PinnedThe Life Lessons Learned from Being an Overseas Basketball Player“‘Become who you are’ — is about style a human, being an entrepreneur of life experiences a human, being a purveyor of preferences being well with the known experience of the soul, in service.”— LaShaun Collier The Life Lessons Learned from Being an Overseas Basketball Player The insides guts of being an American basketball player overseas There is no OBPA (overseas basketball players association) for those who always wanted to…Sports11 min read
PinnedThe Most Authentic Things I’ve Learned at 42The truth is revealed by removing things that stand in its light, an art not unlike sculpture, in which the artist creates, not by building, but by hacking away. Start the Hacking As a former pro athlete, writer, and startup founder, I find the thoughts and internal agreements we have or make with…Life Lessons6 min read
PinnedThe Basketball Fitness Class — Why Basketball Workouts MatterAnd 4 Motivational Basketball Ideas From the Godfather of Swish House — The Basketball Fitness Class — 4 Reasons Why Swish House Basketball Workouts Matter I. We believe our basketball fitness class can change lives, fitness, and games forever. We know, in basketball training, fitness, and athletic performance, the cost of your positive habits are in the present. The costs of your negative training habits are in your future performance on and off the court.Basketball3 min read
Published in DataDrivenInvestor·Pinned7 Pieces of Life Advice for Successful Menand why money, fame, and power don’t matter — 1. Take your shot: with the woman that makes you do a double-take. With the thing you feel most nervous to do. Quit the corporate job. Go travel the world. If you feel strongly about it, do it. We should listen to the “hell yeah” moments our gut shouts at us about. 2. Losing isn’t fun. But winning isn’t fun without knowing what losing feels like. You can’t try to take the big shot, or make a life change, or pick up and go because you are scared of losing. Winning takes constant small risks to put yourself out there day after…Life Lessons3 min read
Published in Change Your Mind Change Your Life·PinnedWhy Your 2021 New Year’s Resolutions are Bullsh*tAnd what being a pro athlete taught me about behavior change — You want to do more for your New Year’s Resolution in 2021. You want to create a better life for yourself, so you write a super duper 2021 New Year’s Resolution that will truly change your life: You want to be the best in your industry, get that six-pack back, and reach an audacious milestone at work. You want to be free…New Year Resolution6 min read
Published in DataDrivenInvestor·1 day ago9 Pieces of Life Advice for Men in 2022And they aren’t about being distracted, bad habits, or spending more money — “Learn why the world wags and what wags it. That is the only thing which the mind can never exhaust, never alienate, never be tortured by, never fear or distrust, and never dream of regretting.” — T.H. White 1. Is a better life lived by listening and acting on your feelings or waiting them out and sifting through what’s real?Technology6 min read
Published in SportsRaid·Jun 15Why the Golden State Warriors Win the NBA FinalsThe NBA Finals are over if the X-Factors for the Warriors continue to step up. In competitive sports, trust is earned, not given. Wiggins will continue to earn the trust of his teammates. That’s my prediction and I know I could be wrong, I mean, the Celtics are a wily, stubborn, and athletic bunch of guys. Horford himself might throw my Wiggins hypothesis against the…Sports4 min read
May 25Traveling to ChileThe hard part about traveling with a new girlfriend is the discomfort of not knowing what will happen before and after you get to your destination. We hopped on a metal bird to Santiago, Chile from Lansing, Michigan, and then after that drove out her family’s cabin in a place…Travel4 min read
May 14The TravelingHow travel changes us — “Time is an illusion.”― Albert Einstein “Where you guys from?” I said awkwardly, leaning against a stubby palm tree while sipping a Cuba Libre on Playa de Pueblo. “Here — ,” a younger cool-surfer-looking guy said, “San Juan, going to school near here.” “Fun,” I said awkwardly. “Beach tennis is…Traveling8 min read
Apr 13The Startup: Brooklyn Basketball Fitness3 reasons why sport and authenticity are the optimal fitness plan — Brooklyn Basketball Fitness | April 13th, 2022, 4-Minute Read | Trevor Huffman I. The definition of authenticity: The quality or condition of being authentic, trustworthy, or genuine; the quality of being real and true. After 14 years of playing and coaching overseas, signing a free-agent deal for the Phoenix Suns…Startup4 min read