Sam Andrew

End Of The Line

The tribute to my father I delivered at his memorial service.

December 21, 2024

Why Endure? Why put yourself through the mental anguish and physical stress of competing in endurance sports? This article uses endurance sports as a medium to explore the benefits of challenging yourself in unconventional ways.

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November 23, 2024

35 Spins Around the Sun

I turned 35. With luck and continued good health, I have now probably lived 1/3 of my life. I picked up a few things from my 35 rotations around the sun.

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October 10, 2021

Certainly Uncertain

We’ve all been upended by COVID. Robbed of our plans and goals, I’ve been lost more now than ever. Why is that? It’s because of expectations. I provide a framework to deal with uncertainty and how to not let it be paralyzing.

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April 4, 2020

2,325 kilometers,1 goal: failure or success?

I set myself a goal to run a marathon in under 3-hours. That’s a really fast pace for an amateur runner. But I wanted to set myself a stretch goal, diligently train and see what would happen. Could it actually be accomplished? Could I do what I had believed was impossible for me to achieve? After I raced the marathon, how did I feel? Did it feel like failure or success?

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December 3, 2019

Lessons for Life — From a Year of Discovery

What a year it was travelling the world and experiencing new adventures. Breaking away from my prior life. Beyond what I actually did, what did I learn? What life lessons did I take away from my year of reflection that can serve me going forward?

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September 19, 2019

Goals + Reflection

Setting goals is motivating, but it’s arbitrary. Self-reflection can help determine why we do the things we do. But it can lead to analysis paralysis. I discuss my own experience with goal setting and self-reflection, their benefits and shortcomings and if there is a right to for each.

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April 26, 2019

Lessons from Tony Robbins UPW

Walking on fire. 15,000 people energized for 12 hours straight for 4 days in a row. This was something! I’m usually cynical when it comes to these self-help seminars, but UPW was worthwhile. I delve into peak state, six human needs, decisions I made and replacing limiting beliefs with empowering ones.

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March 23, 2019

Reflections from 10-day silent meditation retreat

For 10 full days I sat in silence. Not a word was spoken. I meditated for 11 hours a day. It was the hardest physical and psychological thing I’ve lived through. At times infuriating but I walked away fulfilled. I share the challenges of my Vipassana experience, the theory and lessons I discovered.

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February 15, 2019

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End Of The Line

Why Endure

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Certainly Uncertain

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Lessons from Tony Robbins UPW

Reflections from 10-day silent meditation retreat

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