118 Days left in 2018…

September 3 – Happy Labor Day.   I woke up today later than I ever do, and it was after an incredible night of sleep.  For once, I had nothing firmly scheduled into the calendar.  It was in effect, a mini sabbatical, without the plan going into it.   Today has been a day of […]

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Gear – Lifting Apps – A Story Spanning 2 Years…

<div>As a follow up to yesterday’s post about deciding to get going to the gym again – I’m digging this post out of the archives from January, 2018 from another online project.</div> The other night I was out and the conversation turned towards ‘what is your favorite app?’  Which is always fun to kick around […]

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If All You Have Is A Hammer…

So I have been pounding <a href=”https://www.linkedin.com/in/badeau/” target=”_blank” rel=”noopener noreferrer”>LinkedIn</a> and <a href=”https://www.facebook.com/Mark-Badeau-254232498511607/” target=”_blank” rel=”noopener noreferrer”>FaceBook</a> feeds hard with blog posts from <a href=”http://www.markbadeau.com” target=”_blank” rel=”noopener noreferrer”>my personal site</a>, and in many ways getting very detailed on some elements of my private life.  In reviewing my approach to social media, I’ve decided to increasingly tailor […]

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Officially in the second half of the year, an update on upcoming content

Back in May, I called out how I was going to refocus on the MarkBadeau.com efforts and to truly establish my personal brand.   Well, I have established a strong daily habit of writing that has been exceptionally focused on the personal brand, and we have reached a point where Energy and Action is ready […]

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The Genius of The Daily

In the past week, I have had at least a half dozen conversations with people about habits and routines.  We are the product of our daily choices and actions or lack thereof.   I follow this guy Jocko on Instagram now.  He is an absolute machine.  Not surprising considering that he actually wrote a book […]

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Soccer Coaching – Patched Rewards

I serve as a youth soccer coach on many weekends, and for one of my teams – I’ll be trialing this notion of awarding patches in the upcoming fall season.  I give major props to the folks over at <a href=”http://www.soccerhelp.com” target=”_blank” rel=”noopener noreferrer”>www.soccerhelp.com</a> for the inspiration for the patch reward system.   I’ve tailored […]

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