Author: Chet

Happy Sunday, friends. I hope you are slowing down and reflecting some on this sunny Sunday morning (at least in Topeka). Lets go back for awhile, shall we. Aristotle put forth some really good stuff about virtue a few years back.  He wrote that the chief aim of humankind was to achieve happiness.  The route … Continue reading Sammie and Evan chose wisely…

Being in flow requires mental toughness. Flow, remember, is the optimal performance state of mind where you are totally immersed in the activity, lose sense of time, and perform at your peak with a sense of calm, clarity, and almost clairvoyance. In soccer you might anticipate where the ball, your opponents, and teammates are headed … Continue reading Fail to flow…

Remember, the enemy of mastery is thinking you know it already.   The enemy of mastery is your thinking, friend. Here’s a helpful hint to prime your mastery mindset. Lets start with what not to think. Never say stuff like, “I know that, I didn’t really learn anything new, or give me something new.” Never … Continue reading No more to know more…

Practice 37 was a little slice of Heaven. We are three, short years in with this team in the Windy City. The last few practices have been real, hard, labor. We’ve struggled with trust and some deep seated us vs them mentality. The leader could have easily blinked and called it quits. I mean come … Continue reading Practice 37…

I am making 2020 my year of rereading. A little over a month and some change into the new year this discipline has already paid dividends. I’ve reread a handful of old favorites and just concluded Run with the Horses, by Eugene Peterson. This one has awakened some of the dead in me. Eugene writes … Continue reading Jeremiah…

During practice 61, I reminded the team, at least those with children, that they are not working in a vacuum. Their bride, brother, best friend, and better half may not be watching that closely, but their babies are. Babies emulate their caregivers. When we study accents and where they come from, it’s mostly from babies … Continue reading Show me…

Bono said the book titled Run With The Horses, saved his life. So, after watching his interview with the then 85 year old author, Eugene Peterson, I went out and acquired an old copy on Amazon. The book is the story of Jeremiah, the Old Testament prophet. You see Jeremiah was getting ready to mail it in … Continue reading Run with horses…

During BTL team practice with a team of two of  souls on the road toward becoming one, we took some time to look back at our last year of building and see how much we've grown. Teammate one shared that teammate two has corralled her more than any other human in history. This has made … Continue reading Learning about beautiful systems…