Leadership Laboratory

Life’s Only Neutral Ground: Training

Training is simple. It’s a dose of stress that elicits a response. That’s it. That’s the message.  Now, living in the human experience with an ego, things can get complicated.

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Happy 14th Birthday DEUCE Gym

I remember sitting on the dryer at the coin laundry on Main Street in Santa Monica washing the yoga mats after class. They never got clean and the smell was

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Your Future Predicted and What We Can Do About it

You don’t need a fortune teller to predict your future. It’s simple. Your past is creating your future and the default future will soon be yours. Period.  That’s scary bad

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PLAYLIST: Peak American Nostalgia Inbound!

Textured guitars and motivational drums, anyone? Our latest DEUCE Gym playlist doubles as timeless road trip music.  These are the songbirds of our generation, folks.  Throw these in your headphones

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PODCAST: Carl Paoli Connects All Dots with Movement & Beyond

In this episode of the Hold The Standard™ Podcast, I welcome world-renowned movement coach Carl Paoli for a thought-provoking conversation on gymnastics, leadership, and the pursuit of mastery. Carl shares

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