The Last Rep

The last rep is the hardest. You’re tired. Your muscles are already sore. It’s easy to give up and call it a day. But the last reps are where the growth happens. It’s because you’re pushing yourself past your limits that you’ll grow. Most...

The Front Row

My vision is pretty bad… (Go for lasik and still wear glasses bad.) I’m near sighted in one eye, far sighted in the other. I have an astigmatism in both eyes and my left eye is a lazy. As a kid I remember not being able to see power lines. I couldn’t...

Libraries Need to Evolve

I utilize my public library more now now than I have in the past eight years. This is especially surprising because I live over 8,700 miles away from it. I can’t recall ever checking a book out of the library while a high school or undergraduate student, but...

Forgetting What You Didn’t Know

It’s amazing how I’ve forgotten my learning. I don’t know what I didn’t know, which makes teaching much harder – be it English or otherwise. I’ve encountered this phenomenon when training others at work. I expect it will be much...