Habit
“We first make our habits, and then our habits make us.” ~ John Dryden
A behavior pattern acquired by frequent repetition or physiological exposure that shows itself in regularity or increased facility of performance.
An acquired mode of behavior that has become nearly or completely involuntary.
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Quote To Ponder ~United States Olympic Committee
“It’s not every four years. It’s every day.” ~Motto of the United States Olympic Committee Continue reading
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Tools of Titans
“Role models who push us to exceed our limits, physical training that removes our spare tires, and risks that expand our sphere of comfortable action are all examples of eustress-stress this is healthful and the stimulus for growth.” ~Tim Ferriss A year ago Christmas, my wife surprised me with the book, Tools of Titans, by Continue reading
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Quote To Ponder ~Sebastian Junger
“In the civilian world almost nothing has lasting consequences, so you can blunder through life in a kind of daze. You never have to take inventory of the things in your possession and you never have to calculate the ways in which mundane circumstances can play out – can, in fact, kill you. As a Continue reading
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Quote To Ponder ~John Dryden
“First we make our habits, then our habits make us.” ~John Dryden Continue reading
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Quote To Ponder ~Bruce Lee
“There are no limits. There are only plateaus, and you must not stay there, you must go beyond them.” ~Bruce Lee Continue reading
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Quote To Ponder ~Jim Ryun
“Motivation is what gets you started. Habit is what keeps you going.” ~Jim Ryun Continue reading
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Quote To Ponder ~Samuel Smiles
“To think we are able is almost to be so; to determine upon attainment is frequently attainment itself. Thus earnest resolution has often seemed to have about it almost a savor of omnipotence.” ~Samuel Smiles Continue reading
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1000 Rep Challenge: Push-ups
Pictured: Kris Kepler & Jeremy Thiel Back in mid-April, I signed up for the 1000 Rep Challenge that was birthed out of the minds of those two crazy guys in the above picture. It officially started on, Monday, April 24th. As they put it, “It’s time to get strong.” Over the course of eight weeks Continue reading

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