If you are operating your business through an ad hoc management style, you are not operating your business…it is operating you. — Rob A battle rhythm is a defined series of steps you do on a recurring basis to run your business. I refer to them as my ‘minimum, mandatory…

Today marks the end of the sixth week of my journey to lose 40 pounds. I am officially halfway there. I think though that I like the phrasing tomorrow begins my 7th week as opposed to ‘the end of…’ a phase. As I was running today, I was thinking about…

The application of knowledge is the real power. Knowledge is one of the most valuable assets that a person can possess. It is the possession of knowledge that makes a person powerful, and gives them the ability to shape their lives and the world around them. …

Yesterday was the 42nd day of counting calories and logging my input and exercise calories. Six weeks ago, I stepped on a scale for really the first time since I retired from the military several years ago. That was a pivotal moment for me. I knew I’d gained some weight…

I read an interesting statistic in a study of frameworks recently. Due to a phenomenon called Zipf’s law, learning the top 135 words of a…

I write this three weeks into my journey of counting calories and resuming, after a several year hiatus, a moderate work out schedule. My first week I tracked a calorie…

Up until 2016, I was a pretty active guy. I’m still a pretty active guy, at least in my mind. But once I retired from the military and the formal structure I ‘grew up’ in with regard to exercise, I’ve apparently been less active than I thought. I knew I…

Dear Daughters, I write these words for your future selves, wanting to share some thoughts that have been forming for some time. It is a message I try to convey to you now, as well, as you grow into the people you will become. Words are not just words. Words…

I recently turned 41; my wife asked me several times throughout the day if I was sure I didn’t want anything.