Growing up I would say that I was a pretty big loser. Not in a macro sense but certainly in the micro. When I was 10 years old I weighed 180 lbs. For context, today I’m 40 years old and I weigh 200 lbs. Being that heavy and that young…

Gifted and Talented Back when I was in elementary school in the late 80’s and early 90’s there was a program known as the Gifted and Talented Program. It was for kids who showed a higher level of academic prowess relative to their peers. Somehow I ended up in these classes when I…

When we’re children there is very little in our environment that we can control. Where we live, the food we eat, where we go to school, etc. Many of these things are out of our hands when we are little kids. What is more, are the hard things that happen…

I believe personal ownership is the most important skill for any single human being to learn in life. I define personal ownership as controlling one’s actions, beliefs, and overall direction in life. Why is personal ownership the most important skill? I also believe that the greatest temptation in life is…