Win Mental Combat

03/05/2024

Another month, another book for the Win Mental Combat Brotherhood Read & Report group (This is our version of a book club).
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02/28/2024

When you stop learning you stop growing. When you stop learning from others you limit your potential.

02/13/2024

This quote comes from "The Slight Edge" which was the book for January that we read together in the Win Mental Combat Brotherhood. We have a great group of guys discussing life-changing books every month; join the Facebook group if you want to be part of the discussion!

11/02/2023

Come join the discussion on this month's read, Atomic Habits by James Clear.

10/12/2023

12 Hour Walk by Colin O'brady

08/09/2023

What do you see when you compare these photos?

Facebook memories are such an interesting thing. The photo on the left recently popped up as a memory.

Looking at nothing but the picture on the left, I'll tell you what I saw.

Embarrassment...

Failure...

Stupidity...

I wondered why on earth I even tried doing that. How could I take a chance only to do so poorly? Why was Facebook reminding me of how bad I was?

13 years ago my cousin Jessica Johnson Brinkerhoff was trusting enough (maybe too trusting 😅) and let me graffiti her room wall. The left picture is that result.

I was so glad Facebook was only showing me the photo and that it wasn't public.

Thankfully, somewhere in that line of thought the picture on the right came to mind. And ya know what's funny, when I finished the picture on the right I was still overly critical and compared it with other amazing pieces others were showing on Instagram. I told myself I wasn't there yet, still not good enough.

But! When I put these two pictures together, I see something different.

Growth...

Development...

Endurance...

I fail at a ton of things in my life. A dangerous trap that comes as you grow is looking back on the past and seeing the results of trying something new as failures.

If I were to look at either of the two pictures in isolation I could find the faults and failures in them. When I look at them together it shows the growth and development over time.

The message being...

Keep trying. Keep growing.

Don't look at just one moment in time. You need to include more of the story to see your true trajectory.

Hopefully this helps someone else out there looking at a Facebook memory and seeing failure.

It's not about where you were, it's about where you are going.

Progress is progress.

05/17/2023

May is Mental Health Awareness month. But, improving mental health needs more than just awareness, it needs action.

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It'll be by the small little actions accumulated over time that we will make the impact.

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05/05/2023

Just passed 1000 all-time downloads on the Unsung Battles podcast! Big thank you to all the guests and shout out to the listeners that are amplifying these voices! Thank you, thank you, thank you!!!