All cruelty springs from weakness. Seneca Episode Overview Sometimes our greatest strengths can also be a weakness. This is especially true in the case of EGO. In Episode 87, LtCol Story does a monologue on the worst, and sometimes best, aspects of male and female ego. If you like our program, we hope you will […]
EP 086: Finding Your Flow State
Creating meaning involves bringing order to the contents of the mind by integrating one’s actions into a unified flow experience. Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi Episode Overview As humans, sometimes consistency can be an issue. Often it’s our fault and sometimes it’s out of our control how each day and task may go. In Episode 86, we discuss […]
EP 085: The Lazy Susan Thinking Skill
Things we should be indifferent about, a discussion.
EP 084 The Skill of Indifference
Things we should be indifferent about, a discussion.
EP 082 Crisis Action: Building habits to improve our response to stress and emergencies
How we act in crisis is who we are.
EP 081 Chasing Excellence
Framing perfection and pursuit of excellence.
EP 079 Interview Tyson Stahl: Part 2, Combat, Working with the Best, and Pursuing Passions
“What little kid doesn’t want to grow up doing Commando stuff one day? I get to go hang out with Peter Pan and the Lost Boys for a little bit” -Tyson Stahl on his decision to join Marine Corps Special Operations In Part 2 of our interview with Tyson Stahl, we discuss decision points in […]
EP 078 Interview Tyson Stahl: Part 1, Road to the Naval Academy and Marine Corps Special Operations
How does a troublemaker cut from his Middle School football team and sent to a military school for the Summer to, “straighten up”, end up playing Division I football at the Naval Academy and becoming a Marine Corps Special Operator? If you would have asked our guest at 14 years old what he was going […]
EP 077 Interview Ollie Wright: Mastering Craft & Pro Soccer
“Never confuse a single defeat with a final defeat.“ –F. Scott Fitzgerald Imagine, being picked at 8 years old to be part of a professional soccer team’s development program. Then, imagine being cut from the program at 10 years old and repeat the process with other prominent professional clubs until you are 17 years old. […]
Ep 075 Napolean Hill: Fifty Seven Famous Alibis
Sometimes I read something that hits me, a fundamental truth or timeless pearl. Today I keep the podcast simple and pure by reading a passage from Napolean Hill’s popular work Think and Grow Rich. The Section I read is the final chapter entitled Fifty-Seven Famous Alibis, by OLD MAN IF. I value the clear advice […]