Welcome back to Thank God It’s Monday! tl;dr Somewhere between “I’ll sleep when I’m dead” and self-indulgence (masquerading as self-care culture) is a healthy balance of challenge and respite. If you feel like you’re still learning where to strike this balance for yourself, I invite you to come along and consider some self-guiding questions.What is your starting point?On a scale from working confidently toward a well-defined goal to floundering in the busyness of day-to-day life, where do you...
11 days ago • 5 min read
Welcome back to Thank God It’s Monday! tl;dr We lie to ourselves to avoid discomfort, protect our self-image, and deal with overwhelming situations. Self-deception helps us feel good, but if we want to increase our potential, rebuild our integrity, and break unhealthy patterns, we have to implement systems for accountability.“I didn’t eat that much today.”“I’m going to start again on Monday.”“I don’t spend that much time on my phone.”Do any of these sound familiar?The initial hurdle we face...
18 days ago • 4 min read
Welcome back to Thank God It’s Monday! tl;dr Happy Tuesday!My gas tank is on empty.Two flights, two hospitals, four weight-training sessions, five cardio days, six(ish) business hours, seven night shifts, eight Instagram posts, and 90 working hours later, this week is over. It was hard as hell, and totally self-inflicted. But I made a promise to myself that I would work my butt off, relentlessly pursue my goals, and execute everything I did this week to the best of my ability. Is TGIM getting...
24 days ago • 1 min read
Welcome back to Thank God It’s Monday! tl;dr The simplest hack to becoming the person you want to be is to surround yourself with those who already embody those traits. I was talking to my friend Josh today, and he mentioned that he feels like a sponge. Whoever he surrounds himself with, he feels like he starts acting more like them. He feels warmer and more social when he’s around outgoing people and more negative and frustrated when he’s around more glass-half-empty people. Josh isn’t alone...
about 1 month ago • 4 min read
Welcome back to Thank God It’s Monday!tl;dr Instead of faking it until you make it, leverage your selective attention to find the opportunities that will help you create your dream life. Fake it ‘til you make itWe’ve heard the adage fake it until you make it when we’re learning a new skill or trying to adopt a new personality trait. Want to get better at sales? Fake it ‘til you make it.Want to climb the corporate ladder? Fake it ‘til you make it.Want to be a regular gym goer? Fake it ‘til you...
about 1 month ago • 4 min read
Welcome back to Thank God It’s Monday!tl;dr Today, we’re going to dive deeper into the new, hot, dietary fad; the label finding its way onto all health foods (and non-health foods); and seemingly the answer to all of society’s problems (or is it?)... protein! What is it, how much do you need, and where to get it, all in a power-packed protein edition of TGIM!Protein is the only macronutrient (things our bodies need a LOT of to function) that we use as building material. Consider it our...
about 2 months ago • 5 min read
Welcome back to Thank God It’s Monday!tl;dr For us to succeed in anything over the long term, we must dream ambitiously, plan incrementally, and execute relentlessly.312 weeks ago, we were all frustrated, uncertain, and perhaps despondent about what our futures held. We were four months into the COVID-19 pandemic, with no clear timeline or expectation of when life would return to “normal.” The abrupt upheaval of routines strengthened certain relationships and ended others. Some jobs...
about 2 months ago • 3 min read
Welcome back to Thank God It’s Monday!tl;dr What opportunities have you written off as sour grapes in your life? What felt just beyond reach, so you wrote it off as “not worth it?” The difference between a lucky life and one of misfortune can be a choice.In Aesop’s The Fox and the Grapes, a fox attempts multiple times to jump and reach a delicious-looking bunch of grapes hanging from a branch. After several fruitless (ha) efforts, he walks away. To soothe his wounded pride, he tells himself...
2 months ago • 4 min read
Welcome back to Thank God It’s Monday!tl;dr In a world that optimizes everything for efficiency, we are losing the value of dilly-dallying. We live in a world where every day, some piece of technology is improving, some mundane task is being outsourced, and some redundancies are being eliminated. As a result, human error is being reduced, results come faster, and people can focus on more creative projects and big-system thinking. On the downside, there is so much value placed on efficiency...
2 months ago • 2 min read
