Be Prepared Only to Battle (or what we now call the flow state.)
What’s more important to you, the end result or the flow of the journey? How you think about this impacts your flow state.
The Fear Illusion – On Expanding Your Comfort Zone
Are you willing to take a step towards your fears? All it takes is the willingness to step over the line that defines our comfort zones.
Impeccability: the best use of our energy
Are you fighting the rivers in your life or are you going with their flow? How to use impeccability to focus your attention.
Death Challenges Us to Live
Have you accepted that death is inevitable? A short story about my father.
Challenges Are Simply Challenges
How do we view challenges in our lives?
Four Enemies of Knowledge
Can you spot the patterns of these enemies in your own growth for knowledge?
Rebuilding Our Warrior Spirit
If you’re a veteran or someone who’s experienced trauma, then find or develop a creed that can guide you to fight harder for yourself and the world. Doing this will rebuild your warrior spirit.
10 Navy SEAL Lessons to Improve Your Mental Game
Little things matter. If you don’t have the discipline to make your bed, neatly…what bigger challenges are you also ignoring?
When Virtue Becomes Vice and Vice Virtue
Examine how you feel about your climbing. How much dissatisfaction do you feel? Are you stuck in old patterns, afraid to change?
The Second Mountain
Do we ask, “What do I want from climbing?” Or, do we ask, “What is climbing asking of me?”
Pain x Presence = Freedom
Freeing ourselves from the many traps of the mind require us to do exactly the opposite of what we think we should do.
Noticing Space
What do we see when we look? What is our attention latching onto? What are we missing?
The Power of Skepticism
The brain has evolved as a modular, multitasking, problem-solving organ—a Swiss army knife of practical tools.
The Difference Between Happiness and Joy
We tend to seek happiness in our lives. How could our lives be better if we seek joy?
Mental Training Blunders
Fighting a battle or climbing a route involves taking a risk. Risk-taking has three phases: preparation, decision, and action.
