Leadville Update

Matt Miller motivational speaker and personal coach

Update:  In early July of this year, I blew out my groin and was unable to run for a month.  Fortunately, race directors let me roll my race entry to next year due to the injury.  All funds raised so far will be rolled to next years race, thank you to all for your donations. …

Read More

THIS WEEK FROM MY LIFE SHERPA

Desert mountains scene with sun setting behind a rocky hillside, cacti in the foreground, and mountain peaks in the distance

Kicking the Can Down the Street  Life is about action. It’s that simple, yet that hard.   We as humans have a natural desire to take the path of least resistance.  Our innate reaction is to choose immediate pleasure over any kind of uncomfortableness.  Rather than make our bed right now, we’d rather just enjoy…

Read More

This week from My Life Sherpa: Self Esteem

Desert mountains scene with sun setting behind a rocky hillside, cacti in the foreground, and mountain peaks in the distance

Self-esteem grows from doing esteem-able acts.     Self esteem grows when we do the things that we said we’d do. It grows when we do the right thing when nobody is looking. It grows when we don’t exaggerate our story to make ourselves  look better.  And perhaps most encompassing and most important, self-esteem grows…

Read More

This week from My Life Sherpa: Life Philosophy

Matt Miller jogging towards the camera on a desert path, green shrubs on either side, and green hills in the distance under a clear blue sky

“No matter what anyone says or does, my task is to be good. Like gold or emerald or purple repeating to itself, ‘No matter what anyone says or does, my task is to be emerald, my color undiminished.’” from Marcus Aurelia’s “Meditations’s” If we don’t have the right attitude, the right philosophy, life becomes challenging.…

Read More

THIS WEEK FROM MY LIFE SHERPA: Experiences

Photo of a ticket for The Rolling Stones concert from 2005

You can tell a lot about a person by the way they spend their time and money. I paid a little over $2,800 each for each these in 2003, front row Pac Bell Park in San Francisco (SF Giants stadium)…I mean THE VERY front row.  And best of all…Metallica was opening.  I actually bought these…

Read More

Recover Brands

Indoor selfie of Matt Miller wearing a hat

Klarity Family –  Introducing – https://recoverbrands.com Recover Brands is an eco-friendly, mission driven apparel company, with all products being made from 100% recycled materials (50% recycled plastic and 50% upcycled cotton).   As a mission driven firm, Recover wants to educate and inspire all of us to live and work for a more sustainable tomorrow……

Read More

Leadville Mission Update: Crown King Scramble

Matt Miller standing between two women with a scenic lake in the background, and distant land across the water

Leadville Mission Update:  Successfully ran the Crown King Scramble yesterday, big props to my two joyful lady running mates who killed it with a time of 6 hours and 30 minutes(something like tg.  The Crown King Scramble isn’t easy, a tough 50k that climbs over 6k feet.  It will punish the unprepared..and they just showed…

Read More

Asking For Help

It took me years before I could ask for help. And once I did, my life changed. People wanted to help me? It was crazy. I thought I’d feel weaker if I asked for help, how could a man ask another man to tie his shoes for him? But when I finally did, what happened…

Read More

Mark Pattison Podcast

Klarity Lifestyle Company logo

Had a nice time talking to Mark Pattison on his podcast. I encourage you to check him out, has a great story and a heck of a challenge in front of him – climbing Everest!  Check him out. Thanks for having me on Mark! Make it a great weekend! C

Read More

THIS WEEK FROM MY LIFE SHERPA:

Black and white image of a group walking on a path along steep cliffs in the Grand Canyon

Servant or Master? “Most powerful is he who has himself in his own power” – Seneca  Emotions can either be our servant, or our master.   Emotions are biochemical reactions, providing us with signals designed to make us take some type of action either to support what we are doing, or to make changes.  When…

Read More