Author: Chet

No news is good news, right. If you’re like me, or at least think like me, you’ll agree with this sentiment. However, when asking young athletes to finish the thought - “No news is ______________,” what might you think was the most common response? No news is bad news. This, friends, is news to me. … Continue reading News to me…

Your best version of you is not found easily. Great lives are lived in fits and starts. No progress toward excellence is up and to the right. All progress is found in fits and starts. Patience. The best amongst us are constantly aligning behaviors back to bolted on beliefs. This requires a self authored, authentic … Continue reading Fits and starts…

Yesterday began at 6:45am with 3Strands practice. Finished at a little past 5bells. I was playing hurt. Head kinda blown up and aches all around. No big deal. 9 practices. Miss made me meals. Fed me snacks. Brought me homemade ginger, garlic, olive oil elixirs. Got through it. Got after it. Got energy. Got tired. … Continue reading Good…

This is a four letter word in our world today, right? Here’s some simple truth about it. It. Is. Required. No great life is lived without a commitment to a long obedience in the same direction. It starts with a step - a baby step. Don’t get overwhelmed with your lack of discipline. Start small. … Continue reading Obedience…

Embrace the fail, friend. Treat more of your attempts as pass/fail and stop tying too much identity to temporal pursuits of pleasure or pain. You are more than your profession, passions, or personal relationships. You are not a mistake and certainly not a failure. Don’t allow yourself or others to identify you as a failure. … Continue reading Fail…

BTL builds leaders. We do this by being catalyst for change. It’s hard. We poke. We agitate. We are not passive aggressive. We are not politically correct. We are not here to make you feel good. We are here to make you do what you can. I’ve been told I’m too much, too direct, too … Continue reading Tough and tender…

Brian came from Chicago to observe BTL team practice at OSU. He’s been a great client for many years and has always wanted to come see BTL playing with sports teams. So, he came. He did not observe. He led. OSU HC practice kicked it off. WSOC was next. MLAX followed. Grapplers brought it home. … Continue reading Brian…

Friday is a no client day normally. Yesterday, however, I held BTL team practice with a client in need. And, I did what I do quite often on my days off - I studied. Yesterday, I finished the book The Legend of Bagger Vance. Was not the first go through but it had been a … Continue reading Never settle for just getting paid…