In Henry Rollin’s article Iron, (If you missed it, read it here…) he spoke of his introduction to weight training via his high school advisor, Mr. Pepperman: “He told me that I was going to… buy a hundred-pound set of weights at Sears. As I left his office, I started to think of things I
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For this week’s Emotional Fuel, we are featuring a guest speaker, and we are going back to our roots, back to that which unites everybody on this list: the weight room. Seemingly trivial, inconsequential, and not quite as “deep” a topic as those broached in recent weeks. It’s time to explode that stereotype. Henry Rollins
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“One word derivative of ‘fate’ is ‘fatality’, another ‘fatalism’. Fate implies no choice, and ends fatally, with a death. Fate is an outcome determined by an outside agency acting upon a person or entity; but with destiny the entity is participating in achieving an outcome that is directly related to itself. Participation happens willfully.” (wikipedia.com)
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fear is a useless and antiquated emotion for humans. We evolved to feel immediate fear as a response to an urgent situation, to act quickly and automatically, without the need to sit and think things through and be overly rational. It is an animalistic emotion, and basic by design. But we are past that now.
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“Maybe I made you think that every shot I took was a game-winner, that my game was built on flash and not fire”– Michael Jordan For some, being extraordinary is almost innate– a personality born so strong, so unique, that it cannot contain itself. You might know an individual like this. These are the people
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I don’t understand “rules”. I mean, I understand rules of the universe, like gravity, or cause and effect; but I never understood “the rules” that I was expected to play by, the “rules of man” so to speak. I like to view them more as suggestions, and then test them, and break them, with a condescending grin.

I know that in many regards I’m a pretty odd duck, so some of the things I find motivational might be “off the beaten path”. But I’ll do my best to deliver the honest-to-goodness spirit of what drives me further. Hopefully it will help you in your own quest.