Monday Motivation

  Taking on living with full accountability and awareness for my actions has been very rewarding.   While I don’t succeed all the time, it still allows me to quickly target...

This past weekend, I took on the Berryman Trial in MO. 27.1 total miles. This is a single day adventure. This trail has quickly become a bit of a testing...

It’s 3:00AM in El Chalten, Argentina. I find myself soaking in a hotel tub that’s just a hair too small. My legs, feet, and hips are achy everywhere. Sleep isn’t...

HVIII Brand Goods started in 2014 and was birthed out of my complete obsession with strength sports. The message was clearly stating that to be my best, I‘d have to...

Life is a complex maze of twists and turns. We all wish there was “the right” path forward.  The idea of “getting X and you get happiness, fulfillment, acknowledgement, success,...

I’m flying back from Florida tonight and The Gap and The Gain starts playing. Typical of the universe hitting the right notes at the right time. Flying in the evening...

When we start to change, the first thing we do is add things to our list or take away things we already do that we want to stop. Clean up...

Too often, we see what someone else has or what they are doing and think, “must be nice.” I hear this when someone who works a regular 9 to 5...

So much energy is wasted on pointing fingers and bullshit. We have a propensity to focus on negative shit, criticisms, and tend to point out others’ shortcomings to validate our...

Having a plan is something I am trying to get better at. For most of my life, I have been goal-oriented, but I am not terribly organized. Only in my...

I know it's a common thing to hear, but choosing experience over things is a better way to live.  And I am no different than most other relatively fortunate affluent...

  It really is easy to get caught up in the day-to-day routine.  Easy to stay in a reactionary mode all the time, just handling the next obstacle as it...