Hold The Standard Podcast

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, …

A Scouting Report on “The Competition”
Life can feel daunting. Things only get harder when you start to compare yourself to how well it seems that everyone else is doing. How can you compete in this …

Simple, Complex, Simple Mastery
That’s the way it always goes with learning, right? This Simple-Complex-Simple framework was first taught to me by my friend and coach, Carl Paoli. His background as a champion Spanish …