"EFFIN' AYE COTTON, EFFIN' AYE.." DAILY MINDSET “The only thing that is different about me, is that I'm not afraid to die on a treadmill.” - Will Smith It’s not about the treadmill.
It’s what the treadmill stands for. Will Smith is not a competitive athlete. If he runs 2, 3, 10 miles… he’s still probably going to be highly successful in his career. Probably. But that’s not why he is, who he is. Not defined by what he’s doing, but instead by how he is doing it. Full heart, ful

DAILY MINDSET “If you want to be truly successful at it, you cannot be content with pretty good.” – Tim Grover “Pretty good” is decent. “Pretty good” is average. “Pretty good” checks the box. “Pretty good”… is the enemy of excellent. How we do anything is how we do everything… and there is nothing in life worth doing half-assed. Reflecting back on this week, let’s be critical with ourselves. What actions this week have been “pretty good”? It’s rare for situations to happen ju

DAILY MINDSET "You've got to get up every morning with determination if you're going to go to bed with satisfaction." - George Lorimer “Win the morning, win the day” is something we’ve all heard once or twice before. It’s less however about winning the morning, and more about establishing the right habits. The most successful in life routinely draw back to a core staple of set daily habits. Write a short list of healthy habits you believe push you forward. It could be reading

Metcon for all classes: "Reset Button" 5 Rounds For Time [40 Minute Time Cap]: 400 Meter Run 30 Double Unders [Rest 1:00] 500/400 Meter Row 30 Double Unders [Rest 1:00] *Score = Time it takes to complete the workout

DAILY MINDSET “Hope and despair are both self-fulfilling prophecies.” – Ernest Hemingway If you are in the market for a blue Honda, all you see on the road are blue Hondas. It’s as if they are seemingly everywhere. In every intersection, passing us on the highway, and at the gas station. Yet, they were there the whole time. We as humans have what’s called the “Reticular Activation System”, which helps us see more of what we’re actively thinking about. It’s actually a survival

DAILY MINDSET “To succeed in life, you need three things: a wishbone, a backbone and a funnybone.” - Reba McEntire As we start our day, let’s think about these three. Wishbone - Nothing is too great, or out of reach. Faith and doubt are both self-fulling prophecies. Backbone - The unbreakable will to give our best, regardless of the circumstances. Through the lens of the growth-mindset, every outcome is an opportunity to become better. Funnybone - We do life for one reason: t

DAILY MINDSET “Trade your expectation for appreciation, and the world changes around you” - Tony Robbins Routines and habits become part of the norm. Morning coffee, listening to the radio, the drive to the field taking the kids to practice. We appreciate healthy habits, and let’s continue to reinforce them. There is however much to be said about taking a pause to our routine, to appreciate the fortune in our lives. The absolute abundance we are so lucky to have. In a world w

DAILY MINDSET “Most of the time we feel tired not because we’ve done too much, but because we’ve done too little of what makes us come alive.” - Jim Kwik We’re not going to pretend the hard times go away. And that we won’t need to do things that we’d rather not. We have commitments, obligations, and bills to pay. But when we find ourselves in a daily loop of non-stop “work”... we won’t feel like ourselves. But it’s not the time we put in at work that causes this. It’s the tim

DAILY MINDSET “Adversity causes some to break. For others, it breaks records.” Adversity can really, really hurt. Let’s not create an illusion that it’s all sunshine and rainbows. It will try our values, test our patience, and challenge who we are as human beings. It’s no warm cup of cocoa on a winter morning. But a warm cup of cocoa doesn’t make us better. A picture perfect day doesn’t make us better. We learn when we make mistakes. When we miss, trip up, face plant, and get

DAILY MINDSET "As I walked through the door to my freedom, I knew that if I did not leave all the anger, hatred and bitterness behind... I would still be in prison." Nelson Mandela Nelson Mandela was sentenced to 27 years in prison. He had no bed. He was routinely put in solitary confinement, with no end in sight. He at one point was thrown into an empty grave, where he was sure he was about to be killed. But was instead, he was urinated on by the prison guards. For their hum