Josh Benner

Tag: motivation

  • Life lessons from baseball

    Life lessons from baseball

    Today is the opening day for the 2023 Major League Baseball season. Between opening day and the end of the season in early November, more than 2,430 games will be played. Baseball’s regular season is the longest in American professional sports, nearly doubling the 82 games NBA and NHL seasons. I think about the baseball…

  • From nothing to a Navy SEAL: David Goggins and mental toughness

    I’ve been going through the new book “Can’t hurt me: master your mind and defy the odds” by David Goggins. I’m about halfway through the book, and I’ve really enjoyed it. Earlier this fall, I saw some interviews Goggins had done, and I was intrigued by his story, but the book gives so much more…

  • The little moments that change our lives

    I came across a TED talk from 2010 today entitled “Everyday Leadership” by Drew Dudley. His talk is based on an interesting premise. I worry sometimes that we spend so much time celebrating amazing things that hardly anybody can do, that we’ve convinced ourselves those are the only things worth celebrating. We start to devalue…