then it’s fitness routine. Then it’s food. Almost always in that order too. Protect The Asset In Essentialism, by Greg McKeown, there is an entire section on the concept of protecting the asset. The best asset we have for making a ...
S1E3: 2 Strategies to Keep You Going When You Don’t Feel Like It
[powerpress] Anticipating that things will get tough on the road to Impossible things helps to set you up to be prepared for the disappointments that are destined to be along your way. If you expect it, you can prepare for it, so it doesn't ruin your progress. Keep moving. Listen to today's episode of Impossible Radio and become more resilient, today. Some Things You'll Learn in This Episode: One assumption that can all but guarantee your ...
Why You Feel Like Crap
So. You feel like crap. You're not quite sure what it is, but something is "off." You need to fix it. Here's what's up. Everyone has their ideal life - how they want to be. Then you have your daily life. It's SUPER tempting to think that the majority of your unhappiness is due to the certain circumstances of the current version of your life. But it's more likely that it's due to certain behaviors within it. Both your ideal life and ...
S1E2: How Kyle Maynard Bear Crawled Up Mt. Kilimanjaro
[powerpress] If there was a list of people most qualified to talk about resilience, Kyle Maynard would be at the top. Born without arms and legs, Kyle has been tackling mountains, both figurative and literal, one step at a time. He's literally crawled to the top of Mount Kilimanjaro, the highest peak on the African Continent, does CrossFit, was named "world's strongest teen", and competes at elite levels in jiu-jitsu, not to mention a host of other ...
Spent
If you're trying to do something impossible, don't fall into the trap of telling yourself "someday." Every time I see someone settle for "someday" - I want to shake them. Saving up and planning for the future is a great investment strategy - it's a terrible strategy for life. Putting off what you want to be doing for "someday" is a This isn't driven by woo-woo, do what you love, head in the clouds talk. It's pragmatic. Why waste time ...
Why I’m Going to be Talking More About Business
Every Friday for the next quarter, I will be posting a business related blog post. The word “business” is a bit formal for me, so I’m going to be using the word “hustle” instead. There’s 3 main reasons why: The #1 Way To Freedom is Business If you want to get your own freedom, the best way to do it is to build your own business. The best way to think about this is that by building an asset, you provide cash flow for the things you want. This is ...
How To Fix Your Mornings with a Morning Routine (Plus a Peek Into My Morning Schedule)
I have a hate/hate relationship with mornings. It’s not that I love sleeping, I just hate waking up. I would stay up all night if it meant I didn’t have to spend the next day walking around in a haze and pounding Runa like they sponsor me (speaking of which, anyone know how we can make that happen? It would really help with subsidizing my Runa intake). That said, I’ve been making a marked effort over the last 2 weeks to implement a routine into my ...