I grew up in a rural area, and cars were our main mode of transportation. Our elementary school and high school were together on one campus (do two buildings count as a “campus”?), and the school was the central point of our geographically large community. I was fortunate to live only a mile from the [...]
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I love to name things. Before the birth of each of our kids, I’d spend hours looking through baby names books and write down lists of possible names. I had some specific criteria that made my searches somewhat targeted when looking for boys’ names: Irish, clearly male, and pretty easy to spell. Some of my top [...]
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A number of years ago, while driving across Pennsylvania, we stopped for lunch somewhere on the PA Turnpike. My wife, who has an ecclectic taste when it comes to learning about new things, bought a book called Why Do They Dress That Way? It was about the “plain people,” the proper general term for the people and way of [...]
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If you’re a speaker, consultant, coach, or any other type of leader, your message, speaking style, and body language are only parts of the equation when it comes to your overall persona. Our bodies themselves, and by association, our health, have a tremendous impact on our credibility. Fitness shows discipline. People respect people that are [...]
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Have you heard about Volkswagen’s initiative called The Fun Theory? VW describes it like this: “This site is dedicated to the thought that something as simple as fun is the easiest way to change people’s behaviour for the better.” I saw one of their experiments, Piano Staircase, posted on Facebook. They demonstrate that subway riders [...]
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Back in July 2008, I posted about a Steelcase treadmill desk. My friend Jeff just emailed me with a link to a ComputerWorld article by Lex Friedman with more examples of full solutions (treadmill and desk) and partial solutions. The full article is here, but I’m pasting it into this post too: Just because you [...]
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In the past, I’ve written about setting GOALS for a new year rather than having RESOLUTIONS for the new year. That’s still the case, but I suppose the difference between them in a matter of semantics. The important thing is to set your mind to getting fit and healthy, and then creating the process and [...]
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Over the past few years, my kids have tried to convince me that we should have a Wii, using the “exercise” angle. Based on the number of game systems that have followed Nintendo’s lead on this, it seems that people think these are reasonable solutions for our health issues. EA Sports has a new game [...]
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Have you heard the term “goal getter” yet? I don’t know if there is a canonical definition of it (if something isn’t in Wikipedia, does it truly exist?), so let’s just say that it’s a cross between a go-getter and a goal setter. A go-getter is a someone that aggressively goes after what they want. [...]
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Less than two weeks ago, our oldest turned 13. Back in 1997 when he was born, I couldn’t imagine the day when he would be a teenager. And now it’s here. Where did the time go? At milestone birthdays like this, it makes me realize what little time I have l left to be a [...]
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I'm a software engineer turned fitness coach. A lifelong athlete, my new mission is to help people begin and maintain physically active lifestyles. Read more...
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