Picture this. You and five of your closest friends are trapped on a 500-ft massive block of a glacier off the coast of Alaska. Freezing, your teeth chattering, you wonder why you signed up for this getaway “mancation” without…
Fights tonight. Irish fights. The best kind. Okay, maybe women fighting is a bit more entertaining and not for the reasons you think, but women are the only demographic that can match Irish men fighting for pure intensity and guts…
Note - If you haven't read the previous post, you will not have the full context, so you may want to check it out. Then again, this is a long post, so you may want to dive right in. Week…
Pre-Competition The CrossFit Games Open competition is just a few days away and my excitement is growing by-the-minute. These Games are like The Hunger Games only in that you might die of a heart attack in the middle of the…
Do not let what you cannot do interfere with what you can do. - John Wooden Lifting heavy weights my skinny, teenage arms gave out and a 40 pound dumbbell dropped itself full force onto the tip of my…
Speech Last week I gave Speech #10 from the Toastmasters Competent Communicator (CC) manual. The objectives of Speech #10 are lofty: To inspire the audience by appealing to noble motives and challenging the audience to achieve a higher level of…
Do you prefer to work alone or work in a group? Your answer is closely related to what defines an introvert and an extrovert, although I've certainly known extroverts, who'd rather avoid group projects. Why is that? Why would an…
Today, I gave Speech 8 from the Toastmasters Competent Communicator manual. This speech is based on some recent posts from this site, but includes visual aids. The speech ties together the concepts of eating carbohydrates requiring insulin leading to additional…