Shark Theory

Native Americans understood the importance of finding purpose for everything. Indians on the plains used all parts of a Buffalo to serve their needs. If we can learn to find fuel and use in everything in our lives, we honor ourselves and those around us.

In this episode, we'll cover:

1. Framing your needs
2. Storing memories to use as fuel
3. How to use pain to push your cause

We often become disappointed when we don't live up to our own, or others don't live up to our, expectations. But what if our expectations are wrong?

In this episode, we'll cover:

1. Ego vs. Capacity expectations
2. Reframing Expectations
3. Stabilizing expectations
4. Setting a new bar

During a recent run that wasn't going according to plan, I learned a valuable lesson about life... we choose whether we see beauty in life or whether we see stress and worry.

In this episode, we'll cover:

1. The importance of Stopping
2. How Observing life around you can help your life
3. The importance of BEING A PART of the life around you

Aside from it being the 22 year anniversary of the series finale of Seinfeld, yesterday marked the 22nd anniversary of a huge car accident that I had where my car rolled numerous times. Reflecting back, there were life lessons I learned from that now that I didn't realize back then.

In this episode, we'll cover:

1. No matter how bad your situation looks, if you're alive, you have a chance to fix it or come out on top
2. How to find help in unlikely places
3. Slowing down on the unpaved paths of life
4. Rebounding from an accident or tragedy

Not every day is a great day, in fact, we all have days that are just down right "bad." But even on bad days we can be productive. The travesty of life isn't the bad day, it's the wasted day.

In this episode, we'll cover:

1. The importance of a "yea and" mindset
2. Shifting focus to others to change your day
3. How to find a micro win
4. Compartmentalizing bad aspects of your day

In Golf, pros talk about the importance of the short, middle, and long game. In financial portfolios, advisors also talk about the importance of all three. How often do we focus on short, middle, and long game when it comes to our goals, health, and careers?

In this episode, we'll cover:

1. The importance of a system
2. Breaking the short/long focus trap
3. How to get more by doing less

In his documentary "The Last Dance," Michael Jordan said "winning has a price." It's true in all aspects of our lives and today we discuss that price.

In this episode, we'll cover:

1. Why half commitment is no commitment
2. Establishing "winning savings"
3. Why you must develop a blackhole mentality
4. How to fuel your desire to win

Peak performers often struggle with "rest" because we view it as the enemy of progress. What if we could train our minds to apply the same focus to rest as we do to our active days? The result would be a more mentally and physically sharp versions of ourselves that not only reach our goals, but reach them at max strength.

In this episode, we'll cover:

1. The purpose of rest
2. Reframing your mindset to enjoy rest
3. Scheduling BlackOut Dates
4. A new take on Commitment

I sit here thoughtless as I think about the tragedy of Amhaud Arbery murder...and I Just stared at a candle for what seems like an eternity. Then it hit me...there is so many lessons contained in the candle flame.

In this episode, we'll cover:

1. The true definition of success
2. How to control the flame in life
3. Lighting the path for others
4. How to fill the world with a great aroma

Most runners experience what's known as a "runner's high." Maybe I'm not fast enough to get that euphoria. But on a recent run I decided to find perspective in the things I don't enjoy.

In this episode, we'll cover:

1. How to defeat mental monsters
2. An alternate look at what "winning" means
3. Preparing for the unexpected
4. The ultimate goal of life