In Motion

"An object in motion stays in motion (and an object at rest stays at rest)" When I learned about this principle in my high school physics class, it’s was through the lens of force mass and inertia. Today, it feels a lot more personal. This is the same principle that shows up in how we grow, how we stall, and how we decide every single day, whether we’re moving forward or standing still. I’ve learned that energy and motivation, are not things you magically wake up with (unfort

Before Nike was Nike, it was just a guy selling shoes out of the trunk of his car. No master plan, and no guarantee it would work. Just a strong will that (eventually) found it's way. This was my biggest takeaway from "Shoe Dog": clarity, reliability, planning, none of this can come first, action does. Phil Knight didn’t have everything figured out when he started. Actually, most of the time, it sounds like he had no idea what he was doing. Like most of us, he was figuring hi

In marathon training, the hardest part for many runners, myself included, isn't the early morning wakeup calls, the long runs, or the seemingly never ending soreness in your legs. It's the taper before the race. Let me set the scene: You’ve been consistent for months, and built the endurance, discipline, and confidence to know that you can actually finish the thing. But then, leading up to race day, you do something that feels completely backwards... you slow down. Cut the m