Update: I'm running my first 100 miler.

Early October in North Carolina. The training block starts Wednesday. I'm getting coached by a buddy who's run a bunch of these.

I'll share the whole process here as I go through it.

Ready to work!

A mindset shift that will set you free:

1% beats 0%

Over the past couple years, I’ve completely changed my approach to fitness.

I used to not workout unless it would be “hard.”

• A long run
• An intense lift
• Hundreds of reps

With work and kids, that wasn’t a great…

The smarter you try to sound, the worse your writing will be.

The No. 1 way to improve your writing:

Simplify it.

• Simpler words
• Simpler sentences
• Simpler structure

People think “simple” means “dilute.”

It doesn’t.

There’s a reason Lincoln’s Gettysburg Address was 272 words.

Deep, profound ideas communicated simply are…

A quick story about small business:

We took our girls strawberry picking after work yesterday on a small, family farm.

The family’s house sat 30 yards from the fields.

Kids toys laid toppled over in the gravel driveway. A fire pit and chairs were parked near the front porch. A…

Who’s someone you consider world-class at what they do?

I want to write about them in my newsletter, The Process.

(p.s. they don’t need to be well known — can be anyone, doing anything)

One of my biggest career regrets is not documenting key milestones and lessons from every job.

With Alto Studios, I've been doing it from the beginning.

If you're not doing this:

1. Start a Google doc

2. Schedule 15 minutes every Friday afternoon

3. During that time, answer…

Reminder to myself:

Everything meaningful is hard.

Let go of the hope of easy, and embrace the process of just getting better.

Observation:

For some people, their words outpace their actions.

For others, they’re too busy doing to say much.

As John Wooden said, “Don’t be a big talker and little doer.”

$1.2 trillion per year.

That’s the estimated cost of poor communication – for U.S. businesses alone.

Globally, who knows how high the number is.

In probably every company, there are people who don’t understand:

• Why the company exists
• What the company values
• Who the…

An idea I think about:

Most progress is boring.

It’s incremental, methodical, quiet. We want it to be exciting. It's usually not.

Stick with the process anyway.

Golf Twitter:

What are the best courses to play in western North Carolina or eastern Tennessee?

I’m planning a quick golf trip with a buddy and would love your recs.

“Winning doesn’t always come with a trophy … learning, working, growing, and progressing is the dream.”

“Losing sucks. But, with the right mindset, losing leads to better.”

—

max homa on handling adversity.

Gold.

It's easy to say 'focus on the process.'

It's hard to be patient every day.

But that's the process ...

A mantra I think about:

The process is the prize.

If you stick with something long enough, you’ll likely get the result. Then you’ll look back and realize the real joy was in the daily process of getting there.

So enjoy it now.

A concept anyone with big goals needs to understand:

'The Illusion of Choice'

Trevor Moawad was a mental performance coach.

One time, he was talking with NBA great Vince Carter. The topic of college athletes getting in trouble came up.

It led to this insightful exchange:…

25 quick tips to make you a better writer:

1. Make it simple
2. Make it clear
3. Make it concise
4. “Simple” doesn’t mean “diluted”
5. Your audience isn’t as “sophisticated” as you think

6. Stick to one primary idea per post
7. Tell me upfront “what’s in it for me”
8. The main…

This weekend was special.

My nephew is obsessed with baseball.

He’ll be 4 in July and it’s all he talks about (kind of like his uncle at that age!).

This weekend I got to show him around UNC and share a place that made a big impact on my life.

He got a tour of the stadium,…