What a night! Starfleet Comms and Voices from the Void in one fun filled evening! It’s my own fault of course; I had double booked. Thankfully, both show hosts were incredibly gracious and we ended up doing back to back interviews.

Gavin Phoenix has been a fan, and a friend, for a long while. He’s been nothing but supportive of everything I do, and even has encouraged my wife on her blog over at www.farahtheiqbal.com (yeah, she doesn’t post often, I know). Continue reading →

Harlon, Daemeon, and more to follow I’m sure. What do they have in common? Public accountability. Each has looked at where they are and not been satisfied. Each has begun the journey of self improvement. Each has stepped forward and said “Roc, I’m going to be held accountable for myself.” Each has shown commitment, discipline, dedication and balls of steel.

I mentioned in the recent Voices from the Void podcast interview that something I have personally struggled with is showing my own beginnings, showing my Day 0 picture. It’s vanity, pure and simple. Will the ladies be disappointed if they see the real me? Will the men criticize, laugh, insult?

Roc Wieler is a hard image to live up to.

So this morning I manned up. This morning I took pictures of where I am today as compared to where I was then. Even though I am my own harshest critique; even though I still have much further to go in my own journey of self-improvement, I have to walk the walk.

Consider this my public accountability. Continue reading →

One of the toughest things for any of us is to hold ourselves accountable to others. There’s a whole “team shame” mentality about it because we’re honestly used to failing ourselves, and we’ve developed strong mechanisms for rationalization, but letting down others isn’t something any of us should be comfortable with.

I put out a Day 0 post for Harlon Mathuin not too long ago. Harlon is continuing to work strong, and I’m looking forward to his three month update. Someone else inspired by Harlon’s public accountability is Daemeon, who was also doing his due diligence in the TRX 21 day challenge I posted a while back. Continue reading →