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Jerry Rice — widely considered the greatest wide receiver of all time. Lou Gehrig — widely considered the greatest first baseman of all time. Peyton Manning — widely considered the greatest quarterback of all time. My father — widely considered, by my siblings, the greatest dad of the 20th century. What do these men have in common? Jerry Rice didn’t build a career on peaks. He built it on repetition that refused to decay. Same preparation, same conditioning, same standard yea

Sometimes you strike out. That's part of the game.

"You become what you give your attention to." -Epictetus the thinker We like to think we’re good at multitasking. Checking email while working. Scrolling social media between sets at the gym. Answering messages in the middle of a conversation. What if we got it wrong? What if multitasking is really just another way of saying, doing multiple things poorly. A lack of attention, or giving attention to everything at once is corrosive. The quality of our work declines. The richnes

"Do not wish that all things will go well with you, but that you will go well with all things." -Epictetus the shifting sands of time We do not choose the hand we are dealt. We do not decide the circumstances of our birth. The time, place, and conditions of our arrival are not ours to command. Even as we move through life, much remains beyond our will. Health may falter, wealth may vanish, and fortune may turn without warning. These things bend to forces larger than our will.