Your life is a huge virtual classroom and there are lessons being taught everyday. Be a good student — pay attention, listen closely, ask for help. As many of you know, the trigger for 100Pedals started with my experiences with Brandon’s addiction. The chaos, the pain, the disruptive behaviors all took me on a path through my adversity to a better sense of clarity, purpose, and opportunity. It has been a difficult...

Inspired transformational change involves living in passionate commitment to our vision. Life’s most inspiring choices and what leads to the most compelling results is when we realize that accomplishment is success by addition. Success by addition. I repeated this because I would like for you to think about that for a moment before reading on. People talk about realizing a goal, celebrating an accomplishment, or getting to an...

When you look for opportunity in adversity, you will discover the strength and courage to face it. It was a year ago that I celebrated the accomplishment of my goal — 100 consecutive bicycle rides of one hour or longer. I began those rides in a quest to gain control and perspective in my life in the face of the pain, confusion and desperation with Brandon’s addiction related issues. While I had no idea what these rides would...

“Until you adjust your focus, your perspective and related outcomes will never change.” When younger, I used to get quite a kick out of the hamster in the cage—not that I had one. One moment the hamster would be simply chilling around in his cage, taking the occasional drink from his water bottle. And the next, he would be on his wheel with all levels of energy. When the hamster would get going on that wheel, there was...

“Your reality is what you make it to be. You have the choice to change what you know and pursue what you don’t. When you make that shift, you create a new reality.” One of my bigger struggles is getting out of my own way. Many people struggle with the notion that their situation is what it is, they are limited in what they can and cannot do, and that they would love to change their life if only they could – except there is...