Author: Chet

Ours. Yesterday I teed up BTL team practice with Doscher, one of my dear friends and fellow Builders. He led. I was MIA (traveling). The team? Freakin’ magic. Everyone played. All contributed and brought their best thinking to our latest nuance from belief to believer. If we haven’t practiced this with you, we will be. … Continue reading My favorite team practice…

Wrote version 1.0 of this back in 2010. Here’s the rinse… The desire to repair another person is another human universal. We think we've got "another" figured out, and the other tends to think the same. Funny isn't it we both, in the end, end up feeling nobody gets us. Humans do not draw near … Continue reading Damn straight…

Peace is found, oftentimes, on the other side of acute pain. Peace does not come with control but with the relinquishing of it. Peace comes when we stop trying to control the world around us and build a better habit of controlling the world within us. Peace comes when we deeply connect - when we … Continue reading Peace…

Yesterday I led at OSU. Mostly I allowed others to grab the reins. Why? They’ve earned it. You, leader, are not remembered for the teams you’ve led. You’ll be remembered for the teams you taught to lead themselves. You’ll be remembered for the leaders you taught to lead their teams. We mostly remember the ones … Continue reading Lead…

Yesterday, during a great team practice, I challenged a teammate to move from belief to believer. Puzzled, he didn’t go triple d but instead asked me to tell him more. So, I shared a story from The Matrix. I asked him if he remembered the scene in the movie when Neo began to believe. He … Continue reading Belief to believer…

One of my deepest held beliefs is around control. We all want it, crave it, even worship it. Ain’t none of us got it. We are not in control. Fact. When my brakes went out on a French mountain top (back in 2019), I was completely out of control. The energy of the mountain hurled … Continue reading Humility…

Clarity comes when you stop looking out the window for people to blame and, instead, commit to looking in the mirror. Beliefs and behaviors are always out of alignment. The deeper my beliefs the more clearly I see my blemishes; yours, not so much. All humans have blind spots. Adjust your mirrors. Ask the few … Continue reading Leadership…

Our attention is our greatest asset but only if we focus it. The world wants to disperse, distract, and dominate our attention. Our young people have learned they no longer wear God on their wrist, they hold him in the palm of their hand. We do not make very good Gods, do we? Want more … Continue reading Focus…