Rhys Keller

June 24, 2025

Picking Up New Hobbies in Middle-Age

We're never too old to pick up a new hobby. I've actually done quite a few new things in middle-age which has made middle-age a surprisingly fresh time for being alive! My picking up new hobbies have been mostly unexpected and part of a growing sense of giving things a try and not putting up as much of a fight when my wife tells me I should go do it! One of my newest and most enjoyable hobbies has been a curiosity of mine for a very long time. If you would have asked me if I'd be learning how to play piano in middle-age, I would have told you "You're crazy! That ship sailed decades ago." But in reality, my ship never left dream harbor. I had just been too chicken, too contemplative, too busy, too fearful, too focused on money, too...too...to do anything about it. Until I just went and did it. It's time to sail away from dream harbor and wash away the fear of trying.

January 25, 2025

Caffeine and the Energy it Gives Us

Is there anyone untouched by the power and influence caffeine has in society today? While caffeine is only found naturally in the fruit, leaves, and beans of a few plants, it is artificially added to a plethora of other consumable products. Caffeine is truly a chemical we hate to love, as enjoyment can quickly become reliance. In moderation, it is a tool in our productivity toolbox. In excess, it's a toxic poison. Let's dig into where it comes from, how it works, and what we can leverage it to do.

January 25, 2025

Enhancing Energy IQ

Feeling tired? Feeling meh? You're not alone. Roughly 20% of the world's population reports feeling tired for at least 6 months and from personal experience, most people are NOT morning people. Safe to say, we are all in pursuit of feeling more energy. Feeling more alive. Feeling more productive, ambitious, motivated, interested, and engaged. But where does that leave us? Most of the time it leaves us...disappointed. It leaves us exhausted. It leaves us wondering what we're doing wrong. The Energy category on my website will be dedicated to exploring the intricacies of energy. The reasons why it's such a struggle to feel energized. I'll be digging into energy supplements, chemicals, nutrition, sleep habits, daily decisions, and much more. Kicking off today's deep dive into growing our energy intelligence quotient (Energy IQ), let's take a look at a few basics.

November 23, 2024

Advertising: The $1 Trillion Industry Influencing Our Daily Decisions

A love-hate relationship at the core, advertising is an age old phenomenon living between data-backed science and abstract dreams. From massive sport event commercials to the pesky interrupting ads on YouTube, ads affect just about all of us. Is there a winner or are we all losing the game for our hard-earned dollars on both sides of the advertisement spectrum?

November 15, 2024

7 Keys to a Friendship that Lasts

Despite the ever growing connectedness of our world, loneliness continues to spread like wildfire. Ask anyone how many real friends they have, and the number can typically be counted on one hand. Double-down even further to ask how many long-term friendships they have and the number is typically one or none. Cultivating friendships are a distinct human need yet it does not come naturally to many of us. Why is that? Why do so few friendships stand the test of time? Here are seven keys to a friendship that lasts and the immediate steps you can take to begin cultivating deep, meaningful relationships.

May 26, 2023

Artificial Intelligence (AI) – The Ultimate Pharisee

Artificial Intelligence (AI) has experienced an exponential surge in capability and popularity lately, thanks to Open AI's ChatGPT. While it wasn't the only AI system around, it became one of the easiest for everyday people like you and me to access and play around with. Naturally, our human tendency to fear that which we don't understand took hold immediately and everyone wants to know what jobs, or more importantly if their job, will be replaced by our smarter, more efficient, and less whiny robotic counterparts. Similar to any technological leap, many jobs will be impacted. But will AI's influence stop there or cross into the spiritual realm? Can AI advise on spiritual matters? How about matters of the heart? Is it a noisy gong of "head knowledge" or a reputable advisor with more scriptural backing than most Christians?

January 13, 2023

Willpower: Your Most Important Mental Resource

Can we increase our willpower? Yes! Willpower and it's close friends; discipline and self-control, are like any muscle in the body. The more intentional focus on growth you provide it, the stronger they become. With willpower, we can move mountains. Namely, the mountains of our stubborn mind and body. We can will ourselves to act, to do things and go places we previously believed to be impossible.

January 6, 2023

The Secret Power of To-Do Lists

Odds are you have a daily to-do list. Nearly everyone on the planet does. How are you at accomplishing your to-do tasks? Do you get most or all of them done? What about the higher priority items? Do you know which to-do items are most important for your day, week, or month to be a success? While we all want to be more successful, and often try to be more successful, sometimes we hold ourselves back in our commitment. And this commitment is what separates people into two camps: those who write their to-do lists down, and those who don't. You will be more successful, productive, and satisfied in life when you unlock the secret power of to-do lists. It's so easy anyone can do it!