Tony Pallotta's

“Our deepest fear is not that we are inadequate, Our deepest fear is that we are powerful beyond measure. It is our light, not our darkness, that most frightens us.” Anonymous I love that quote. It says so much in so few words. Fear. Now there's a word that says even...

“You will never know your limits unless you push yourself to them.” Anonymous Prior to August 7, the longest I had run was one hundred miles. Immediately upon finishing I said to myself that was the hardest thing I have ever done. And I thought I would never want to...

I came across this marvelous gem the other day. Counterintuitive indeed. Yet so real. As I train for my next big adventure, the BigFoot 200 mile run in August (having recently completed another adventure of running 100 miles) I am spending more time on the mental...

Back in early September, 2019, I made my second attempt at running one hundred miles (Running One Hundred Miles). Though full of stories of bear encounters, vomiting, being utterly alone amid the continental divide and more, I came up short. Twelve minutes on the...

That title is not a typo. Nor is it click-bait. It's something that roughly 35,000 people worldwide have done to date. And since there are 7 billion people in the world it's not that common. But before you label that group "freaks" or wonder why I am writing about...

Honesty is more than simply not lying. More than telling the truth. It means being honest with yourself. With others. It means taking an inventory of life, of what makes you happy and what does not. We are all suffering deep inside. Life is hard, and the challenges...

We are prisoners to fear. Afraid to live the life we want out of fear of being ridiculed, rejected or judged by others. Rather than live our own lives, we adjust to that of others. To fit into the confines placed upon us. That's not living. It's following. It's not...

We accept suffering as a necessary evil. A part of life we would love to avoid. In fact many go out of their ways, at all costs, to avoid suffering. To find a peaceful, tranquil path along the journey of finding meaning and happiness in life. Yet in their attempt to...

The beauty of life is we have freedom. A freedom to choose many things. Many paths. One such path is that of urgency versus complacency. Of living versus dying. Of making excuses or discovering your greatness. I'm going to be a happy idiot And struggle for the legal...

Let me preface by saying I'm not a rock climber. Though you may see photos of such on my posts, heights and I have an interesting relationship. Put me up high, and I have a desire to jump. Perhaps I need to speak with someone about that? But I also have a desire to...

This is a truly mind numbing statistic. Per a recent Gallup survey, a whopping 85% of people dislike their job. Think of this in the context of your morning commute. For every ten cars on the road, in theory, eight (and one small Fiat) of these drivers are racing off...

Sadly, many in life are afraid of the battle that is closest to them. One, that without their choosing, finds them regularly engaged with the enemy. And yet they choose not to fight. Accepting defeat and the great sorrow it brings. And it is me who is my enemy Me who...

Finding Success In Life In my life, I am fortunate to have accomplished a lot. Whether it is personal, business or other life goals, I have crossed many finish lines. Fist pumps amid victories, which at times, I felt would never come. But it was not easy. In fact it...