Disrupting the Rabblement

RSS and e-mail readers, please click here to watch the video that accompanies this post. As a teenager and into my early 20′s, I was the shyest person I knew. I was the guy sitting in the corner waiting for others to come talk to me. I had to be around someone for a long [...]

The following is a speech I gave at my Toastmasters club in New Orleans this past Monday. Some notes follow the video. In a nutshell, the speech is about the importance of taking action. If you’ve seen the movie The Secret or are otherwise familiar with the Law of Attraction, you may have noticed that [...]

Last week I wrote quite a lot about training methods that helped me finish in the top 200 of the Crescent City Classic. There was one method I wanted to save for its own post, and here it is. What is Hyperclocking? I first heard of the concept in Tim Ferriss’ Trial by Fire TV [...]

Below is a video recording of a speech I gave as part of a Toastmasters contest this past Monday. A text version follows. One thing that saddens me is when people settle for less than their best. Much of the time it’s for no other reason than they believe that their best, if they were [...]

Recently I’ve been reading Unlimited Power by Tony Robbins. I’ve found lots of good advice and food for thought in the book, and there’s one part in particular that I’d like to share here. It’s called The Precision Model, and it helps us cut through the mental fog and fluff and get to the heart [...]