When things get bad they tend to feel like the weight of the world is upon us.  So my theory and practice to take the "regular" days and string them together and notice the daily miracles each - then you know for sure the good truly outweigh the bad.  It helps to have loved ones, family, and friends to connect with during these times as well.  This week has gone from despair with two of my children to levels of resolution and a connection with a long missed friend and a check in call form a cousin I respect and regard.  My wife is beginning a new endeavor and used the words she feels "Liberated".  When I feel like a day is too much to bear I simply go to bed a little early.  Because I know for a fact the difference a day can make.  Thank you for all the beautiful people and events in my life that help me string the best of life together.

Love Always - Coach J

What would it mean if your every movement, word and communication was the exact representation of the message you want to share with the world?  It would mean being intentional, decisive and conscious.  Then you would truly be the personification of your message.

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Love Always - Coach J

A friend of mine likes to live by the saying "When is the last time you did something for the first time?"  I align that in some respects to a thought I am having this morning.  I am living a once in a lifetime moment/life daily.  Savoring the company I have in my live, the blessings I am realizing, the coincidences, and the perfectly timed lessons.  I feel like in my youth I was tried that once in a lifetime was something so special you were lucky to have witnessed it once.  As I grow and learn to create my reality and accept all outcomes I am inspired to share with you that you can live a once in a lifetime type of life daily and it is invigorating, fulfilling, humbling, and rewarding.  Challenge yourself today to take inventory of the smallest miracles and victories and begin your walk down the road of a once in a lifetime lifestyle.  Thank you to all my family and friends that assisted me in this revelation by being amazingly beautiful at all times.

Love Always - Coach J

If success is the pursuit of a worthy ideal or goal - what does success look like?  It may look like the bus ride to night school, it may look like preparing dinner for your family.  If it is a marathon it must look like the 15th mile.  It may look like extra hours in the office or at the gym.  It's the reworked proposal or extra rep.  Often pictures of the finish line are associated with success but that is completion and commencement.  The end of one journey and the beginning of the next.  Success is the pursuit of a worthy ideal or goal - it is in the work.  God is in the details.

Love Always - Coach J

I have witnessed a young man work hard at his academics and at his sport.  In high school he was an average performer that always had to apply himself to maintain around a 3.0 grade average.  He joined cross country in his junior year and fell in love with it but was not a top performer in that area.  He trained hard and got better and was very respectable.  His dream was to attend a university and run on their cross country team.  He got accepted by the school and pushed himself to unbelievable degrees and made the team after being denied the first year.  A side result of his training discipline is he became very focused in school and now maintains a 3.4 grade average at a top university.  Also after making the cross country team he joined a triathlon for sport and found this is where his heart really is.  His first major tri he placed second!  He had a coach reach out to him to help him train, he has a major sponsor.  He is breaking rookie records and is more fulfilled than he has ever been.  He put the work in.  Even when you are not completely sure what the work is going towards or you don't feel completely fulfilled any work you do, any strength you build is yours for future use.  I raise my glass high to know this young man and I know that anything he does in life will be successful.  I knew that from his first training sessions that junior year in high school when I had the pleasure of working with him because he's had the heart of a lion from the beginning.  The best part of this story for me is now he knows it is only going to get better - and he earned it all himself.

Love Always - Coach J

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Love Always - Coach J

When we reach a peak in our performance or understanding there is no feeling like it.  When we execute below that standard going forward we know we have missed the mark and tend to grade ourselves as less than the desired mark.  In the moment we are delivering not only what the receiver needs but on some level what we need as well.  Without those moments of less than stellar performance we may never refine ourselves further.  Without the fall there is no victory to overcome.  The beauty in the win is to overcome the struggle.  Even if it is unnoticed by others we build our reserve by acknowledging and getting back after it.  Being human and being able to err is one of the best gifts we have ever been given if we use it to grow.

Love Always - Coach J

Have you ever seen something so bad or ugly it made you realize how good you really have it?  I can admit I have had experiences where I wish I had been wiser and not put myself in a situation that made me think "What am I doing here?  I don't need to be in this environment!"  In those moments I was fortunate enough to have a measurement of good that I could reference as the place I'd rather be.  If you are in a dark place and do not have a frame of reference of a better place, I tell you it exists, simply look for small clues first.  And for those of you in a good place now, don't wait to be tested or witness something less than beautiful to fully grasp and appreciate the good that is in your life now.  The good will only multiply.  If you have a little, amplify it, if you have a lot amplify it.  Focus on the good, and minimize the bad and the ugly.

Love Always - Coach J

It's easy to be grateful for the soft and beautiful things like flowers, birds, a sunset or rise, however I'll ask you when was the last time you were grateful for a challenge?  Working with some men this week we came across some challenges that had to voiced, raised and cleared.  At times during the challenge there was discomfort, confusion or emotions.  What made the session successful was that everyone kept asking or speaking until they had an understanding of the others position.  The result has been a week of victory by overcoming adversity.  And that feels great!

Love Always - Coach J