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The Superpower You Already Have
It’s bred into your blood for literally a hundred thousand generations. Use it.—It’s another beautiful dawn on the veldt, two million years ago. You’re an antelope. And something appears on the...
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That’s It, I Quit, or This Essay Could Save My Life
Christopher Bundy meditates on whether being a writer is still worth it to him.There are some days when I’d just as soon give up.Over drinks with a writing friend recently, I confessed that I believed...
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Guide On the Side: Helping My Friend With Visual Impairment Achieve the...
I knew what he had done to live a healthy, full life with blindness, and I had seen how he climbed whatever mountain was in front of him. It was now Randy’s time to lean on me, and he did.______There...
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Do Heels Make Less Of A Man?
Dillan DiGiovanni thinks it takes a strong man to dance like this in stiletto heels. Dancing of any kind is a demanding endeavor and a great full-body workout.How about dancing intense choreography...
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How to Believe in Yourself
It’s completely fine to try and fail. It’s the only way we truly learn. There was a long time when the lack of belief in myself was a major factor in my life.I didn’t pursue an ideal career, or start...
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Lou Holtz: On Greatness
“Life is ten percent what happens to you and ninety percent how you respond to it.” ~ Lou Holtz ♦◊♦The Good Men Project’s On Greatness brings you the most inspiring quotes and related imagery from the...
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On Greatness: Steve Prefontaine
“You have to wonder at times what you’re doing out there. Over the years, I’ve given myself a thousand reasons to keep running, but it always comes back to where it started. It comes down to...
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Adventure, Yoga and Endurance
3 ways to decrease stress, extend longevity & increase happiness in your life.Yoga is the only thing, besides breathing and sleeping, that I’ve done consistently for almost 20 years. My first...
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The Courage To Endure
The choice to find meaning in suffering is one of our greatest opportunities. This requires courage. This requires fortitude. This requires endurance.—Viktor Frankl’s most famous work, the book Man’s...
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6 Life Benefits of Endurance Training
How to parlay your athleticism into a better life.I ran my first marathon in 2010. It was the Rock n’ Roll marathon in San Diego. Prior to that, I played baseball, football, and lacrosse throughout my...
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Why I Admire Hillary Clinton’s Toughness
Matthew Rozsa explains a quality he admires about Hillary Clinton.—Whenever I write nice things about Hillary Clinton, I’m compelled to preface them by mentioning that I’m a Bernie Sanders supporter....
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A Challenge to Men: Take Each Day Gladiator Style
Which kind of gladiator are you: the one that brings the battle or the one that has the battle brought to them?—It’s a scorching day at the Colosseum in Rome and the crowd is roaring with...
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The Goose, Gander, and What it Means to Choose Your Partner Every Day
Embed from Getty ImagesI recently wrote a piece about relationships between men and women in which I stated the following:Here is the real “work” of relationships and the heart of mutual...
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The Meaning of Endurance
Endurance, in a race or struggle, is what enables us to finish, even when we are tired, hurting, and feel we may be able to go no farther.Exhaustion, pain, suffering—these are things we endure along...
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How to Use an Endurance Mindset to Handle Life’s Challenges
What is an endurance mindset? It’s the state of mind that helps me get through some of the most grueling races. It’s the mindset that helps me understand I’m in it for the long haul, both in athletics...
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Make No Mistake
“And once the storm is over, you won’t remember how you made it through, how you managed to survive. You won’t even be sure, whether the storm is really over.But one thing is certain. When you come...
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The Hidden Secrets to Why Kids Quit Sports
Playing sports teaches our kids life lessons, but today, 70% of kids quit sports by the age of thirteen. We’re going to Coach Jim and Coach Steve from Coach Baseball Right to talk about the hidden...
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Finger Size Does Matter… In Sports
Embed from Getty Images—Grant Tomkinson, University of North Dakota and Makailah Dyer, University of North DakotaExamine your fingers. Which is longer? Is it the index finger (the finger you use to...
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Endurance and the Spoils of the Mental Health War
Embed from Getty ImagesThis is what my Doc and my psychologist said to me when I was diagnosed with bipolar: “Ryan, you have a very serious mental illness that will see you experience extremely...
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5 Things A Personal Vision Provides To Elevate Your Life
—It was the vision of equal rights for all people that inspired Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. to crusade for civil rights. It was the vision of a computer on every desk and in every home that moved Bill...
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