[Monday Mindset]: A Reminder We All Carry Something
Happy Monday Mindset! You may have seen it… Tiger Woods is back in the headlines again. Another setback. Another wave of commentary. This is a man who has won 15 major championships, built a billion-dollar empire, and redefined the game of golf. And yet… He is still human. In recent years alone, he has battled […]
[Monday Mindset]: Proximity Is Power
Happy Monday Mindset! This past weekend, I was in San Diego, California, delivering a keynote for my good friend Zander Fryer and his community of high-performing coaches. And I will tell you this… What he is building is special. A room full of driven, growth-minded leaders, committed to getting better daily. That is not normal. […]
[Monday Mindset]: A Lesson on Resilience from a Legend
Happy Monday Mindset! This weekend, I found myself reflecting on the life of Chuck Norris. An icon. A cultural force. A man who represented strength, discipline, and resilience. I was first introduced to him sitting next to my grandma Josie in the 90’s, watching Walker, Texas Ranger on repeat. Then, later, seeing him alongside Bruce […]
[Monday Mindset]: Guard Your Most Valuable Asset
Happy Monday Mindset! My mom, Donna, just wrapped up her annual visit to California. Over the past 2 months, we shared many simple moments that meant the world to me. Evening dinners. A few weekend trips. Good conversations and plenty of laughs. On Wednesday, she headed back to Michigan for the rest of the year […]
[Monday Mindset]: Pancakes and Perspective 🥞
Happy Monday Mindset! This weekend offered a simple but powerful reminder about mindset. Tatiana had a friend, Leticia, visiting from Brazil. The interesting part is that we first met about 15 years ago when I had just moved there. At the time, Leticia did not speak English, and I did not speak Portuguese, so our […]
[Monday Mindset] Razor Thin
Happy Monday Mindset! This past weekend in Fort Lauderdale, after wrapping our first Mastermind of the year, I had dinner with my friend Jack, owner of TRX. He brought along a former NASA astronaut, Susan Kilrain. In 1997, she spent three weeks in space. Twice. Think about the discipline, the preparation, the simulations. Years of […]
[Monday Mindset] Resilience Isn’t Built in Comfort
Happy Monday Mindset! I was 11 in the backseat of my mom’s car when she said, “Boys, don’t ask for anything. There’s no extra money.” No speech. Just reality. In that moment, I had a choice: become another weight she carried… or step up. At 12, I started my career as a soccer referee. Not […]
[Monday Mindset] Love, Loss, and Leadership
Happy Monday Mindset, Fresh off Valentine’s Day, Tatiana and I celebrated 16 years together. Sixteen years of highs. Sixteen years of friction. Sixteen years of growth. And somewhere between dinner and reflection, we had a sobering realization: No matter how great the love is… one day, one of us will spend Valentine’s alone. Not morbid. […]
[Monday Mindset]: The Arena is Calling: Are You Still In the Fight?
Happy Monday Mindset! I opened my journal this morning and saw a quote I’d written months ago. One I’ve read a dozen times. But today? It hit different. Theodore Roosevelt wrote: “It is not the critic who counts… The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena… who strives valiantly… who errs, […]
[Monday Mindset]: What a No-Rope Climb Can Teach You About Life
Happy Monday Mindset! Last week, world-renowned climber Alex Honnold scaled Taipei 101 without safety gear. That’s right. No harness. No net. No second chance. Just him, 1,600 feet of steel, and gravity waiting below. Now that’s extreme, but hear me out. This wasn’t luck. This wasn’t a dare. This was the result of over a […]