Rob Clark

It takes a special kind of person to make it through the Navy Basic Underwater Demolitions/SEAL (BUD/S) Training.  This 24-week grind at the Naval Special Warfare Center in Coronado, CA challenges aspiring SEALs […]

Our refrigerator has been a source of constant angst in the Clark household for the last three months.  There is some undiagnosable issue rendering the middle of the refrigerator freezing, and the top and bottom […]

Don’t cry because it’s over, smile because it happened! — Dr. Seuss
Eleven years ago, my friends (and next-door neighbors), Mark and Karen Quinn, built what I considered to be the world’s greatest treehouse.  […]

There are no strangers here; only friends you haven’t yet met. –William Butler Yeats
 I really enjoyed speaking with him.  But I didn’t know much about him.  Didn’t even know his name.  That would change aft […]

Too often, we experience appreciation in hindsight.  –The Resilient Worker
As the youngest of five kids, I was used to getting dragged around on wild family adventures.  But the road trip we took from W […]

Nourishing yourself is attainable, and you are worth the effort. –Voltaire
With the onslaught of sweets and sugar over the holidays, I started off 2021 vowing to eat better.  Limit desserts.  More fruits and v […]

Keep your face always toward the sunshine—and shadows will fall behind you. —Walt Whitman
If ever there was a year that tested our resilience, 2020 was it!  The global pandemic brought us to our knees in so many […]

It took me seventeen years to get to 3,000 hits in baseball.  I did it in one afternoon on the golf course. –Hank Aaron
Before exploring in earnest, I was warned that golf was a humbling sport.  Little did I r […]

Just nod if you can hear me.  Is there anyone home? –Pink Floyd
Nothing has brought me more pleasure than delivering my motivational talks to numerous sales organizations over the years. (Well, maybe the birth […]

I have been in the same morning workout group since the birth of my youngest daughter, exactly twelve years ago.  Over the years, it has been MORE than an exercise regimen.  The group has provided motivation, f […]

A short story from the front lines of Afghanistan can teach us a lot about resiliency and appreciation as we head into the Thanksgiving holiday.  

Sergeant Kyle White had never been more prepared in his l […]

Golf is the closest game to the game of life.  We get bad breaks from good shots and we get good breaks from bad shots.  But we have to play the ball where it lies. –Bobby Jones
Old friends. A beautiful da […]

Seeing is believing and believing is seeing.–Tom Hanks
We all have new routines and traditions to keep us grounded and focused as the tedium of the pandemic wears on.  Mine involves a basketball, a hoop, and […]

The most difficult roadblocks to overcome are the ones we place in our own path.

Branching out is never easy. As I expand the resilient message from the blog to the book, I have received several offers to speak […]