What could you do in a year?
What could you accomplish if you practiced something for 365 days?
How far could you go if you did something for an hour a week, for 52 weeks in a row?
8,760 hours. 52 weeks. 365 days. 1 year.
Read MoreIt’s that time again...that time where the 3 Things meets Purposeful Strength. That time where I look at my list of writing topics and see what never quite materialized into a full blown write up.
Without dragging this along, here are the 3 Things I’ve been thinking about in April.
Read MoreAs I write this I’m currently six hours past my self imposed deadline of sending this newsletter by 11am. Normally I have this sucker written at some point through the week when the idea comes to fruition, but as life often hands you lemons, this week is far from normal.
As I realized I was past due, my first thought was that I’ve built enough rapport to skip a week.
“Ah, Casey, you’ll catch ‘em next week”.
Had I followed that thought, I know that tomorrow morning I would greet myself with thoughts of disappointment.
Read MoreSometimes we find ourselves enamored by complexity.
If something is complex it is perceived as intellectual, superior, and in some cases, just plain better.
A Tesla is more complex than a Camry. Is the Tesla better than the Camry? Some might say yes, some might say no. Regardless, both cars can get you from point A to point B. Isn’t that what matters?
Complexity might be sexy, but is it more effective?
Read More3 Things meets Purposeful Strength. My favorite crossover. If you’ve been following along, you know sometimes I have a list of ideas that never fully come to fruition and don’t quite get the substance for their own piece.
Thus, the 3 Things was brought in.
3 Things that are in my brain, but don’t quite have the horses in the race. Combined, they make greatness.
Okay, maybe not greatness, but they make a decent newsletter…
Read MoreWhat the fuck is a calorie.
Let's start with what Google has to say about it.
Noun. The energy needed to raise the temperature of 1 gram of water through 1 °C
Interesting. No reference to food. So where did calories get lumped with food?
Let's ask Google again. Here’s what shows up when you type in “define calorie food”.
A calorie is a unit of energy. When you hear something contains 100 calories, it's a way of describing how much energy your body could get from eating or drinking it.
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