personal-development

Reclined legs don't get fed, they get limp like boiled spaghetti. Walk it out!

So much of personal development and growth comes down to the decisions you make when you hit a wall. Do you spend your time feeling bad for yourself, or do you invest your time in continuing to build toward your dreams?

Life is full of lessons for the success-minded person who keeps his/her eyes open to what is going on.

Only ever doing what feels comfortable is a form of suicide.

Am I a storm-waster? For it is within the fury of the very storms within which I cower that I find resources for my growth that are entirely absent on calmer days.

It is in building the best of our abilities that we ultimately destroy the worst of our liabilities.

To realize your potential you must look beyond the end of yourself, realizing that where you end is most likely where you actually begin.

The medal from an old grappling tournament will not serve me today, but the courage I developed in its acquisition will. By investing in yourself, by using all endeavors as a vehicle to shape who we are, we exist in the present moment with a lifetime of growth behind us. I have loved many vehicles throughout the years, Jiu Jitsu more than any other, but the vehicle has, and always will, be a distant second to the driver.

Give to grow. Read to lead. Smile to celebrate.

As the expert in knowing yourself, you get to decide what you want to explore in your internal landscape.

The people who make you feel small, unworthy and valueless are toxic people. You can never expect to grow in life by being close to them. Leave them to grow in life.

Soon, when all is well, you're going to look back on this period of your life and be so glad that you never gave up.

Freedom was my daring travel companion on the thrilling ride of life.

We often build our lives in a way that shuts out freedom.

Adversities define what you're made of. Success is you're reward for overcoming them

The only way to become successful at anything is by overcoming and not giving up

It doesn't matter if you have to kick, crawl, scratch, hop, limp, hobble, or be carried to the finish line. Just make sure you finish you race.

Never live in fear or regret, live in lessons learned that make you better and keep going forward