As we seek excellence, exploring morality and virtue helps us live well before God, others, and ourselves.

Striving for excellence as a physician requires intentionality, lifelong learning, humility, and surrounding yourself with excellent peers.

Well, it is back to school time.  It seems that the last half of summer flew by in a whirlwind – at times quite literally.  The past two...

A life lived in default mode as a reaction to events will end up being less effective than one that is intentional.  We have discussed...

As I have grown and developed both personally and professionally, I have sought to find a way of classifying the various different...

In a previous post I talked about how to get started with Obsidian.  If you haven't had a chance to check out that post, be sure to click...

“Jiu Jitsu is life”…. At least that’s what I have been told. Several years ago, my boys were invited to a birthday party at a local Jiu...

Since the beginning of entropic history, we as humans have been searching for the fountain of youth.  There are two guaranteed dates that...

Have you heard the phrase, "Discipline equals freedom?"  I first learned of this phrase from the man who made it popular, Jocko Willink. ...

January is officially over!  One month down in 2024.  This last month I participated in the DEF reset sponsored by Jocko Fuel, Train...

When I was a young boy, I had a fascination with the Civil War.  Now, you could say that the fascination was borne more out of an...

In the last post we discussed the pursuit of excellence in the context of mission.  The mission defines the path that we must follow. ...

Language is an interesting thing.  As any student of language can attest, a word often doesn't mean just one, narrow thing.  There is...

In our family, we've adopted some different phrases that we say from time-to-time to remind us of who we are, our ethos and what we're...

Podcasts are one of my favorite sources of learning.  I recently discovered a new podcast (JP Dinnell Podcast) that has been enjoyable,...

Emotions are an important part of the human experience. They color life and make it difficult. The key is for us to control our emotions.

The journey is a metaphor for life. On our journeys we need a compass to guide the way. This post discusses a compass for our lives.

While work is important it can easily become all consuming. This post discusses the importance of work and rest.

In several recent posts, I have discussed the idea of developing a second brain as a way of storing information and fueling creative...

How do you find meaning in life? Viktor Frankl explores the idea meaning in life as he shares his experience in Auschwitz.