Author: Taylor Scott

Let's freaking go. Lately I've been pushing myself to embody everydayness and I've had a builder by my side pushing me. This is what I want to do. My core work says that I want to embody everydayness. I want to keep up this hard work. Here's what I've been learning lately through doing this … Continue reading Day 131: Managing the stress response

"Most professionals who appear to be winging it aren't. They've just prepared for so long and mastered their craft so well that it appears effortless." I think about this every time I watch professional soccer because I know how hard it is to do that very move. And I laugh to myself when I watch … Continue reading Day 119: Elle Woods

More love than fear. What would it look like for your life and work to have more love and fear? I recently had a client write about this. They described, or rather, what I interpreted to be someone who was operating from a core filled with more fear than love at work. So I made … Continue reading Day 104: Performance-Aggressive

Day 96 is a reminder. You can't be all things to all people. Lead anything and you will come to understand this. As a BTL apprentice I didn't understand this because I was never solely responsible for a team practice. Now that I've taken more responsibility I understand that the same reason why people love … Continue reading Day 96: Genius and dumbass

Together we awaken, challenge, and transform. Together. What does the word together have to do with pruning? I believe it exemplifies the need to be pruned in order to prune another. In other words, you can't lead anyone else further than you've gone yourself. And, BTL builders challenge clients while also receiving good challenges back … Continue reading Day 72: Pruned

Today I led the OSU wrestlers in practice one with me. I primed them with the purpose statement of Built to Lead and asked them what they heard. The melody line that they created from this was "the grappler's way". Looking out into the team during practice I saw new freshman faces, veteran teammates, and … Continue reading Day 68: Sparta’s way

We don't rise to the occasion, we fall to the level of our training. Marcus's book Meditations was like BTL practice for reminding himself about who he wants to become. Day 63 is cementing the challenge from my builder to get clarity on who I want to become. Without challenge, reflection, and rinsing my principles … Continue reading Day 63: Not bad for an adopted Dad

Core, Opus, and Pop are the melody line of any BTL practice. Today we got after it investing the time to build our BTL core with the help of our peers in BTL practice. I believe often we see high performers who are overly responsible and have a hard time asking for help. Remember, time … Continue reading Day 47: Galton