Author: Chet

Cook rice. Remember, Chet, talk does not cook rice. Thanks, Reda, for this learning. A new alertness to the senses is required to feel life. Excellence requires you feel it, not overthink it.  The deliberate practice of the fundamentals is the key to life. Keep working, Chet, you have much to learn to master this … Continue reading A taste…

Got through 20 chapters of Theo yesterday. The early theme was the power of being interested, sincerely interested in the world you occupy and the people around you. After 20 chapters that theme holds with some nuance. Theo, while a newbie to the town of Golden, is building community. He’s creating community, not waiting for … Continue reading Go giver > go getter…

3PP done. 40 mile ride in the books. Peej hooking my Apple Watch (glorified heart rate monitor) to the Pelly. Done so. Breakfast done. Coffee down the hatch. Video chat with Vivi done. Video chat with Andrew and Aedán done. Chill time with Miss in process. Reading Theo of Golden in process. Four pages in. … Continue reading Theo…

When someone stops believing, someone will soon be leaving. You don’t have a retention problem. You are not being held hostage against your will. Losing teammates you don’t want to lose or working for a dude who doesn’t deserve you? You have a belief issue. Someone will soon be leaving. Maybe, just maybe, there is … Continue reading When someone stops believing…

After a day of wait my hour finally arrived around 4pm. Wheeled me back to do the quick shock. Getting ready to put the old dog under and the nurses looked at each other and then me with puzzled faces. "He's back in sinus or something like that." I'm thinking what does my nose have … Continue reading All that wait…

Not all days are the same. We all know this. The Greeks helped us here. Chronos and Kairos. Chronos is the measurement of time. Kairos is the season of time.  June 24, 1982. Wedding day. Kairos. September 23, 1984. Jordan is born. Many more both good and not so good. August 19, 2026. Not sure. … Continue reading Days…

Most of us can endure hard things as long as we know when it ends. We break when we can't see the shore, so to speak. Telling yourself, or worse yet, a loved one to "calm down" without knowing the skills necessary to do so, is not helpful and oftentimes harmful.  Try this instead.  When … Continue reading Breathe…

Nobody cares. Work harder.  This is a great mantra for those who've hit something they didn't expect. They overachieved, so to speak. Great mantra for those who've been hit by something they didn't expect. Been punched in the mouth. In other words, great mantra for us all. Heard this a million times. "I won last … Continue reading Nobody cares…