Author: Taylor Scott

"Make things as simple as possible, never more so." I laughed because it reminded me of another quote: "If you ask a lazy person how to solve a problem, they will find the easiest (simple) way to do it". Why do we overcomplicate things? I believe we overcomplicate things because of a weak core. I've … Continue reading Day 270 – Occam’s razor

Today's focus in Pericles is to not be surprised by sabotage. From ancient Greek history to now there will rarely, if ever, be 100 percent consensus. There will always be a degree of conflict around the best decision for our future. Despite this, leaders believe and are convicted in their vision for the future. My … Continue reading Day 269 – Pericles

Two of the most important indicators of a high performer are the love for the team and the work. Love your team and love the work, got it. But what if others don't love it the same way I do? We tend to overly fixate on the ones who don't love it the same way … Continue reading Day 268 – Peace with my place

As Chet puts it in today's BBTL entry, "This can lead to arrogance, hubris, self-centeredness, narcissism, and eventually toward self-sabotage." If you become strong in your core, but you don't build your wisdom to become meek then this is the result. Becoming meek was the single most important thing I learned through Younglife growing up. … Continue reading Day 267 – Meek is anything but weak

Tomorrow morning me and Chetters are going to watch some PRO tennis play. Correction, we are going to watch masters play. These pros are become masters because they are making time, outside of their normal tennis practice schedule, to master their craft with BTL. Likewise, Chet and I are taking time to be master builders … Continue reading Day 266 – Don’t be a pro

Today in BTL practice I listened to emerging leaders talk about their struggle to feel comfortable and confident leading the team. Through being in BTL for a while now, I have seen people placed into a new leadership position with the same struggle. How do I lead others, and how do I become confident in … Continue reading Day 265 – Freud and Frankl

Today in BTL team practice I was getting lit listening about coaches and their "sled dogs". I could see them getting lit talking about the few in their program who pull the program forward. The sled dog is the teammate willing to put themselves out front willing to do whatever necessary for the team. I … Continue reading Day 264 – Elite Endurance

Order matters when it comes to our OPUS. The dreaming is meant to come before the doing. Recently with an athlete we were talking about disciplines and love toos. It was apparent that it is easy to only fixate on the disciplines once you get busy down the do do trail. We went backwards and … Continue reading Day 263 – Feel and think