Setting Direction

Explorers Manifesto

Thirteen of us just completed our maiden Explorers journey. Earlier this summer, while hiking the Colorado Trail, three profound yet straightforward questions occupied my heart and mind. Where am I? […]

Start Close In

Poet David Whyte writes,“Start close in,don’t take the second stepor the third,start with the firstthingclose in,the stepyou don’t want to take.” The first step is the hardest to take. We […]

How Do You Define Adventure?

Years ago, sea kayaking in Scotland, I asked our guide, Tony Hammock, “How do you define adventure?” His first response was laughter, “I’m not sure I’ve ever bothered.” A perfect […]

The Books That I’m Ingesting This Year

This morning, feeling the crispness of autumn breeze through my window, I started to see a loose form, a blurry but distinct outline. My stack of books starts animating in […]

(Virtual) Explorers Wanted

Hey friends, I hope this warm message finds you well. I’ve been thinking, and I want to bring you in closer. While finishing backpacking the 500 mile Colorado Trail, I had […]

What Seeds Are You Planting?

Friend, We’re here together, in the middle of the beginning of a pandemic story, with the future uncertain and, what if? What if we… invite simplicity back find flow in […]

How to Manage Your Daily Energy

The When and What Strategy When at my lowest point of burnout, the quality of my questions kept improving, aiding my recovery, and returning strength. Using two simple words, “When” […]

Seeking Advice From Our Younger Guide

On my office wall, I have a four- by five-inch photo of myself taken in 1994 standing in the doorframe of a burnt orange and primer gray Ford cattle truck […]

10 Sustainable Ways to Live Your Life

We aren’t designed to live the way we do. In fact, until the invention of the train, man lived at an average pace of three miles per hour. For all […]

Betting My Life on What I Believe

My savings account just hit zero. We’ve bet our life on what we believe, and I’d like to shoot straight with you about what its been like the last seven […]