Personal Development
I ran into this parable recently and found it powerful. It helped me re-evaluate what I’m after in life. Check it out. A boat docked in a tiny Mexican village. An American tourist complimented the Mexican fisherman on the quality of his fish and asked how long it took him to catch them. “Not very [...]
The contrast principle affects the way we judge or evaluate things when they are compared with another. If we compare a beach ball and a tennis ball, we will perceive the beach ball to be big and the tennis ball small. But when we compare the beach ball with Saturn, we think of the beach [...]
Intro Jason Mertlich is a Jiu Jitsu black belt and coach to UFC fighters like Court McGee, Ramsey Nijem, and Steven Siler (not to mention many up-and-coming fighters). I’ve had the privilege of training, learning, and being inspired by Jason Mertlich over the past 3 years as I’ve developed my own grappling and fighting skills. [...]
**Click play and listen while reading In this post I list out my 2012 goals. Hopefully you have already read my post on my 2011 goals in review along with my goal setting 101 post. They will give you context for this post. In addition, I hope you gain value from this post by seeing [...]
“In the absence of clearly-defined goals, we become strangely loyal to performing daily trivia until ultimately we become enslaved by it.” -Robert Heinlein Now that the dust has cleared, it’s time to get real with some serious goal setting for 2012. But first, it’s important to lay a foundation for goal setting. That’s the purpose [...]
**Click play and listen while reading This post is meant to be a reflective experience, not just a bunch of words. Hopefully it will inspire you to reflect on your own life. “A life not examined is a life not worth living.” In my opinion, and Plato’s, there is literally nothing more important than introspection [...]
