Hold The Standard Podcast
Shared Space and the Paradox of Being an Individual in the Collective
From a national perspective, the United States leans toward individuality as strongly as countries lean on the Individual-Collective Scale. Countries like China, for example, have much more ingrained collectivist orientation. …
DEUCE to Host Short Personal Development Workshop
Last year I did an experiment to offer a small dose workshop on more behind-the-scenes topics that make DEUCE run. Whether you realize it or not, the coaching staff is …
Hold the Standard Summit Settles in Brooklyn
We’ve been around the world and back twice and now (for the first time ever) the Hold the Standard™ Summit is coming to New York! This is open to any …
Failure Avoidance is Dangerous (and No One is Watching)
People who don’t fail make me nervous. There are folks that either by miraculous chance or (more commonly) a curated path of avoidance have mostly moved through life unscathed. Failure …
Two Habits Walk Into a Bar
Okay, they didn’t walk into a bar, but I had two habits. They were impenetrable. At least, I thought. The first habit was daily morning meditation. As of writing this, …