Author: Chet

November 19, 1863 was a busy day for President Lincoln. On this day he would deliver the Gettysburg address, a speech still talked about today. He wrote most of the speech on the train ride over. Fittingly, our 16th president was busy working on a train - he was, remember, a railroad lawyer first and … Continue reading Worry or write…

Lincoln was right. Nearly any human can handle adversity as long as they have a sense for when it’s going to be over. You want to test your CORE and see how strong it really is? Let’s see how you handle power. Few can handle it. The Wizard is handling it with aplomb. You? Live … Continue reading Power…

Cliche's are grounded in truth. Here's an oldie but goodie. "Drive for show. Putt for dough."  Great golfers understand training the brain/body on the short game is paramount to championship golf. Never met a great golfer with a mediocre short game. It's simply more fun to train your body to bomb it off the tee … Continue reading Train…

Iron Byron (Timmytao) was stripping it today. He’s like a machine. We played JoeyTHElamb’s course in FLA and it was an epic. Started with 9 holes on The Floridian par three course followed by 18 holes on the big dog. This old dog had a great time. No birdies for me but lots of pars … Continue reading Golf…

Most conflict is simply a conversation to be had. Live hard. Love harder. Talk… Screenshot

Focus, athletes, on "the controllables." Hear this all the time. See it rarely. What are the controllables?  Effort. Full thrust is a must for excellence.  Nutrition. Figure out what your body needs and feed it. Eat food. Simple, not easy. Recovery. Full thrust is a must and so is zone 2. Mix it up. All redline, all the … Continue reading BadASS…

Trust is the freakin' center of everything. Trusting ourselves. Trusting something bigger. Trusting our team. Trusting our leader. Trusting our spouse/partner. Trusting anyone... Last night, as I read client writing and wrote, it blew me away how deeply I am trusted. Made me stop and grip the sides of my comfortable, well worn chair. Scared … Continue reading Trust…

Other people and circumstances are not your problem. You are. Want the recipe for becoming a better you? Start here, friends.  Replace the bullshit of "you stress me out," with the truth of "Eustress me up." Stress is neutral. Eustress is when you respond and grow. Distress is when you react and are overwhelmed as … Continue reading Eustress me…