I earned my undergrad in 1995 with a major in Finance and a minor in Computer Science. My first job out of school was as a computer programmer for a small software development company. Eventually, I earned a Masters degree in 2002 in Information Systems.

During those years of learning and coding computers and systems in almost a dozen different programming languages, there was always one constant in each system and language.

Garbage In … Garbage Out (GIGO)

If the design was poor or the code was flawed or the handling of the data wasn’t perfect, then the resulting system would be faulty.

Garbage programming would always lead to a Garbage System.

Conversely, a well designed and coded system would function with speed and efficiency, preventing its users from doing anything to corrupt the system.

Fast forward to 2020 and the man in the mirror was telling me 'It's all your fault'

He didn’t speak a word and yet, his voice was deafening.

The man in the mirror spoke the truth.

It was my fault I was almost 40 pounds over weight. I was the one who made the decision meal after meal, day after day to eat the garbage I ate resulting in all those packed on the pounds. Not once did anyone ever force anything down my throat.

It was my fault my mind was turning to mush. I was the one who made the decision to binge-watch all sorts of shit TV or listen to similar shit talk-radio.

My Spartan Self was telling me that I had spent far too long listening to Little Nicky. Listening to that toxic and destructive ass was the sole reason I was in the situation I was in.

I had poorly designed and coded my Mind, Body, Business and Relationships. And the garbage results were right there staring me in the face.

Then, I started listening to my Spartan Self. Together, we evaluated and planned and designed a better operating system. 

The code of my new operating system is sleek and streamlined. It hums with precision, and only requires a little fine tuning from time to time.

Periodic maintenance is required to ensure that Little Nicky doesn’t modify the source code and fuck everything up again.

No more fucking GIGO.

Now it's High-Octane Fuel delivering High-Octane Results.