Category Archives: Learning

Why I believe in AA

Posted on October 15, 2019 by pro356rick

While Attitude determines your trajectory, Action determines the speed. Put them together, and you get a sort of success torque. Continue reading →

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Blow Up To Go Up!

Posted on December 20, 2016 by pro356rick

Are you a linebacker or a balloonist? This question came to me listening to an audiobook while watching conference championship football…… Continue reading →

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Driving Miss Entrepreneur

Posted on November 11, 2016 by pro356rick

The key to giving up the wheel is realizing that you not only arrive sooner at your financial destination but you can also see a lot more from the back seat. Continue reading →

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Putting your brain in the fast lane!

Posted on July 6, 2016 by pro356rick

The wider the lane, the faster the brain can get to what you already retained. Continue reading →

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To move up, listen up!

Posted on June 30, 2016 by pro356rick

What one skill is available to all of us and is utilized poorly by almost all of us? Continue reading →

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Pareto and Lap Swimming in the Work Pool

Posted on November 11, 2015 by pro356rick

Listening to my buddy, Chris Klinger’s Minutespiration vlog on the Pareto Principle, Do You Pareto?, I noticed how my interval was a small part of my workout, but it makes all the difference in my performance. So why not apply it a 20% interval into my work day and see if I get an 80% return? Continue reading →

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The Path of No Resistance and The Mind Like Water

Posted on October 6, 2015 by pro356rick

Imagine that you had no control over your thoughts, no control over your responses, and no control over your emotions. One of these is true. Can you guess which one?

Garrett Kramer got me thinking about not thinking………. Continue reading →

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Why we should all remain two year olds!

Posted on July 28, 2015 by pro356rick

“He has been here for 20 years; but it more like he’s been here a year and just repeated the first year twenty times.”
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Random 6 am Thoughts in the Shower after a Sluggish Workout

Posted on June 17, 2015 by pro356rick

What will I do with the rest of today? John Maxwell’s Daily Reader challenged me to expect the best for 30 days and that sure didn’t work out on my “I feel like walking” 4 mile run slog. Jesus Calling … Continue reading →

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Your Anaerobic Work Threshold

Posted on May 5, 2015 by pro356rick

Our Masters swim/triathlon coach sent us a workout designed to improve our performance… If this approach makes sense for my running or swimming, why not apply it for my work? Continue reading →

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