Life is like a rainbow: you need both sun and rain to make the colors of life appear. Even though it has been 80 degrees and beautiful outside in Virginia this week, my week has had torrential downpours of stress and bad news, and even nightmares in my sleep. Strangely, I appreciate these
“LOLLY” POPS WITH POSITIVITY
Lolly found me. Four hours into my race with ten miles left to run — as my quads were spasming in Charlie-horse cramps and my groin muscles had me on the verge of tears — Lolly trotted up beside me. While we hobbled our broken bodies up the mountainous bay bridge that overlooked the Gulf of Mexico, this petit
LAUNCHING FAILURE FOR SUCCESS
I know someone who did 1,000+ pull-ups yesterday, a feat I deemed impossible. Adam Chaney, a trainer on my staff, loves a good challenge. He master challenges however only because he gladly embraces the prospect of failure. Before Chaney started the day-long venture of doing 1,000 pull-ups, he accepted the possiblity that he might only complete 700 or 800, and