Going to explain, using examples, the concept and power of  "Mini-Retirements", and why central to building your life book.   Accidentally Ran a (half) Marathon in Lebanon   Never thought those words would come out of my mouth. I'm not a runner. I prefer to lift heavy weights at 4am. But I so...

The Goalpost Keeps Moving It keeps moving if you allow it.  The phrase "the goalpost keeps moving" captures that frustrating feeling when success seems just out of reach, no matter how hard we try. For every accomplishment reached we somehow have another one to work on the next day. In many cas...

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I don't have the Try Life On thought process cornered. There's others out there executing designed lives, picking intentional employment, and building businesses that support their versions of success and life they want, not the status quo default they were told to follow. The Try Life On Podca...

You are a parent, or will soon be one. Read this. .......... Kate Z. Thank you for that amazing message. I remember our conversation last weekend about parenting and living fully. This newsletter is with you in mind, and for all of us parents. Like we talked about, kids don't limit life, they ...

Going to explain a distinction that has helped me tremendously. It can save you years of unneeded stress achieving unnecessary goals and earn you decades of financial, time and location freedom. Cash Flow > Being a Millionaire This notion is not well explained in formal schooling of any kind (m...

But how Maurice? “I don’t want to invest. I don’t necessarily want to travel the world. My job pays the bills. I just wish I had more control over my day-to-day life design so I could live better. My main issue is I never have time for life, for outside passions or even family. I’m burned out.” ...

Detachment. Not giving power to opinions of others. Not focusing on outcomes, rather, enjoying process. Cultivating the habit of just ‘do’ and course correct along the way. Three examples in my mind of the art form that is ‘Detachment’. In conversations with coaching students who are very in...

“Every human being must have a point at which he stands against the culture, where he says, this is me and the damned world can go to hell.” - Rollo May I think he’s right, perhaps not for everyone, but for many people. May was an American psychologist and argued that human development proceeds...

In the Oslo, Norway airport as I write this. It's 7:32am local time on June 29, 2024, and I just arrived from Lebanon to spend time with a friend. I've been contemplating coming to Norway for years. This is country 99, while I have been on country 98 (Lebanon, for 5 years). My excuse was that I...