Author: Chet

Education. Energy. Edge. The best communicators are not the best educated. They are, however, masters at connecting their message to the right audience. We buy from the human educated about us and our needs. We don’t need degrees and titles to tell us we ought to listen up. We need to sense they know their … Continue reading Education. Energy. Edge…

Growth from training does NOT follow a linear pattern. We train and train and train. Nothing. We can't see or feel the increase. This is the mundane middle where so many give up. We plateau. The older we are, oftentimes, the longer we live on the plateau regardless the endeavor we're after. The more we … Continue reading Compounding…

As leaders, remember, you are in the broadcasting business.  Broadcast all the news.  Be honest about the struggles.  Do not ignore the problem. Bring the team together more often during the crisis.  Take their hard questions and make sure they see you at the front.   AND, broadcast the backlog too.  Make sure all members … Continue reading Margin…

It’s not what you think. Actually, it is. Stress, as defined by Hans Selye (dude who coined the term) back in the day, is “a challenge to the system designed for growth.” Stress is neutral. How you think about it changes everything. Damn. The opposite of stress? Boredom. Here are your options when stressed. Increase … Continue reading Stress…

Every system is filled with tension. The best tension comes when your system is growing faster than you thought it could. This is fun for awhile. The worst kinda tension comes when your system is receding. No system can survive a deep, relentless recession for long. Fact. Nearly everyday, we the BTL band, help our … Continue reading Pass the tension…

We are meant for deep, meaningful relationships. These are not built on easy street. You can be too strong and you can be too weak. You can be right and it all go wrong. So what the hell will help build deep, meaningful relationships, you ask? Choose to lose. Swallow hard and move toward another, … Continue reading Win…

Yesterday, on Easter Sunday, I called my mom to see how she was doing. Frustrated were the first words out of her mouth. She had been trying for about an hour to listen to CrossPoint Churches Easter service. She could see the video but could not get the sound to work. Jordan and I had … Continue reading Easter service with Mom…

There are three Greek words for our English word life. Thank God for the Greeks, huh. Bios refers to our physical life and is where we get the word biology. We train, feed, rest, and mostly focus on our physical health as normal humans. We realize that it takes more and more effort to keep … Continue reading Zoe…