Mar 29
What Gymnastics Taught Me About Facing Fear —
Most competitive gymnasts would consider pain and fear our twin companions. I
certainly did. Gymnastics requires that athletes constantly challenge themselves
to do more, much more. Routines that were performed in the Olympics in 2000 are
being done by 15 year-olds in 2011. To learn new skills, you have to
Mar 15
What Gymnastics Taught Me About Acquiring and Mastering Skills —
In 1996, Men’s Health published an article
[https://web.archive.org/web/20161016033530/http://www.stickitmedia.com/mens-gymnastics-the-worlds-toughest-sport/]
where they used some ridiculous mathematical formula using variables such as
fitness, skill, pain, brains, etc to figure out the toughest sport in the world.
Gymnastics came up number one. Here’
Jan 19
How I Blew Out My Knee and Came Back to Win a National Championship —
On January 19th, 2007, while competing for Stanford Men’s Gymnastics at the UC Berkeley, I suffered a total knee dislocation while performing a double-twisting Yurchenko. My ACL, PCL, MCL, LCL and meniscus were instantly torn. It hurt a lot.
I underwent multiple surgeries, required the use of crutches for
Nov 10
The Rejection Therapy Challenge – Final Review —
Wrapping up the 30 day challenge
Nov 03
So You Want to Try Doing Rejection Therapy Eh? Here’s My Advice… —
As many of you know, I’ve been doing this thing called the Rejection Therapy Challenge – created by another Jason – Jason Comely. [1]. It’s still going on and I’m getting a lot out of it (more in another post) but this week instead of continuing to write about
Oct 27
The Rejection Therapy Challenge – Week 2 —
The plot thickens as I continue into the 2nd week of the Rejection Therapy Challenge. (I posted previously about week 1 rejections.)
A recap for new readers: I’ve taken on a 30 day challenge where I need to get personally rejected by someone every single day. I was inspired
Oct 10
The Rejection Therapy Challenge: Week 1 —
My first week trying out the Rejection Therapy Challenge
Jun 27
College Summit —
At 9:30pm on a Friday night, I plopped into a couch, pulled out a pile of wide-ruled notepaper from my manila accordion folder and began reading the draft of a college personal statement written one of my Peer Leaders. I had five - they were rising seniors who attended
Feb 27
The Dip —
I love Seth Godin’s books and his blog [http://sethgodin.typepad.com]. I think
he’s just incredibly good at articulating distinctly memorable ideas backed by
both data and stories in a way that we could all learn from.
Godin, more than just about anyone, understands both the power