We assume that when everyone has the same facts as us, that they must come up with the same conclusions. Just as two people may go to a movie, sit right next to each other, watch every second of the same film, and then walk out with completely different experiences, every day life is no…

This week from My Life Sherpa: We aren’t a result of our circumstances, our circumstances are a result of us.   We aren’t limited by our environment, we actually create our environment.   We aren’t happy because we are doing well, we are doing well because we are happy. Our state of mind is everything. …

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. …

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…

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…

“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.…

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…

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……

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…