Author: Chet

Today, Church with Mom. We learned from one verse in Proverbs for 45 minutes. We celebrated our time together. Next Sunday, Lord willing, we’ll be together in Salina, Kansas. We’ll share this service together. Walk together. Talk together. Be together. Have brunch together. Enjoy a drive around town together. Have an ice cream cone together. … Continue reading Be a strong Ox…

Helluva day for this dude's heart ❤️ yesterday. It was Day 24,635.  Here's my thinking from yesterday for me. This is raw and unedited. Long. Will make no sense to most, makes perfect sense to me. Feel free to skip. I share it with hope it will hit home with a few. God bless... Early … Continue reading Day 24,635…

The right art is purposeless, aimless - until it's not. The key to finding purpose is patience. I remember 1993 stumbling into CCL (Center for Creative Leadership) and not wanting to be there. CompuServe CEO, Maury Cox, had sent me against my will. I wanted him to send Judy, head of HR. I was too … Continue reading The right art…

If you wish to be out front act as if you’re behind. Lao Tzu Wish less. Want more. Nobody cares. Work harder. Live hard. Love harder. Much harder…

This was a day to remember. Or at least it should have been.  Littlest, Peej, Downer, and I departed Black Bass hotel in Annecy, France and headed out for day one of our great cycling adventure. We hit the first mountain a couple hours in. Felt fine as we made our way up. About three … Continue reading July 11, 2024…

Our chief want in life is someone who shall make us do what we can. Thank you, Ralph Waldo Emerson. This is truth and incomplete. This describes an exotelic person. Ancient Greeks would say this person needs others to authorize them. We all start here. Autotelic (self governed or self authorized) is someone who is … Continue reading Exotelic and Autotelic…

Learning like a banshee and never stopping is foundational. You cannot play like a master without having done the work. You cannot just show up and expect to play loose. You must learn to loosen.  This loosing of self is key to excellence. When I'm at my best as a Builder is when I'm fully … Continue reading Loosing…

Build your discipline is the fourth of the 12 Essentials in BBTL. CORE. Humility. Courage. Discipline. These are our core four. Do not miss this nuance. The actual names of the Essentials matters. Here are the names we've given them verbatim. Build your CORE. Build your humility. Build your courage. Build your discipline. BTL is … Continue reading Dakoter discipline…