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Bloody Elbows, Steep Cliffs, & Passing the Test
“Will you succeed? Yes! You will indeed! 98 and 3/4 percent guaranteed. Kid, you’ll move mountains.” – Dr Seuss I looked out over the valley. Nothing but mountains out to the horizon. I reached for the tree branch. My 4 … Continue reading
Posted in Health, Life, Mind Set, New Beginnings, Travel
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The Art of Consistency
“It’s not what we do once and a while that shapes our lives. It is what we do consistently.” – Tony Robbins If you forgot I wrote a blog, no offense taken. So did I. It’s been 2 months since … Continue reading
Posted in Change, Health, Life, Mind Set, New Beginnings, Uncategorized
Tagged 2016, ACL, ACL rehabilitation, ACL surgery, allograft ACL reconstruction, Anthony Robbins, anti-bucket list, Apple, attitude, average, balance studios, Best of Philly, blog, BOSU, bucket list, challenge, Consistency, declutter, Dresher physical therapy, Energy, flexibility, Gracie Jiu Jitsu, halloween, Jim Rohn, Jiu Jitsu, Joe Ciccarone, Knee Surgery, Life Unbalanced, Mac Book Pro, medicine ball, Philadelphia, philly, PT, remarkable, Rickson Gracie, Rothman Institute, strenght, success, surgery, target, Tony Robbins, wordpress, work out, writing
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The Grind
“It is often the small victories that define the big moments.” – Chris Burkmenn My 4 day oxycontin experiment was over. I was a week out of ACL surgery. My surgeon cleared me to drive. After a few attempts, I … Continue reading
Posted in Family, Health, Life, Mind Set, Uncategorized
Tagged ACL, ACL surgery, ACL tear, allograft ACL reconstruction, average, balance studios, battle, bjj, blog, BOSU, challenge, Chris Burkmenn, confidence, courage, create, Dresher physical therapy, Energy, family, Gracie Jiu Jitsu, graciejiujitsu, gym, health, high school, Jiu Jitsu, Joe Ciccarone, jogging, Keyser Soze, life, Life Unbalanced, mind, opportunity, pain, Philadelphia, philly, Physical Therapy, PT, race, range of motion, remarkable, Rothman Institute, running, strength, success, The Grind, the usual suspects, treadmill, trust the process, UDHS, upper dublin, usual suspects, wordpress
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Sunsets, The Karate Kid & Adapting
“All failure is failure to adapt. All success is successful adaptation.” – Max McKeown This was a bad idea. My 3 year old daughter & I were sitting on top of a sliding board. As we started to slide, I … Continue reading
Posted in Creativity, Family, Health, Mind Set
Tagged 2015, 2016, ACL, ACL surgery, active, adapt, attitude, average, balance studios, beach, bjj, blog, Blog Star, Brazilian Jiu Jitsu, Cape May, challenge, change, children activities, courage, elliptical machine, engaged, exercise, experience, family bonding, fire hydrant, focus, Gracie Jiu Jitsu, gratitude, high tide, irrelevant, Joe Ciccarone, kids, Life Unbalanced, light, Max McKeown, Move, movie, New Jersey, new year's resolutions, Open Mat BJJ, opportunity, Philadelphia, pull ups, Ralph Macchio, remarkable, Rothman Institute, Sleep, Street Week, Success Magazine, summer, sunset, surgery, teacher, The Karate Kid, Torn ACL, waves, wordpress, work
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Home Alone
“Lessons learned at home last the longest.” – Thomas Monson Life finds new ways to challenge us. Last week my wife had to travel for work. She went on a 5 day business trip. That meant 3 kids and I … Continue reading
Posted in Family, Life, Relationships
Tagged 2015, 3 kids, aristotle, average, balance studios, bjj, blog, Bravo Network, business trip, challenge, clothes, concierge, delegate, family bonding, focus, fraternity, friends, get up early, glitter, Gracie Jiu Jitsu, grand parents, health, Henry Aikens, Home Alone, invisible jiu jitsu, Joe Ciccarone, kids, leaders, leadership, Lessons, life, lunch, magic, movie, phobia, pledge, priorities, remarkable, Thomas Monson, training, Wealth, wisdom, wordpress
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Run Free
“The greatest pleasure in life is doing what people say you cannot do.” – Walter Bagehot Throughout our lives people will doubt us. People will say that the challenge we are facing is too big. Don’t believe it. Think of those obstacles … Continue reading
Posted in Mind Set, New Beginnings
Tagged 4 minute mile, average, believe, blog, challenge, criticism, customers, doubt, England, family, feelings, intimidation, Joe Ciccarone, kids, marriage, maturity, mindset, motivation, Mount Everest, mountain climbing, people, remarkable, Roger Bannister, Run Free, running, sales, selling, Sir Edmund Hillary, succeed, success, team, Walter Bagehot, wordpress
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Life in Traffic
“What you plant now, you will harvest later.” – Og Mandino Being alive is awesome. It’s also a HUGE responsibility. This week a cemetery taught me something about LIFE. I was stuck in traffic next to a cemetery. It got me … Continue reading
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