Author: Chet

Oneness is the aim and it’s elusive. You cannot build it without becoming inclusive and exclusive. You cannot build it without exiting high competence and low character. You cannot build it without exiting high character and low competence. Oneness, on any team, requires leadership unafraid to build an inclusive and exclusive culture. Back when I … Continue reading Extrude…

Believe. Deepen belief through studying, learning, and applying. Belief doesn’t come from a bigger book, it comes from becoming a master in your craft. You do not go into a practice filled with disbelief because it’s going to be hard. You go in knowing you are prepared and you believe. You go in knowing you … Continue reading Believe…

One of my clients just got his ASS kicked. I did not raise my voice or call him names. I did not get all fired up either. I asked him a couple questions and then gave him a lawyers argument. He was rinsing his OPUS, you see, and it had him holding onto work he … Continue reading Opus…

Sent to me this early am by one of loved ones. This is the most frequently referenced day in BBTL. I wrote it as a stream of consciousness one day when dragging ASS. A worldview rinse as a result? I believe the great life is found through learning to do hard things well. We learn … Continue reading Life is hard…

The best teammates are friends. True, but incomplete. “A friend is someone you go to the movies with. A teammate is someone you go to war with.” The Wizard Your team could use another teammate. A teammate models the way, embraces pain and suffering, and embodies truth in Love. A teammate is a truth teller … Continue reading Teammate…

Think about it for a second. We care for ourselves and others in relationship to the depth of our love reservoir. We have deep reservoirs for our pups, seemingly puddles for ourselves. We tend to quickly forgive and forget all the puppy problems of peeing on our favorite bedposts, chewing shoes, puking on wooden floors, … Continue reading Second nature…

We are becoming a nation of victims. We were once a nation of doers.We are now a nation fixated on what is due them. You, if you're a fellow American, are not neutral. You are accretive to a culture of responsibility or victimhood. Either your focus is on what is due you or on what … Continue reading Do…

We humans are prone to what modern science describes as falling prey to the focusing illusion which Daniel Kahneman describes neatly in a single sentence - "Nothing in life is as important as you think it is when you are thinking about it." Slow down and reflect. Are you focusing your attention on some small … Continue reading Focusing illusion…