Spend less time on your phone. Through repeated action we strengthen, for better or worse, the neural pathways in our brain. Fortunately our brain has neuroplasticity meaning that we can alter these pathways. Through actions performed in many cases hundreds of times a day (picking up, looking at, responding to, etc our phones), many of us have formed a habit if not addiction to interacting with our phones. You see it at the gym, in cars, when walking down the street, etc. It

Everyone finds himself in a situation where he (believes he) cant work out due to things like travel, injury, some event on the calendar, etc. During these times our mind tends to focus on what we ‘can’t’ do, eg “…I can’t work out because I hurt my knee.” Consider this important mental shift: When you find yourself thinking similar thoughts, write down a list of all the things you CAN do. Here are just a few – the list is actually much longer than what your mind is telling yo

You have been blessed with certain gifts, skills, passions, visions, goals that are unique to you. They are in your head, you know what they are, yet in many cases you convince yourself you will do them ‘tomorrow’. Life is precious. Life is fleeting. Tomorrow is never guaranteed. When you are placed in your grave, will you be visited by your dreams, your passions, your goals that have been left unfulfilled? Will they look down upon you with anger, demanding why you are dragg

Last week my hometown team, the Chicago Cubs, won the World Series. Generations of people had been praying for that moment for decades. But no amount of incantations to the heavens was going to bring about a championship trophy. To be sure, it would take changes, and positive changes require action. Think about your muscles. If you want to change them – make them more flexible, bigger, stronger…that requires action. “But the action you are talking about, resistance (weight) t