Life | Aaron Graves, PhDude

If It’s Worth Doing, It’s Worth Doing Poorly

July 10, 2022July 10, 2022 by Aaron Graves

The first draft of this article began in February 2022. I’m getting around to posting it in July. What happened? Frankly, perfectionism happened. Perfect is the enemy of good. Perfection is the enemy of done. I want this article to be absolutely perfect. As a consequence of that, it’s sat unfinished, merely an amalgamation of …

Reset Your Mindset

June 13, 2021October 21, 2020 by Aaron Graves

Powerful words by such luminaries as Tony Robbins, Jim Rohn, Les Brown, and Jocko Willink. Emotional background music by Whitesand.

The Spark That Ignited the World

September 12, 2020 by Aaron Graves

It’s been a while since I’ve written anything, and that sucks. Paradoxically, that’s ok. It seems a bit wrong to talk about sparks when part of the country is literally burning, but honestly, that’s kinda what got me thinking about this. All it took to arrive at a massive fire is one little spark. (Ok, …

The Cure to Laziness and Procrastination

August 6, 2019 by Aaron Graves

We want to be the best among the average people.

The Sting of Loss

November 10, 2018 by Aaron Graves

I’m going to start out by saying that this is a total first world problem. Consider yourself forewarned. Loss. Whatever it is, it’s never easy. Life. A child. A spouse. Your retirement. Data. Wait… Data? Yes. Data. Or roughly about eight months of your history in Apple Health. The first world-ism is about to get …

Success Comes…

June 21, 2018 by Aaron Graves

Success comes not in doing the things that you want to do, but in doing the things that you don’t want to do. Boy, isn’t that the truth. If your goal is to get fit, then success won’t be found in sitting on the couch watching Netflix. That run that you don’t want to go …

Things to do before I die

June 8, 2018 by Aaron Graves

Alright, so it’s not the most fun thing in the world to think about — dying, that is. And yet, I’ve mentioned before how it’s actually a good practice. You’ve heard of the proverbial “bucket list,” and I guess I thought one up for myself the other day. It’s not very long, nor is it very broad. …

Desire More Success For Others Than For Yourself

January 21, 2018 by Aaron Graves

Most important by far is that you be able to care about others’ success more than your own. Everyone around you needs to ultimately become better than you. That’s how you lead. The light is in front of you and you take them to the light and then go back. If all the people around …

Nobody Will Inspire You But You

October 5, 2017 by Aaron Graves

Here’s some food for thought: Nobody will in spire you, but you. You’re the only one who can make you get up off your ass and do something. Sure, other people can poke or prod. “Why aren’t you done with that report yet? Or that project?” Yes that’ll lead to uncomfortable conversations, but that’s not …

Done Is Better Than Perfect

September 27, 2017 by Aaron Graves

The real world doesn’t reward perfectionists. It rewards people who get things done. Give yourself time in your life to wonder what’s possible and to make even the slightest moves in that direction.

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