Shake off your hangover and wake yourself up. It's 2013 and we're not wasting anytime with getting started on your new years resolutions. We are not wasting any time. Today's the day you can get started and get after it. I'm willing to bribe you to help do it. Introducing the Ridiculously-Massive-New-Year-Giveaway-Shamelessly-Bribing-You-To-ACTUALLY-Do-What-You-Keep-Saying-You-Want-To-Do-But-Never-Do-Contest. The ...
Blackmail Yourself: How To Set & Accomplish Goals More Effectively
Blackmail Yourself Forget New Years Resolutions. They don't work. If you want to really accomplish some new impossible challenge this year, you need something a little more drastic. I call this strategy blackmailing yourself and I've used it extensively along with cold shower therapy when I need a kick in the butt and the extra push to get something done. Here's how it works. Pick A Challenge Pick a challenge, we've already talked about this before. Make ...
Why Physical Fitness Is A Terrible Goal
Physical fitness is a terrible goal. I might ruffle some feathers with this post but it really is. Sure, it sounds like a great goal, but it's a terribly misleading. Lets break it down. Why Physical Fitness is a TERRIBLE Goal There's a whole bunch of reasons. It's Not Defined Physical fitness is a state of being, but it's not a goal. It sounds nice if you could just magically float around in a state of fitness on a cloud while eating "healthy" foods ...
My One Focus For 2012
No, that's not a typo and I didn't mean 2013. Most people are thinking about setting lots of goals for 2013 and what they want to do over the next year. I'll get to that in a bit, but first I have some unfinished business to finish up with 2012 first. Building An #IMPOSSIBLE School In August, we committed to building an #impossible school in 2012 with Pencils of Promise – an organization dedicated to equal education for all. We are really close. If ...
How To Kill A Project
I'm a big proponent of starting lots of things. I think it's a really good exercise in learning to become a doer. But there comes some times when you have to admit that some things fail (or even just didn't go the way you wanted them to go). Chris called this "letting go of a project." Letting go sounds really nice, but I've found it to be much more difficult than simply "letting go." The truth is that "letting go" often means a project dies, and you're ...
How To Find Out Who You Really Are
Last sunday I got to interview one of the most intense people I know – David Goggins. I first wrote about David about a year ago. If you don't know, David Goggins is a former 300 pound man turned ultra marathoner who's been deemed by some people as the "toughest athlete on the planet." He's done some ridiculous races including 100 milers, Badwater and a 200 mile race. David's changing up his usual ultra marathon racing with his attempt at a 24 hour world ...
Fight Like Hell
Sometimes trying to help people is discouraging. Impossible Abs is a project we've been working on for a while. It's a tough fitness program - I don't try to hide that (It's called Impossible Abs after all). Because of that, some people have seen some incredible results (more stories coming soon). Anyways, I don't get a lot of refund requests, but they do happen. I understand for the most part and promptly refund things as part of my 100% guarantee, but ...
5 Lessons Learned From My First Ultra Marathon
This weekend I ran the Chicago Ultra Marathon. I never thought I'd actually run an ultra marathon. I told myself after my first ever marathon that that was more than far enough and I was quite okay. Then I found out about ultras and they kept popping up in my mind. At the same time, I found an amazing organization to partner with, and pretty soon I was working in a coffee shop sitting next to Nicky when I looked up at him and said, "I think I just signed ...
Running Back To Back Marathons
A few years ago, I had never run more than 3 miles. After a few triathlons and some other short distance races, I ended up running my first marathon – barefoot. When I finished that, I basically told myself I never want to do that again – I was done running marathons – at least that's what I thought... Sometime after my legs had forgotten how much pain they experienced during my first marathon, the idea of running an ultra got planted in my mind. I ...
How You Can Help Sponsor The Ultra & Get A Personalized Video From Me
A little over 6 weeks ago, we announced we were going to build an #impossible school through a partnership with Pencils of Promise. The goal was big – really big – $25,000 to build a school by the end of the year. As part of the effort, I'll be running my first ultra marathon at the end of the month and running a 50k along the south short of Lake Michigan in Chicago and invited everyone to join in and do something impossible, set a goal and raise money for ...