Best Of Archive
A Crisis of Values in the Health and Performance Space
Reading Time: 4 min
This past Saturday, January 31, the United States Department of Justice released a large batch of files related to Jeffrey…
Longevity and Vo2max? Does it Actually Matter?
Reading Time: 6 min
If you ever traffic in the health and wellness space, you’ve undoubtedly heard about Vo2max and its impact on longevity.…
Stop Hovering and Let Kids Play—Their Mental Health Depends On It
Reading Time: 6 min
Growing up in the nineties, there was one constant in both our lives: neighborhood sports. Just about every day following…
Balancing Competitiveness and Letting Go
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Michael Jordan’s competitiveness is legendary. There was the time when at one of Jordan’s basketball camps, OJ Mayo, who was…
The Problem With Biohacking, Optimization, and The Wellness Industrial Complex 2.0
Reading Time: 4 min
In the self-help, biohacking, and personal improvement crowds, people often turn their entire lives into work, all in the name…
Why We Need to Seek Out Discomfort
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Joseph Campbell is known for his work in mythology. He outlined the hero’s journey that influenced George Lucas in the…
Internet Brain is a Real Thing
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If you feel “off” more often than you’d like, you aren’t alone. Many people do. In The Practice of Groundedness,…
The Difference Between Tolerating Pain, Suffering and Performing
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Since the release of Do Hard Things, the questions I’ve received most are some variety of “What about the David…
The Basics of Fitness: A Program for Everyone
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It is easier to train for a marathon than for general fitness. That might sound sacrilegious for the runners out…