Shawn Phillips | Start Strong Monday

How Al Lost 136 and Found Strength

Al’s always been a big man. Tipping the scales at 340 lbs, Al made a promise to his dying father that he’d make a change which led him to go under the knife for gastric bypass surgery. Last week Al’s journey was chronicled; a lifelong struggle with weight, multiple failed attempts at dieting, his gastric bypass surgery (which he subsequently almost “ate through”) and how he’s found his place and space in this world as a smaller man… Here’s the 8 Pillars of Weight Loss that Al shares in his story…

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The Joy of Putting One Foot in Front of the Other

This past Saturday I was catching up with a fellow Colorado entrepreneur, a friend I don’t see as often as I’d like. Doing a year’s worth of catching up, when he hit me with,

“How’s work going?”

My response went something like…

“It’s going…and I’m working.”

I suspect it was the uninspired, desolate tone of my response that

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Why Goals Often Fail Us & How to Change the Game

“Goals are the master-key to success!”
Hard not to agree with that, right?
If you could more reliably set and achieve lofty, inspiring goals the world would be yours, however you chose to define success.
Yet, I feel very safe in saying that goals, while coveted and revered, are more often nemesis than ally. We [...]

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