Trying to be the best version of me

Lately, I have been trying to find ways to be the best version of myself. This may stem from the birth of my son. I also think its a culmination of what I've been working towards this past 6 months. Honestly, I think its because of the Joe Rogan podcast. I know that sounds silly. If I told the me from 10 years ago that Joe Rogan's podcast would change my life, first I would ask what a podcast was, then I would tell you that its crazy that the Fear Factor guy will change my life. Its not necessarily Joe Rogan, but the ideas that I have heard since starting to listen to that show has sent me down a bunch of new paths that have been exciting, informative and transformativee is many small ways.

Here's a few examples:

• Bryan Callen discussed some of the ideas from the book Blink by Malcolm Gladwell. Since then I have read Blink and Outliers, both books with amazing ideas and tidbits of information in them. Its got me rethinking not only the world around me, but how I teach and coach. I plan on reading all his books.
• I was introduced to the amazing ideas of Graham Hancock, a regular day Indiana Jones mixed with a Shaman. His ideas and evidence about the possibility of an ancient and advanced culture much older and more capable than we previously believed possible is fascinating to me. His ideas about consciousness and ayahuasa are out there and awesome. I went way down the rabbit hole with this guy, searching out his many interviews on podcasts and getting ready to order some of his books. 
• I was introduced to the ideas of Terrence McKenna and read his book Food of the Gods, an interesting take on psychedelics and their role in human evolution, biologically and sociologically. Fascinating ideas. 
• I was introduced to the idea of a float tank and used my birthday as an opportunity to try it for myself. It was pretty damn great and I wrote a whole blog post about it if you want to know more.
• Duncan Trussell is a regular guest. He's very funny and has some incredible ideas that are fun to follow down the rabbit hole. I checked out his podcast (the Duncan Trussell Family Hour) and listened to and episode featuring Tim Ferriss. It was fascinating and I started checking out his podcast as well (The Tim Ferris Show or check out http://fourhourworkweek.com/blog/). I also read his book The Four Hour Body and am trying out some of the ideas now.

There are more ideas I could name, but starting here is a good spot. I feel that in the past 6 months I have grown more as a person than I did in the previous 5 years. I have changed my philosophies on several things and tried new ways of eating, sleeping, using free time, exercising, thinking, etc. Hell, I started this blog in response to many of the ideas I heard and wanted and outlet to share them. I could rant and rave about all of these ideas, but its been hard to write lately. I started a blog about the possibility of an ancient culture based on Graham Hancock's ideas, but I am struggling to present all the mounds of information and evidence. I don't want to write an informative essay. I have decided that I will try to write some short blogs about each new little idea I come across that I find interesting and worth discussing. I will put those ideas out there for others to check out and discover as well.

The main idea, I think, is that I am trying to improve myself to become the best version of m...physically, mentally, emotionally, etc. I am not a guru like Tim Ferriss. I am not as smart of insightful as Malcom Gladwell. I haven't traveled the world in search of the truth like Graham Hancock. All I have is my own experiences and what I am trying to do, many time based on ideas others have presented. So, in an effort to keep up this blog, which I think is of value to me and maybe a couple others at time, I am going o try to stick to this new plan. I may write blogs about good interviews, a great workout regiment I tried, new ideas, great books, and maybe some funny stories... but the idea of trying to become my best me will be the theme.