Shawn Phillips | Start Strong Monday

My 5 Lessons in Success from Super Bowl XLIV Champion Saints

The definition of success is as individual as each of us. Yet there’s a common element in the desire to succeed that propels and sustains us through the worst of times. It’s something much, much deeper than the jubilation of victory, the Gatorade bath and fist pumping celebration. Perhaps it’s a desire to experience a sort of wholeness....

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Training vs. Exercise

The obesity epidemic is receiving a lot of airtime. You hear the wisdom every day with the weight loss and health gurus, in an effort to change the tides, calling to “get off the couch, set the chips and soda down, and start exercising!” Yet Americans continue to pack on the pounds, and I believe I [...]

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Embrace the Holiday, Enjoy the Food, Give Thanks But Avoid The Diet Advice

The more I witnessed the onslaught holiday dieting idioms the more clear I became that I don’t want to be involved. It trivializes something much more important. Telling people to “diet” for Thanksgiving is a little like screaming “duck” when you see the A-bomb coming. Nothing wrong with the intention but let’s face it, it’s a little too late to do anything about it.

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