Relaxation

“First we breath out, then we breath in.”  I watched a documentary when I was young called “The man who skied down Everest.”  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Man_Who_Skied_Down_Everest That one line from the movie has stuck with me my whole life. To me it has always meant that we need to empty ourselves before we can fill up. Maybe that’s…

Determination

Once we make up our mind to do something, we start. This is the easy part. The hard part is to keep pushing to our goal. To push ourselves when it hurts, to push ourselves when our mind is making up excuses to stop, to push ourselves when no one else thinks we can do…

Sleep (Part 2)

It’s 11:38. I’m still up. Why am I still up? My body is tired but my mind is going 100 mph! Didn’t I just tell everyone to get lots of sleep and all the benefits of it? Such is life. We know what we should be doing but that doesn’t mean we do it. This…

Belief

Belief is a very powerful thing. Having others believe in you can give you confidence to overcome fear. One type of fear is the fear of success. How can success be fearful? It scares us because it brings us into an unfamiliar area. It takes us from our comfort zone. We wonder how it will…

Draw the Line

Where do you draw the line? My first wakeup call to myself was when I hit 220 lbs. I was up to size 38 waist pants, beer belly forming, and physically in very poor shape. My current line is at 200 lbs, although I’ve learned that this measure by itself can be misleading. Everyone has a limit,…

Inspiration

What motivates you? What makes you want to do something more? What makes you get out of bed and go running? What makes you want to make today better than yesterday? The answer to these questions is commonly ‘Inspiration’. Inspiration comes in many forms. You might want to get healthy so you can see your…

What are you eating?

I love eating.  There are stories told about the amount of food I have consumed in one sitting. Some of them are true. For most of my life I have eaten what I thought was healthy food. Often I would read about a report, or hear what someone’s doctor said and reevaluate my eating solution.…

Hello, world!

Hey! It’s the start of a new blog.  Can you feel the excitement? This blog is going to be where I will write about my latest passion:  I want all the developers in the world to apply the concepts of Test-Driven Development (TDD) and Refactoring to their own lives.  Huh? I want to show you a…