Mar 29
What Gymnastics Taught Me About Facing Fear —
Most competitive gymnasts would consider pain and fear our twin companions. I
certainly did. Gymnastics requires that athletes constantly challenge themselves
to do more, much more. Routines that were performed in the Olympics in 2000 are
being done by 15 year-olds in 2011. To learn new skills, you have
Mar 15
What Gymnastics Taught Me About Acquiring and Mastering Skills —
In 1996, Men’s Health published an article
[https://web.archive.org/web/20161016033530/http://www.stickitmedia.com/mens-gymnastics-the-worlds-toughest-sport/]
where they used some ridiculous mathematical formula using variables such as
fitness, skill, pain, brains, etc to figure out the toughest sport in the world.
Gymnastics
Jan 19
How I Blew Out My Knee and Came Back to Win a National Championship —
On January 19th, 2007, while competing for Stanford Men’s Gymnastics at the UC Berkeley, I suffered a total knee dislocation while performing a double-twisting Yurchenko. My ACL, PCL, MCL, LCL and meniscus were instantly torn. It hurt a lot.
I underwent multiple surgeries, required the use of crutches
Nov 10
The Rejection Therapy Challenge – Final Review —
Wrapping up the 30 day challenge
Nov 03
So You Want to Try Doing Rejection Therapy Eh? Here’s My Advice… —
As many of you know, I’ve been doing this thing called the Rejection Therapy Challenge – created by another Jason – Jason Comely. [1]. It’s still going on and I’m getting a lot out of it (more in another post) but this week instead of continuing to write about
Oct 27
The Rejection Therapy Challenge – Week 2 —
The plot thickens as I continue into the 2nd week of the Rejection Therapy Challenge. (I posted previously about week 1 rejections.)
A recap for new readers: I’ve taken on a 30 day challenge where I need to get personally rejected by someone every single day. I was inspired
Oct 10
The Rejection Therapy Challenge: Week 1 —
My first week trying out the Rejection Therapy Challenge
Jun 27
College Summit —
At 9:30pm on a Friday night, I plopped into a couch, pulled out a pile of wide-ruled notepaper from my manila accordion folder and began reading the draft of a college personal statement written one of my Peer Leaders. I had five - they were rising seniors who attended
Feb 27
The Dip —
I love Seth Godin’s books and his blog [http://sethgodin.typepad.com]. I think
he’s just incredibly good at articulating distinctly memorable ideas backed by
both data and stories in a way that we could all learn from.
Godin, more than just about anyone, understands both the power