The Graffiti Machine

166: My Inner Voice Is My Enemy

This is something I've been aware of for some time, especially after reading The Untethered Soul: a lot of the time, my inner voice is my enemy. It's the voice that talks

165: Will your body back you up?

A while back I saw a drone video of two wolves chasing a rabbit. The camera follows them for a while. Total chaos. Every few seconds it looks like the wolves are going to

164: There's Only One Level of Commitment

I did an interview with a guy named Marcus Anderson some years back and he said something that stuck with me: "There's only one level of commitment. Total." That's a

162: Action Is the Best Stress Reliever I Know

Taking action is the best stress reliever I know of. Sometimes I wake up with a feeling like time isn't just ticking away, it's slamming away. Like the arms of a giant

161 - An Ounce of Discipline vs. a Ton of Regret

I heard this quote in a Jim Rohn audiobook this morning and it hit me pretty hard: "An ounce of discipline weighs less than a ton of regret." On one hand, I write a l

160 - Weird Shit I've Seen: Ghost Stories

I've seen a lot of weird supernatural shit since I was a little kid. This is a departure from the normal stuff we talk about here, but I wanted to document it and figured

159: One Day, You'll Miss Them

I have a little ritual in the morning. After I walk my dog while carrying a kettlebell, I make a cup of coffee and read while drinking it. A lot of times, my dog interrup

158: Your Compass is Resistance

In the War of Art by Steven Pressfield, he talks about how we feel the strongest resistance when the task is the most meaningful to our soul's evolution. This shows up as

157: Motivation isn't the starting point.

We all can find ourselves in a rut from time to time, lacking motivation and having difficulty getting things done. When this happens to me, I try to remember the best wa

156 - Don't Take Criticism From Someone You Wouldn't Ask for Advice

I saw a quote today that felt like it would be helpful for people. It said, "don't take criticism from someone you wouldn't ask for advice". In recent years, criticism do

155: Foot to the floor!

I saw this video the other day. It was a race car driver saying "I'm just gonna put my foot on the floor and I'm not lifting until I see god or the checkered flag". It go

154 - Do we have more time than we think?

A couple months ago, I woke up with this crazy feeling and thought 'I'm running out of time!'. I must have had some crazy dream or something. The thoughts were about runn

153 - Stop Scrolling and Get Your S**t Done

Lately I've been paying closer attention to what gives me energy and what drains it. The biggest thief? My phone. In this episode, I break down how scrolling kills moment

152 - Prioritize and Execute

We use the term 'Prioritize and Execute' at the shop all the time. It's from Jocko's Laws of Combat. Find the priority and execute. Once complete, there's a new priority.

151 - Living for Today, Learning from Yesterday, Building for Tomorrow

I was thinking about some concepts that are seemingly at odds with each other, but they aren't. We're only alive today. Yesterday is gone, tomorrow hasn't happened. Livin

150: From Thinking to Doing to Being

Most people think personality traits—like confidence, patience, or staying calm under pressure—are things you're either born with or not. But the truth is, you don't ha

149: Momentum Beats Motivation

Being able to build and keep momentum has been huge for me. We all go through phases—on track, off track, fired up, burnt out. That's life. The hard part is getting bac

148: Energy Theft

Lately, I've been thinking a lot about energy management—specifically, what feeds our energy and what drains it. How many times have you had a bad interaction with some

147: What's it going to take?

I read the quote 'What's it going to take?' in the book Market Outrageously. It was talking about actually looking deep at a goal and trying to get to the bottom of what

146: This Is Where Most People Quit

I heard Alex Hormozi say this, and it stuck with me. When things get hard, most people give up. The idea of consistently getting better in all areas of life is not the no