Growing up I played video games quite a bit. I had to quit when I realized you could put all the hours I put into getting imaginary badges in a game into having real life experiences. When I picked up a new game, "easy mode" is typically how I'd jump in and learn the game. It's a bit slow, but you get the hang of things and figure out how to move around, fight the bad guys without getting pissed off and breaking the controller before you even get ...
When Good Enough Is Great
One of my favorite topics of all time is a discussion around cities. What cities do you love and what do you get when you go to individual cities?* This Paul Graham essay is a great conversation starter on this. He asks the question: What does a city whisper to you? After traveling for 2 1/2 years, I had a list of some of my favorite cities - but I became caught up looking for the perfect one. I've got a lot of places with memories and it was ...
How You Do Anything is How You Do Everything
You are what you do. Every time you act, you create a habit - even if it’s a small one. “We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, then is not an act but a habit.” - Aristotle Everything you do is practice for who you are becoming. https://twitter.com/jamesclear/status/1048612840615997441?lang=en You are not the product of your dreams, your desires, your potential or what you could be someday, somehow, in the perfectly right ...
Drop a Plane out Of The Sky
https://twitter.com/joelrunyon/status/1117186671039131648 One of the best pieces of advice on getting "unstuck" in life I've ever heard was from Donald Miller - I've filed it away in my head as the "drop a plane out of the sky" rule. When it comes to writing characters - Don had a conversation about taking one of the characters to the next stage of the story with some more experienced writers. He thought the reason the character would change and ...
Are You Trying To Be Funny Instead of Good?
I’ve written and re-written this a couple times, but this post made me finish this out. The world wants you to be average. There’s been a subtle shift - the world won't say "average" but the world of instagram manages to perpetuate a message of “be aspirational in exactly the same way everybody else is." And if you can't do that - try to be funny. But it's hard to do hard stuff. And talk is cheap. So, what you end up with is a bunch of people afraid to ...
On 9 Years of Blogging
The blog turned 9 last week. That’s a long, long time to do anything. I celebrated it by doing something very apropos for me lately - negotiating trademarks. When it started - it was just a blog about a kid living in his parent’s basement trying to do something impossible - run an indoor triathlon. Not anything crazy. The last 4-5 years have seemed like a grinder personally. Injuries, lawsuits, ultra marathons, building schools, more lawyers, a ...
Russell Kirsch was right about Apple
A chance encounter 7 years - changed how I view the impossible. I ran into Russell Kirsch - the creator of the first programmable computer and the pixel (you’re welcome digital photography). You can read the full story here, but he left me with a quote and an insight about Apple that I didn’t understand right away. I didn’t know who he was at first. Just an older man at the coffee shop asking me if I liked Apple. I told him I did and I used ...
My Current Performance Recovery Stack (what I’m using and why)
Mindset. Training. Recovery. When I talk recovery, I'm not just taking time off, but taking time intentionally "on" to do things to get your body ready to perform at a high level. Here’s what I’m doing these days and what’s working for me. Training If you’re stronger, it’s easier to recover. If you’re weak, you’re constantly getting hurt and playing defense. If you’re stronger, it’s easier to recover and you can be a bit more on the ...
Why I Moved To Austin After 3 Years on the Road
I recently packed up all my stuff (again) and moved to Austin. Unlike when I downsized to move to San Diego, I actually had quite a few things with me (I haven’t counted this time through). It's been 3 years since I officially had an apartment. Since then, I've finished 777, traveled the world, ran across 2 countries, did stints in New York, San Diego, Chicago, Portland, and Barcelona, and shot videos in Iceland and Denmark (keep your eyes peeled). I ...
A New Home for IMPOSSIBLE Products
Over the years as IMPOSSIBLE has grown, we’ve released product after product and helped people push their limits. However, it's been a bit disjointed as we released them on their own domains, and in separate projects. This meant we had a bunch of stuff in a bunch of places. No longer. As part of our goal to continually up-level myself and IMPOSSIBLE, starting today, these products are updated and have a new home. All of our fitness programs can be ...
