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No matter near or far, each year Americans are joined in spirit as we celebrate Thanksgiving. For four centuries, the fourth Thursday in November is a special occasion, marked by feasting, football, faith and family. I hope everyone’s in...

Being antifragile isn’t quite the opposite of fragile. When placed under a bit of stress, a fragile object breaks easily.  On the other hand, an antifragile object becomes stronger when exposed to stress. In his book Antifragile: Things That...

Travel has been one of the great joys of my life. When I fought for the UFC, I visited foreign lands, learned new cultures, and explored exciting locations. As a travel host of my own reality series for the...

The filming of our successful reality travel show, ONE Warrior Series (OWS) has been put on indefinite hold since COVID-19 struck last year. Through an incredible six seasons of OWS, the team and I hardly had the time to...

Being informed that you are elected to the UFC Hall Of Fame is as surreal as it gets.   To have my legacy preserved and my accomplishments enshrined among the forerunners and game changers in mixed martial arts is a...

“I’m lazy. But it’s the lazy people who invented the wheel and the bicycle because they didn’t like walking or carrying things. – Lech Walesa”   Though it has been a driver of innovation, laziness is endemic to the human species....

A smile goes a long way, especially when you’re a public figure.  My odd journey from classroom to the MMA cage meant I was always careful about how I conducted myself. The way I spoke during interviews and how...

A new war is on the horizon. The vaccinated against the unvaccinated. When we should be uniting against our common enemy that is fear, Americans might soon be turning on each other instead.  In fact, it’s already happening.  Fear...

Are you an anti-vaxxer or a no-vaxxer? The former is staunchly opposed to any form of vaccination, think Robert F.Kennedy Jr. The latter reserves healthy skepticism against vaccines that, according to top infectious disease expert Dr Anthony Fauci, neither...

In any high pressure situation, leadership is critical, even more so when it means life or death.  If a helicopter crashes into the ocean, its cabin rotates and takes on water very quickly. Sinking at a rate of nine...