Author: Chet

Today's leadership is all about empathy. We want our leaders to feel what we're feeling and adjust accordingly. This is NOT evolutionary. This is not what leads teams to thrive. Great teams have an edge. They learn this from their leaders.  Want a better team? Become a better leader. Your team needs to feel your … Continue reading Edge…

The breakfast of champions, you ask? When I was child, we were inundated with Wheaties commercials. Always had some world champion on the box. Hitting homers. Driving long and straight. Running like the wind. Jumping higher. Swimming like a fish. The key to their championship ring? Wheaties - The breakfast of champions. This, friend, is … Continue reading You’ve been reminded…

Life is hard. Designed beautifully so. The great life is found through learning to do hard things well. Day 6 in BBTL describes many of the hard moments in life. Give it another look if you need a reminder. Last night we celebrated the new lives of Daisy, Kaden, and Vivi. Lots of family congregated … Continue reading Unseen…

The modern world tells us width matters most. Chase followers. Network your brains out. Spread yourself thin. Ancient wisdom teaches a much different truth. Happiness is fleeting. Want more joy? Depth matters most. Deep relationships multiply joy. Be with. Slow down. Be. Recently, with a team I've grown to love like my own, we went … Continue reading Worth it…

KISS (Keep it simple, stupid) is a well known design principle first coined by the US Navy back in 1960. It's a great reminder of the power of "making things as simple as possible" - a phrase coined earlier by a dude named Einstein.  During a recent BTL team practice, I shared my tweak to … Continue reading KISS…

At BTL we believe there is great power when one turns routines into rituals. The difference? Routines are good. Rituals? Sacred. This past month I took one of my morning routines (reading and writing) and made a slight change. I made a decidre (Latin - to cut off). I decided to start my day reading … Continue reading Routines to rituals…

Life is hard. Designed to be difficult. And, life is beautiful. Designed to bring us joy. Keep making yourself move. This morning, Littlest, Brother Mick, and I moved it out for 48 beautiful miles in the central ohio countryside. Littlest has two bad Achilles tendons. Getting an MRI next week. Doc’s can’t figure out what’s … Continue reading Together…

Yesterday, we held practice ONE.35 with a team of golfers. It was early am on U.S. Amateur final qualifying day for four of them. They all showed up early for BTL team practice before teeing it up under the pressure and in the heat. Both coaches were there. We talked about Matt Biondi from back … Continue reading Lil Jeggie…