And A Few Answers to Them — T.J. Warren recently agreed to a one-year deal with the Brooklyn Nets. Depending on the sample size, an evaluation of T.J. Warren could look promising or ominous. Unfortunately, when you evaluate T.J. Warren in the scenario of playing for the Brooklyn Nets, this acquisition only looks ominous. Although his advanced…

Give Yourself What You Need — My wife recently got a new job. I couldn’t be more happy for her. This is such a big change from her usual day-to-day as she hasn’t had what most people consider to be a conventional job in a couple of years. Thankfully, during the onset of the pandemic we…

Being The Person I Want to Be — So, I’m still riding without training wheels and not using any guided meditations. I’ve really enjoyed it. Of course, there are days where I feel like I’m meditating really well and there are days where I feel like I’ve never been good at meditation. Those I’ve-never-been-good-at-meditation days mentally sound a…

Looking Ahead Way Too Early — Last night’s game 6 was total domination for Luka Doncic. The entire time that I was watching this game, one thought kept going through my mind: What would happen if Luka Doncic entered next season in shape? I don’t think I’m the only one that gets frustrated by early-season Luka…

Taking Off the Training Wheels — Maybe it was too soon, but I decided to avoid any guided meditations during this entire period of time. Just trying to practice on my own. And wow, wow, wow was it hard. I thought I had built the skills to sustain my own practice. Sit down. Get comfortable. …

Beyond The Arc: Thoughts & Opinions on Basketball, #1 — Halfway through the 3rd quarter of this past Saturday’s Lakers-Warriors game, LeBron James subbed out with the Lakers down 79–74. After approximately four minutes without LeBron on the floor, Talen Horton-Tucker drained a 3 on a broken play to give the Lakers an 88–87 lead. This particular run created the…

Being An Idiot — Promotions are great. Usually a promotion is validating in so many ways. It tells you that your skills are a value to the organization. A promotion is a reward for your hard work. It communicates belief in who you will continue to be for the organization. …

Discipline Your Character — “The ultimate measure of a man is not where he stands in moments of comfort and convenience, but where he stands at times of challenge and controversy.” Today is Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s birthday. It seems like this is an age where we need the words above more than…

Take Ownership — “It is a trite yet urgently true observation that if America is to remain a first-class nation, it cannot have second-class citizens.” Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s speech to the National Urban League called “The Rising Tide of Racial Consciousness” is strikingly relevant right now. The words above created pause…