How to tell better stories, and lead a better life

I clearly remember writing my second book, “Let’s Do This”, which is all about the science of motivation and thinking - I need some bloody motivation to finish this book, if only there was a book I co...

4 Nov 20222min

2 years ago I commissioned a picture or infographic of my 2020 goals.Yesterday another one of them came true.And now it all makes sense I know exactly how the law of attraction works:Let me quickly ex...

3 Nov 20223min

Today I have a deep appreciation for my body. For too long, I abused it with alcohol, lack of exercise and poor nutrition.An injury ended my professional football career in my early twenties.I’ve carr...

2 Nov 20222min

“The true self is what you have built from your nature, not just what your nature started out with”: David Brooks The Road To Character Your true or authentic self is not a static persona that sleeps ...

1 Nov 20223min

Days Left On Earth: 17492“Never be that drunk guy at the end of the bar who says I coulda made it if it weren’t for the…” My dad.Have you heard someone say, or have you said, something similar?“I coul...

31 Okt 20222min

Days Left On Earth: 17493“I shall be telling this with a sighSomewhere ages and ages hence:Two roads diverged in a wood, and I—I took the one less traveled by,And that has made all the difference.” Ro...

30 Okt 20221min

Days Left On Earth: 17494A few years ago I was given this advice by someone I admired greatly, "Don't try to be someone you're not'. This well-intended advice was both totally WRONG and RIGHT.The pers...

29 Okt 20223min

Days Left On Earth: 17495In the classic Robin Williams film, Dead Poets Society, where he plays the unorthodox teacher John Keating, he tells the boys to look at pictures of long past pupils and says,...

28 Okt 20222min