Author: Chet

Every team, worth a nickel, establishes performance standards. The best teams create consistent consequences for those that keep ‘em and those that cannot. Excellence demands that you hold yourself and your few to an even higher standard. Fact. Today, during practice 87 with a team that’s producer led, we challenged ourselves to raise our own … Continue reading Standards…

Happy Easter. He is risen. The drive from KC to Salina was a visual reminder. The burnt plains. Part of the plan for renewal of God’s green earth. Burnt to built, you know. This is true for you too.. You are not made to follow the popular way. You are designed to blaze your own … Continue reading Burnt to built…

One of my favorite, most transformative clients/friend (they all become close friends, btw) recently wrote me a challenging question about my theory around become and belong. I believe this is deeply wired into our being. All humans are unique and all share certain elements from our designer. One of the deepest is the desire to … Continue reading Truth…

There are only two primary fuels for firing your human engine. Let’s assume you’re a Porsche, friend. Your engine runs best on high (93-94) octane juice. The problem is this kinda fuel isn’t readily available as the low octane and lower cost stuff. You can’t find it at every fueling station, and when you do … Continue reading F’em & F’it…

I’ve been feeling a bit low of late. Friends have been dying a bit too frequently. Team practices have been hit and more miss. I feel like I’m pouring myself into people and most could give two shits, you know. Recently, during a team practice where we’ve been practicing for over seven years, I heard … Continue reading Break every chain…

One of my youngest and most rewarding clients asked me a really good question the other day - “Why, Chet, do you care so much that people become who they are meant to be?” I didn’t answer her directly, at least not yet. I made her think about it, you know. Here is the direct … Continue reading The real you…

Find the few believers on your team. Pour into them. Stop distributing your attention with the aim of being fair. Be more like a farmer. Take care of the few plants that produce fruit. Focus here. Focus on your believers. Good. Live hard. Love harder…

Yesterday during practice 46 we learned another law of physics. Force is the mass of an object multiplied by velocity. You see, I want one of these young women to be a force to be reckoned with. She has built a strong physical plant and is the fastest athlete on the team. Fact. She has … Continue reading Force…