Have you ever met a manager for the first time and in their introduction to the team they talk about their style? What is management style anyway? Does style assume there is a base understanding of what a subject pertains and that whatever you add or subtract from it is a matter of personal prerogative? …

Breakfast, Lunch, and Dinner. Three of my favorite words. Adopting a unified approach to eating is something not to be taken lightly. I have experimented much with different eating patterns in my life. Atkins and Keto work to lose weight, but the fat content is hard on your gall-bladder if you have a familial history …

Stress management is something I struggle with and have all of my life to my detriment. When I get over-stressed I either lash out or shut down, sometimes I pull an “ostrich” and bury my head in the sand. Of course, this is no way to live. You cannot run from stress or put yourself …

I realize I just gushed about walking in the previous post, so my take on cardio is going to be a bit of a surprise. I segregate cardio from regularly walking in terms of your heart rate. Cardio requires more effort. In all honesty, I hate cardio. I find it tedious. I live in a …

In my opinion, walking is the most underappreciated activity in the known human universe. For most of our history, walking was a necessity. People would walk searching for food, to travel, to migrate. Now, most people rarely walk. We can drive our car to the grocery store. Most of our jobs are sedentary. It doesn’t …

I hate to admit this, but I have been a dues paying gym member for probably twenty five years. I know people say it is a poor financial decision, but I find a lot of value in it. My first home gym was Gold’s Gym. Twenty years ago, I worked out there all of the …

As of this blog post date, I am roughly two years alcohol free, over five years tobacco free, and decades since the use of any type of drug. Do I miss them? Not really. I think everyone gets to an age where they realize alcohol use, in any form, does more harm than good. Just …

What is more important than sleep? It is the bedrock of good health. For many years I disliked sleep. I rarely slept and I will admit that approach was wrong. Not getting enough rest makes you eat more calories. It affects your mood and your concentration levels. It affects your physical energy and keeps you …

I like to lean on John Doerr a lot. “You can only manage what you measure” is a favorite quote of mine from him. If you want to make progress, you need to benchmark something. Telemetry is the process of monitoring and gathering data from a process, and since I need to manually track the …

Aging is not fun I am told, and I am finding this out on my own. I am starting to see some changes, more gray hairs, a slower recovery from fatigue, and stiff joints when I’ve been sitting too long. With these changes occurring I am taking a little more proactive approach to these challenges. …