Category: Life

There Is No Gene for the Human Spirit

There is no gene for the human spirit.

There is no Guarantee of Success

Not everyone who goes “All-In” factors going “All-In” and then not getting the reward.

Be Grateful for the Opportunity to Solve One’s Problems

The most important thing one can do before one’s feet hit the floor each day is to be grateful for the opportunity to solve one’s problems – And the realization that there will be more problems to solve tomorrow. And to find happiness within this.

When Circumstances Suddenly Change

When you’re winning, everything seems to go right.
When everything goes wrong, you fight.

Life on Earth

Maybe there are people on this earth who are undercover.
People who have been sent by a higher power.
People whose lives intertwine with ours for a brief time.
People who are sent into our lives at the exact moment we need them.

Small but Powerful

What most people dismiss as too little to matter is often exactly what adds up to make someone impossible to ignore.

Today is my Birthday, but it is not the Day I Became Alive

Although I would do anything to change the circumstances that made me a member, I would never renounce my membership.

The Greatest Day of Your Life

Whatever day that may be in your life, will you know it at the time?

The Last Mile

The last mile takes longer than all the other miles added together.

I Fight Every Day – Official Release

This short book is for anyone still fighting—on the mat or in life.

I Fight Every Day

Fighting no matter the score is paramount to a competitor.

Check In on Your Athlete’s Mental State

Today, ask your wrestler how they are doing mentally, no matter how great they seem they be doing physically. Sometimes, superhuman athletes are far superior at being athletes than they are at being humans.

Change One Word and Change Your Life.

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Finding Belief Through Adversity: Insights from Ernie Johnson

A little more than a month ago life had finally kicked my ass.

A Letter to My Ten-Year-Younger Self

Every life has a “Before and After” line in it, where your life has been one thing up until you reach a specific event and it suddenly then becomes something totally different.
You are approaching your line today,