We live in a world of overachievers. We glorify pushing harder, being busier, and going as far and as long as it takes. While many of us find something admirable about this attitude and the people who live it out, it, unfortunately, tends to be a very unsustainable way to work and live. Whether you end up burning out at the office or in the hospital with stress-related chest pains, it’s not always good to go as hard as you can all the time.
To the Professional Who Feels Like They're Wasting Their Potential
Do you feel like you’re not reaching your potential?
Maybe you’re still trying. Maybe you gave up somewhere along the way.
Regardless of where you happen to be, realizing that you aren’t living up to the image of success that you had for yourself can be a tough pill to swallow. Professional success is a long, tough road that often comes with setbacks and heartbreak.
What Foods Actually Enhance Athletic Performance?
We live in a culture of fad diets, superfoods, and quick fixes for all of our bodily ails. With misinformation and modern old wives’ tales spreading faster than ever before, its important more than ever for athletes and endurance runners to prioritize not only a quality intake of food but a quality intake of information.
What You Don’t Know About Physical Wellness & Financial Success
6 Secrets to Getting in the Door without Connections
We hear all the time how important connections are to climbing the ladder in the professional world. It doesn’t really matter what industry you’re in, success, many times, comes down to who you know. But what if you don’t know anyone? Not all of us are blessed with a natural knack for communications, a job history that gave us a Rolodex full of contacts when we left, or just those someones who seem to always know someone when you need them.
7 Effective Exercises You Can Do in the Office
In our hectic daily lives, it can be a challenge to find room to get active. Even though I’m an endurance runner and I make room for my exercise routine, I know that not everyone is ready or able to make that sort of commitment. If you want to start making moves towards a healthier you but you don’t feel you have the time in your schedule, one of the easiest ways to start incorporating physical activity into your life is to exercise in the office.
6 Ways Busy People Prevent Burnout Before It Happens
4 Steps to Becoming Indispensable at Work
10 Secretly Unhealthy Snacks Runners Should Avoid
When it comes to our diet, I feel like most of us are just trying our best to do a good job. We generally want to make good choices and eat healthy foods. We avoid candy bars and skip over the Doritos. We even avoid the drive-thru because we know the fries, though tempting, are just loaded with salt, sugar, and fat.
5 Secrets to Ending Your Struggle with Miscommunication at Work
Miscommunication is a staple of sitcom blunders, but we rarely find ourselves laughing when it happens in real life. Whether it causes a fight with a spouse or a row at work, there is nothing funny about miscommunicating. It can cause not only heartache, but loss of reputation, opportunity, and even career.
Simple Yet Essential Financial Strategies That Will Transform Your Wealth
How to Successfully Step Into Uncharted Territory in Your Career
Change can be a scary thing. It’s also a necessary thing if we are to reach our full potential. Not only does change push us to reach new heights, it’s often the thing that makes us feel alive. It moves us out of the doldrums of our lives, shocking the system back to life with the thrill of the unknown. We don’t know what’s around the corner. We might feel a little anxious. We might be a little scared.
The Endurance Runner’s Guide to Starting Again After Calling It Quits
5 Secrets to High-Performance at Work Throughout Your Career
3 Ways to Expertly Determine If An Opportunity is the Right Career Move
How to Change Your Diet When You Go From an Inactive to Active Lifestyle
Whether you’ve just made up your mind to use that gym membership or you’ve committed to training for your first 5k, going from an inactive, sedentary lifestyle to an active lifestyle can be tough in more ways than one. One of the biggest and most important shifts you’ll have to make is in your eating and nutritional habits. After all, exercise is only one piece of the puzzle when it comes to your health.
5 Ways to Teach Your Teenager to Truly Value Money
I often find myself thinking about finance. That’s not just because I’m in the business of real estate investing, but that certainly plays a big part in it. I think that in our current era, when we’re coming off of the mortgage crisis and seeing nationwide retirement woes, now more than ever I’m concerned for the generation coming up.
Is Being "Passionate" Enough to Create Career Success?
Stop 4 Common Running Foot Injuries & Issues Before They Happen
As an endurance runner, I’ve faced more than my fair share of running injuries and challenges. While in some respects injury is inevitable, many common ailments that endurance runners and marathoners face can be avoided with the right know-how. While all sorts of issues can plague runners, from hip problems to calve pains, none are more common than foot injuries.