7-40 Challenge | Round 4, Day 10 I'm reading Admiral McRaven's Make Your Bed this week. In Navy SEAL training, there's a brass bell. If you want to quit, you ring it. You're done. No more cold water, no more impossible runs, no more being pushed past what you thought you could take. McRaven's message: … Continue reading Never Ring the Bell
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The Good Hydra
7-40 Challenge | Round 4, Day 2 I just finished Josh Kaufman's How to Fight a Hydra. It's a short fable about facing an ambitious, terrifying challenge — the kind where you cut off one head and two more grow in its place. The hero enters the arena not knowing if he'll survive, gets staggered, … Continue reading The Good Hydra
What Twenty Minutes Will Tell You
7-40 Challenge | Planning Week It’s 80 degrees. I’m in jeans and a black shirt, walking downtown in full sunlight with a balding head, talking into my phone passing a bus stop at 12:45 in the afternoon. I’ve got about 14 things on my to-do list and I’m trying to unload my brain before it … Continue reading What Twenty Minutes Will Tell You
What the Scale Wasn’t Telling Me
For about six weeks, the scale stopped moving. I’d been showing up every day. At least thirty minutes of exercise on regular days, an hour or more on 7-40 Challenge days. I’ve gone through two pairs of running shoes this year — the kind that are supposed to last four to five hundred miles each. … Continue reading What the Scale Wasn’t Telling Me
He Fell the Wrong Way
I’ve been posting daily Bible illustrations for four months now. One image per chapter, every day, using AI to generate scenes from scripture. This week, a video of David and Goliath crossed 110,000 views on Instagram. I’ve gained over 1,500 followers in a week. And at least ten people have told me Goliath fell the … Continue reading He Fell the Wrong Way
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