Author: Mike Schott

I am pretty sure I received the lowest grade of my entire educational journey in this class called physics, so I am taking a risk even writing about a topic that Kepler, Galileo, and Newton coined and refined but here it goes. I had the pleasure to run a practice in partnership with a client … Continue reading Inertia…

Brings perspective. Kids going back to school and the seasons turning their corner into fall makes it feel like GAME TIME for the business community. It’s awesome and jam packed but time and space to reflect can quickly slip away.  The problem with this is we can get so focused on what is in front of … Continue reading Time and Space…

You better love being an accountant. I’ll never forget Chet saying this during a team practice almost a decade ago so there must be some truth in it. Let’s explore. One of the most consistent things that I observe about a clients initial “love to” list from Day 16 in BBTL is that very rarely … Continue reading If you want to be an accountant…

But only if they are dreams.  As I reflected on Rachel‘s blog from yesterday, I believe there is a chasm between having a goal and having a dream. Anyone with drive can achieve pretty much any goal if they stick with it long enough to see it through. A dream requires a transformation. It forces … Continue reading Your goals DO matter…

I heard the term “messy middle” about 10 years ago at one of the first leadership events I was blessed to attended and I have thought about that term almost every day since. A lot of people, especially parents, look back on a decade and say, “wow that flew by, where did the time go” … Continue reading A Decade (Part 2)…

In a recent BTL Band practice, we were playing the casual game of “what kind of heat-seeking missile are you?”  Rachel shared her perspective that she views me as a heat seeking missile identifying and activating people’s OPUS. That sounded cool from my perspective so I am adopting that missile mindset going forward and in … Continue reading A Decade (part 1)…

Is very different than trying to stab someone.  The world is filled with verbal fighting, especially in the media. Every political and sports show is no longer about reporting, it’s about "experts" yelling at one another about opinions on a specific topic to try and prove a point and destroy the opposing position.  This translates horribly … Continue reading Iron Sharpens Iron (2.0)…

Here is one of the latest worldviews I authored that has led to this open-ended multi-part series on the power of personal agency: I believe the pool of people that fully embrace the concept of personal agency is shrinking and we must change that course through our work with BTL. When I wrote this, I … Continue reading The Power of Personal Agency (Part 3…)