Just answer these 5 Questions — Over the past year, I have published 123 essays and 47 newsletters. Want to know a secret? Until a few weeks ago I used to think that I was an imposter. Here are the 5 questions that will set you free. First, let’s clarify: What is Imposter Syndrome? When you feel like you are a fraud. You are not the…

The news are buzzing with “Economic Sanctions” being imposed on Russia. But apart from ever-increasing superlatives of the severity of these sanctions, there is little explanation as to what they really are. Let’s have a look at a brief overview of what economic sanctions are, how they are intended to…

This challenge is a 48 hour event in which you run 4 miles every 4 hours. This means you run 12 rounds for a total of 48 miles, close to a double marathon (2x26.2miles = 52.4miles). — I first heard about it in Jesse Itzler’s book “Living with a SEAL”. Jesse invited David Goggins to stay with him for 30 days to train him. It is a hilarious read and one of the challenges that David made Jesse do was running 4 miles every 4 hours for…

There are many online writing courses, but the two most dominant (in my orbit at least) are Write of Passage and Ship 30 For 30. Here my comparison of the two. First, an overview of both programs. Second, an outline of what is included in each and what you are…

Five years ago, I exercised for 52 hours straight. I got yelled at, was not allowed to sleep, and did not get enough food. — I became someone else in those 52 hours. Why Kokoro? From a young age, I had always been into sports. Although I participated in many sports, from rock climbing to tennis to sailing, I never pushed myself to a competitive level in any of them. …

My brain works in strange ways sometimes. A case in point is when I see a challenge, I usually end up doing it. (The list includes SealFit’s Kokoro camp, Spartan Ultras, 4x4x48 challenge, heck, even having a large family could be perceived as a challenge!) So when I saw…

The biggest space we have to express our artistic creativity in our Twitter bio is our header. The last time I changed mine was about half a year ago. I did not really know what my message was. …

As writers and creators online we often have an aversion to clickbait titles. I get it! The number of times I have been lured into some slideshow, promising me something funny, mind-blowing or ‘previously unseen’, is embarrassingly high. The problem is that clickbait works. Why? Because those headlines answer something…

A Modern Scottish Tale Blending Sustainability and Magic — The heat was so intense that even the moss-covered ground was starting to crack. The sorceress had been tracking her enemy’s trail for what seemed like hours. She was close now. All nearby trees were still burning with that familiar purple flame. How had the banshee escaped from the prison…