Along the same lines as sarah borrowing her belief in herself from me, is borrowing courage from the people around you, aka your teammates.
For 15 years I was an adventure racer , which is a sport that involves 4 team members traveling 600-1000 miles, completely non-stop, running, hiking, Continue reading Teammates!
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I was at a big stand up paddling race with my friend Bill, watching the pros battle it out for the big bucks in the sprint race. I was amazed at how deftly they could maneuver at high speed around the 8 cones on the course, zipping through 180-degree turns while simultaneously surfing 4-foot tall waves. Continue reading The Secret to Long Term Success: Fall Down 7 Times, Stand Up 8
When I think about the word Guts, there are really two definitions. It’s courageous to make that big leap or shatter the norm in life, but it’s equally courageous to have patience and faith Continue reading GUTS
One of my favorite quotes in the world is Theodore Roosevelt’s “Far Better to Dare Mighty Things”.
“Far better to dare mighty things, to win glorious triumphs, even though checkered by failure, than to take rank with those poor souls who neither enjoy nor suffer much, in the gray twilight that knows neither victory nor defeat.” Continue reading Far Better to Dare Mighty Things
You do what you can for as long as you can, and when you finally can’t, you do the next best thing. You back up but never give up—Chuck Yeager
Sometimes its the setbacks in life that inspire an even better way forward. Courage means not only “enduring” those setbacks but taking yourself Continue reading Back Up But Never GIVE Up!
Trials Don’t Rule Us–We Determine The Path of the Fight
One of our most courageous and inspirational Survivors that the Project Athena Foundation helped to live her adventurous dream was an awesome Firefighter from Virginia Beach named Sara Jones. At the time that Sara wrote me this text, she was a 39 year old two time Breast Cancer Survivor who had Continue reading Sara Jones Sermon #1-Perseverance to Go the Distance
Today, the wisdom and courage of Sara Jones continues….
I would often text sara with little encouraging words about how awesome she is and how she is going to be coming with us and our other Athenas on our next Project Athena Multisport Adventure in the Florida Keys. And on this particular day, she wrote back…. Continue reading Sara Jones Sermon 2–Perseverance to go the Distance–
