Author: Chet

Here, by way of reminder, is the deliberate practice recipe. Deliberate practice is the foundation of high performance. Don’t miss this. This could be HUGE. Pick a target. Reach. Fail. Learn. Reach again. Fail. Learn. Reach again. Achieve (build competence). Level up. Pick a more aggressive target. Rinse and repeat. Kinda like happiness, confidence is … Continue reading Target practice…

Life is an energy management problem and it's yours to solve. Yesterday, during practice ONE.121, we did some work within. I've decided to keep it simple this season as OSU sports get back after it. OSU womens soccer is filled with winners. The coaches are brilliant, led by Lori who leads with a tough (but … Continue reading Life…

The longer you’ve habituated something, the more myelins been wrapped around it. Myelin is what strengthens your neural networks. As you begin to see the payback, it becomes more automatic. As you begin to love it, more myelin wraps around this connection. It becomes automatic. Here’s the catch. Myelin is neutral. It wraps around whatever … Continue reading Myelin…

The mentally strong take more calculated risks than normal competitors. This is how they keep getting better. This is how you will too. You build capacity by reaching outside your comfort zone and building skills you don’t currently have, remember.  The way you and I learn to do hard things well is by doing them … Continue reading More of this…

The root to our biggest problems, most likely, is you and I don't realize we're a coward. Cowards play games. Cowards act detached one minute and domineering the next. Cowards get quiet when Mr. Big walks in the room. Cowards bully in a one up position. Cowards are different depending on where they are and … Continue reading The root of courage…

High performance is not complicated. Skill. Passion. Effort. These were the big three when Galton wrote the first white paper on performance way back in the day. Today’s scientific approach agrees. The recent clarity? Effort counts the most. You, friend, can do more than you think. Live hard. Love harder…

Master connectors speak little and say a lot. They are ccd on steroids. They hear what's not being said. Huh? Most communications is non - verbal. Body language and tone. Tune into these signals and you'll be amazed what you learn. So will your team. Tune in like an animal being stalked. You've been reminded. … Continue reading Like an animal being stalked…

Back in 1956, Harvie Ward and Ken Venturi took on Ben Hogan and Byron Nelson. Two amateurs vs. two professionals. Best ball. It was dubbed "The Match." Great book. Worth the read.  Yesterday, Lil Jeggie and I took on two OSU golf coaches (one current, one former) in our version of the match. Was epic. … Continue reading The Match…