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Cloud, AI, leadership — and the threads between them.
Resilience in the Reset: Starting Again After a Setback
October 3, 2025
Resilience isn’t about never falling—it’s about resetting, learning, and moving forward stronger in running, leadership, and life.
Discipline vs. Motivation: Why One Lasts Longer
October 1, 2025
In our “Working on Self ” series, I shared lessons about micro-wins, staying in tension, reframing failure, and even the importance of taking a pause. Each of those pointed to a bigger truth: the real work begins inside.
Working with Others: The Power of Connection
September 30, 2025
Growth doesn’t happen all at once, and it rarely occurs alone. You can train, work, and even fight through challenges on your own, but the most profound breakthroughs often come when you connect with others.
What are your superpowers?
September 29, 2025
There’s a scene where one boy asks the other: “What’s your superpower?” It made me pause.
The Pause: Finding Strength in Stillness
September 26, 2025
The pause isn’t wasted time; it’s invested time. It’s where we recover energy, find clarity, and make better choices. High performers, athletes, leaders, even SEALs, know that resilience is built as much in rest as in action.
La Tâche 2022 – A Wine That Matches My Style
September 25, 2025
There are wines you drink, and then there are wines you experience. Domaine de la Romanée-Conti’s La Tâche falls squarely in the latter category. Holding a bottle of the 2022 vintage in my hands reminded me why this wine is not just legendary—it’s personal.
Failure Reframed: The Gift of the Setback
September 25, 2025
Failure isn’t final, it’s feedback. The SEALs push past breaking points to learn what needs strengthening. Setbacks aren’t wasted if we apply the lesson.
What’s one failure you now see as a turning point?
Staying Human in the AI Age – Yognation Podcast
September 24, 2025
What an honor it was to be invited onto Yognation: The Spirit of Gratitude to talk about something that has shaped every part of my…
Energy vs. Time: What Really Drives Performance
September 23, 2025
Working on Self: A Journey of Mental Strength Self-growth doesn’t happen all at once. It’s not a lightning strike, it’s a process. And like any…
The Voice Inside: Mastering Self-Talk
September 22, 2025
Working on Self: A Journey of Mental Strength Self-growth doesn’t happen all at once. It’s not a lightning strike, it’s a process. And like any…
The Treadmill vs. the Open Road
September 19, 2025
Working on Self: A Journey of Mental Strength Self-growth doesn’t happen all at once. It’s not a lightning strike, it’s a process. And like any…
Time Under Tension
September 17, 2025
Working on Self: A Journey of Mental Strength Self-growth doesn’t happen all at once. It’s not a lightning strike, it’s a process. And like any…
The Power of Micro-Wins
September 15, 2025
Working on Self: A Journey of Mental Strength Self-growth doesn’t happen all at once. It’s not a lightning strike, it’s a process. And like any…
Handmade in a Digital World
September 15, 2025
Many stories are circulating today about how AI can generate virtually anything, including photos, art, and even lifelike replicas of things that never existed. I…
Gratitude in a Glass
September 11, 2025
I’ve always loved Pinot Noir from Oregon’s Willamette Valley. There’s a purity to it ripe cherry, gentle earth, a silky grace, that makes each sip…
Mental Strength: Training the Inner Mind
September 11, 2025
Negativity has a way of amplifying itself. One slight doubt becomes a storm, and suddenly your energy is consumed by what might go wrong. I’ve…
Remembering 9/11: Lessons Passed Down
September 11, 2025
It’s hard to imagine how much time has passed. My daughters, Sydney, now 20, and Olivia, 24, grew up with stories of a day they…
From Streetlights to AI: Lessons in Fear, Change, and Opportunity
September 9, 2025
I was recently listening to a podcast with Simon Sinek where he shared a story about Thomas Edison and the invention of the light bulb….
Salt Water, Palm Trees, and Owning Your Calendar
September 8, 2025
There’s something about salt water that heals in ways no conference room or Teams notification ever could. Standing with my hand on a palm tree,…
Superfood Aruba: Where Groceries Feel Like Treasure Hunts
September 7, 2025
Every trip to Aruba has its own rhythm—sun, sand, ocean breezes, and a little ritual of wandering through Superfood, the island’s Dutch-inspired grocery store that…