If you aren’t happy with the outcomes in your life, then it might be time to take a look at what you’re doing to receive them. It’s easy to play the victim, especially if you are doing what you’re “supposed to do” but not getting the results you feel you should. For example, I haven’t hit the physical goals I want—I want to drop body fat, rebuild some muscle I let slip over the years, and regain a six-pack. I started working out with my trainer regularly and working out from home when I’m not...
about 24 hours ago • 1 min read
“All art is a work in progress. It’s helpful to see the piece we’re working on as an experiment. One in which we can’t predict the outcome. Whatever the result, we will receive useful information that will benefit the next experiment. If you start from the position that there is no right or wrong, no good or bad, and creativity is just free play with no rules, it’s easier to submerge yourself joyfully in the process of making things. We’re not playing to win, we’re playing to play. And...
2 days ago • 1 min read
It’s amazing what happens when you connect with the details in your Authentic Life. When you know what you want, why you want it, and how it aligns with your Authentic Life, it is not uncommon to receive it and receive it sooner than you can imagine. I’m seeing it happen all around me, and all I can do is smile. See you tomorrow and keep pursuing, JC
3 days ago • 1 min read
“Caring for myself is not self-indulgence, it is self-preservation.” -Audre Lorde It is easy to fall into the trap of sacrificing your Self in order to serve others. Many of us strive to be selfless to take care of others—our family, clients, friends, and even strangers. What we fail to realize is that being too selfless is actually selfish. We are placing our desire to help others, often rooted in love and coming from a good place, above taking care of our Selves. It might take a while to...
4 days ago • 1 min read
There’s been a lot of conversation, even controversy, about Justin Bieber’s Coachella performance. I’ve only seen clips and read about the YouTube sing-along, but I’m a fan of what he did. First, it seems that his fans—his true fans loved the stroll down memory lane, which is what really matters. Who cares what the media has to say when they aren’t the ones he created his music for? Second, and I’m not sure if this is true, but it sounds plausible, that by playing his songs on YouTube and...
5 days ago • 1 min read
Living your Authentic Life requires you to be optimistic. The energy associated with pessimism will never vibrate at a frequency as high as your Authentic Life. Currently, there is an abundance of pessimism in the world. And while it’s understandable why pessimism persists, it keeps those who default to it unhappy and prevents them from living their Authentic Life. Optimism doesn’t mean ignoring the injustices in the world. Optimism doesn’t mean that you don’t get upset or sad at times....
6 days ago • 1 min read
“If you always put limit on everything you do, physical or anything else. It will spread into your work and into your life. There are no limits. There are only plateaus, and you must not stay there, you must go beyond them.” -Bruce Lee See you tomorrow and keep pursuing, JC
7 days ago • 1 min read
I hope you had a great couple of weeks! Last week, I was in Sarasota with Roman, four of his friends, and their fathers for a father-son spring break. It was a great time, despite not spending as much time as I would have liked writing. Going down, I anticipated taking the boys to Siesta Key, dropping them off at the beach, and posting up at a coffee shop and doing a lot of writing and creating. That plan changed when we rented e-bikes for the boys, but that was ok. I got to spend some...
8 days ago • 3 min read
This morning while getting ready to check out of our hotel and head to Leo’s second match in Chicago, I had Moneyball on the TV. I’ve never watched the movie, despite liking the majority of Michael Lewis’s books. The final scene I saw was the one in which Billy Beane watches his analytics-focused approach to rebuilding the Oakland Athletics fail at the beginning of the season. The team was on a losing streak, and the media and fans questioned why the team was struggling and called for Beane...
8 days ago • 2 min read