Why even do it in the first place? You know there will be ups, but why put yourself through the downs? What is the purpose of all of it? I just found this photo the other day and I have to say it is pretty inspiring and is also a brand new concept to me. I never really thought of it that way. I was always taught to visualize the end result, but the respecting the goal itself never came across my mind. But now it has. In fact, it has given me some new life. So what is my why? But first, what are the goals? To become an elite fitness competitor To eat clean for a full year (No salt, sugar, juice,…
The world needs better men. This blog is simply my journey to becoming a better man every day and the lessons I learn along the way.
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First of all, right off the bat, I just wanted to say that there is nothing wrong with the saying “They were right, college was the 4 best years of my life” or any other saying related to that idea. Yesterday was exactly one year since I graduated from university and seeing all of the pictures of everyone’s caps and gowns really brought me back. But those short sayings about college being the best 4 years (or 5 for those super seniors) really struck me and I got to thinking. I was taught a while ago that in this moment there is nothing, no past, no future, it is perfect…nothing to fix or change. From nothing, I can create – anything. And then I…
What’s my passion? What excites me? What drives me? What makes me push down the pedal? What inspires me? What motivates me? What lights that fire? What are the possibilities? What could be the future? What could I create? What can I do? What limits could I break? Who could I inspire? Whose hearts could I touch? — Can I do it? — You’re damn right I can. – Evan Sanders
“We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, then, is not an act, but a habit.” – Aristotle It’s you vs. you. Don’t be mistaken. It’s not you vs. anyone else. Anything else. Something else. It may appear to be that way. But it really isn’t. It’s you vs. you. The fight is within. The exterior is just the playing field. You make yourself the best you can. Take it to the limits. Break barriers. Jump over obstacles. Defy your previous handicaps. It’s you vs. you. It’s all in your head. Now go win. – E.
Day (460) – Interesting Lessons Taught at Unsuspecting Times
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Posted on June 9, 2013
Mowing the lawn is not really an epic feat. Let’s be honest…it’s more of a chore than anything else. But halfway through the uneventful task of trimming the grass, I was taught something pretty significant. The device that runs the back wheels which pushes the lawnmower along gave out, and I was left with a half cut lawn and a heavy piece of machinery. What do I do? Well, in my mind there were a couple of options. Leave the grass half cut and blame it on the lawnmower, bother my dad about it who was already dealing with a major debacle with the sprinkler system, or just try to push the damn thing. Needless to say, that lawn looks great. But it took…
“In these bodies we will live and in these bodies we will die, where you invest your love, you invest your life.” – Mumford & Sons There are some really challenging aspects to life that I find myself struggling with and thinking about quite often. Looking deep within, no matter how many times you do it, it’s always a scary heart-wreching proposition. I often wonder if it is a challenge sent from above to truly see what I am actually made of. My answer to this is usually yes. How could it not be? Seems to always know exactly what I need right at the perfect time so I can grow. Faith has been building. And yet I often find myself asking the same…
Before I get going tonight, I wanted to let you know that I will be posting the video blogs on a separate page – but just to introduce you to the concept number one is above – hope you enjoy this journey. Tonight is pretty simple for me. It’s interesting that sometimes you can go a whole day and not really have anything profound happen to you, and then all of a sudden right before you are about to turn in, bam…it happens. I feel that a lot of people have sympathy for others and that can semi-relate to other people’s situations etc, but I feel that the true winning formula in creating long-lasting relationships with people is in developing empathy for them. I…
The book has launched!!! Thank you everyone for supporting me. I would love for you to share this if you can or if you have read the book already, please write a review on the sites below (it would help a ton!) It can be found for ($4.99) at these retailers Amazon - http://ASIN.cc/bfjGYq iTunes - http://bit.ly/13HfmcW Kobo - http://bit.ly/121ofB0 Sony - http://bit.ly/17qFY7h — If you have two minutes, please check out the video for the project – it gives some details as to what the book is about as well as my general mission. http://bit.ly/102d2Lf Here’s what some have said about the book so far “Sanders unlocks the door of each aspect of a man’s world as he breaks through the boundaries of…
I want to introduce you to phase 2 of The Better Man Project. So lets see…it all started February 9, 2011…and today is June 6 2013…800+ days later. I wrote a post earlier today talking about how I have just felt lost lately – and by lately, I mean over the past 3 years since baseball ended for me. While I did find out a lot about myself during phase 1…I have come to a point in my life and in this project where it is time to seriously apply everything towards a large goal. What is that goal? Well actually…let me also introduce you to the book I am working on. A 365 day project…where I commit myself to a new challenge each…
This is what I have found: to let ourselves be seen, deeply seen, vulnerably seen; to love with our whole hearts, even though there’s no guarantee — and that’s really hard, … that’s excruciatingly difficult — to practice gratitude and joy in those moments of terror, when we’re wondering, ‘Can I love you this much? Can I believe in this this passionately? Can I be this fierce about this?’ just to be able to stop and, instead of catastrophizing what might happen, to say, ‘I’m just so grateful, because to feel this vulnerable means I’m alive.’” – Brene Brown And isn’t that the truth? There are no guarantees. It makes it really scary sometimes. Actually, if I am being honest with myself here, it…
