Inner Game

Accomplishment: A Serious Confident Booster

Have you ever laid out wood flooring? If so, you know the epic torture that is cutting, hammering, crowbarring, re-cutting, re-hammering, and doing it all over again because the last piece you put down started to splinter. It sucks. But you know what? Once you?re finished and you look down at that sweet Adirondack Maple,

Be a Man: Hike Up a Mountain

Yes, I am going to write about hiking up a goddamn mountain and no, this is not one of my weekly fitness articles. While there are certainly many things to consider on the physical side before attempting to hike up a mountain (e.g. proper footwear, proper nutrition, not being shitfaced drunk), this article isn?t about

Lazy Summer: Staying Motivated

There?s just something about summer that screams ?be a lazy turd.? It?s a time of year when many people are working less and vacationing more. School?s out and the grill?s on. Whether you?re on break from college or skipping work to hang with Snooki at the Jersey shore, summer is the time of year to

Don’t Measure Your Success by Your Marriage Status

I?m at the point in my life where a good portion of my friends are getting or already are married. Despite all of the perks (freedom, not being nagged on a daily basis, money to spend on actual fun things), being single has its drawbacks for many. Talking with my boys recently, a few opened

Clean Up Your Act and Get Confident

There was a time, several years ago, when I lived in a dirty, dank apartment in Philadelphia, worked a dead-end job at a coffee shop and looked like a poster child for malnutrition. Today I live in a nice apartment, make a living as a writer and actually show signs of muscle definition. Needless to

Go With The Flow

Sometimes, stupid rhymey sayings are actually applicable in real life: ?Righty tighty, lefty loosey? ?Beer than liquor, never sicker? ?He who smelt it, dealt it? ?Go with the flow.? ?Go with the flow,? though it seems like a throwaway saying, something you?d see on a dollar store coffee mug, it?s actually quite applicable to the

Do What Makes You Feel Powerful

When I?m up on stage playing guitar and singing for a bar full of drunken strangers, I?m on top of the g-damn world. This stands in sharp contrast to the way I used to feel when I?d get up to bat in Little League: I was terrified, because I honestly wasn?t that good. Unlike my

Root For Yourself

Some grown men paint their faces and wave around gigantic foam fingers to show their support for millionaire athletes. Others get dolled up like members of KISS and spend hours at a time screaming out ridiculous lyrics like ?We’re kissin’ in Dallas and Philly’s goin’ wild.? What compels adults to display such irrational fervor? Confidence.

Michael Jackson: The King of Pop (and Confidence)

Surely, you?ve seen one of his videos or live performances, but have you ever watched an interview Michael Jackson happened to give? Here he was, THE biggest star in the world ? millions of album sold, numerous #1 hit, sold-out concerts – and the guy was humble, gracious and soft-spoken. What set Jackson apart from

To the Inner Game Class of 2012: Stop Jerking Around

I was dreading my sister?s college graduation. Don?t get me wrong. I?m proud of her for making it through four years of school (something I suffered through and don?t know how I managed to complete). It?s just the idea of two and a half hours of coma-inducing speeches from stuffy professors that had me wishing

Embrace (Inner) Game-Changing Moments

game-changing adj. 1. Completely?changing?the?way?that?something?is?done,?thought?about,?or?made 2. Critical and having the potential to alter the overall outcome. You might not have realized it, but that time you pissed your pants on that blind date and/or lost your job at McDonald?s for stealing Shamrock Shake mix weren?t entirely for naught. Sure, inheriting your dead uncle?s mansion and scoring

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