AskMerce | Andrew Mercer's Thoughts on Personal Growth

Band-Aids don’t work.  A few years back a colleague of mine and I co-wrote a two-part series on sex, dating, hooking up, and friends with benefits.  At that point though I knew the words to write about my hypotheses, I had not really been impacted in a direct way by those lifestyle choices.  That all [...]

Believe it or not- I do take requests on my blog articles and, some of my favorite posts have been suggested to me by my friends. Today’s is no exception. Earlier today my friend asked me this- How do I know if I really need space to figure something out or if I’m avoiding and running away [...]

I know its been a few weeks since the 2011 Chicago Marathon, but before too much more time elapsed, I really wanted to capture my thoughts in writing and share them with all of you.  This was the third marathon that I’ve run and in some ways it seems like I’ve run a million, and [...]

What would it take for me to really push my limits? Where is my point of exhaustion?      The short answer is that I don’t know.           I’ve never really pushed myself that hard. I’ve seen pictures and heard stories of athletes who work so hard they puke; runners who [...]