Author: Chet

The melody line is the main thing, I tried to explain to my overthinking client recently. In a song it’s defined as “a linear sequence of notes the listener hears as a single entity.” Then it hit me. What is the melody line of my life? What is the melody line of all life? What … Continue reading Melody line…

Yesterday, in practice 35 with a team of head coaches, we went off script - we went where the golfer (not me) wanted to go. Took awhile, but it was freakin’ magic. Here’s the melody line for you, leader. Years ago I read the Heath Brothers book titled Made to Stick. It was a gem … Continue reading The curse…

We build muscles with time under tension. We train them. We build relationships with time under attention. We love them. Muscles grow accustomed and adapt to tension. They will not grow unless you increase resistance, change routine, and overload them in new ways. Your closest relationships will not flourish without similar, focused attention. It’s much … Continue reading Tension and attention…

Back in 2004 Al Qaeda in Iraq (AQI) was kicking our butt. According to General Stanley McChrystal in his book titled Team of Teams, the butt kicking was rooted in our management style more than anything else. So, he began to tear down the walls between his disparate Task Force teams. One of his communications … Continue reading Hoard less. Share more…

The gold standard for deliberate practice, according to Anders Ericsson, author of Peak, and the original researcher behind the science of expertise, is found following a very specific structure and order. Ericsson wrote a beauty worth deliberating reading, ruminating, and applying in your real world. Here are his 7 steps with a BTL twist. Practice … Continue reading Practice like this…

C.S. Lewis reminds us love hurts but does not harm. This is a hard truth to accept when your heart is broken and nothing makes sense following a loss only love can produce. Fact. This is why Day 6 sucks (In BBTL) and, at the same time, is oh so popular. Love hurts. Love anything … Continue reading Love hurts…

Four beautiful souls joined me in the frigid cold this early am at a little past 6bells. One is battling an ongoing health crisis. Two are young professionals with busy lives. One is a busy executive and then there’s me. This pic was taken after Ms. Meadow tried to kill us with a little bit … Continue reading Joy…

Today, doing our third podcast together, The Athlete and I shared lots of smiles, plenty of laughs, and fought back tears - at least I know I did. He’s asked me to join him once a month on the Gravity podcast and go wherever the spirit leads us. He started today’s conversation by asking me … Continue reading The way home…