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Transformation isn't pretty, it's gritty. My best ballplayers were the ones who loved mastering the basics. They were elite defenders and they always wanted more - more reps, more ground balls. Mastering the basics is a forever endeavor. Literally. I "know" the basics, the ground balls, of BTL - the concepts of fear vs love, … Continue reading More ground balls…

Here it is in a picture form. This was taken during practice 6 this morning. She’s had nine hours of BTL. I’d say she’s on the road to becoming. Are you?

Identity is one tricky beast isn’t it?   I had a powerful practice with a team this morning that is struggling with their identity as a team. They are managing through a “divorce” of a legacy product they put their whole heart behind to fully focus on a fresh bigger, bolder vision.   They identified … Continue reading Day 174: Genuine objectivity…

Yesterday, during practice 26, this team introduced two newbies to their quest toward oneness. Their leader stood in front and took hard questions. Hard questions intended to give the seeker a better understanding of their leader and expectations for this team. Freakin’ magic in the making. Here’s the melody line, leader, if you want a … Continue reading Love the team…

Truer not tougher is magic.  I believe people, including me, have struggled to hit people with hard truth in the moment because they bifurcate the decision to do so into two categories. Am I just being tough for tough sake? If so, why am I taking that path?Is the conversation tough because you truly believe … Continue reading Day 173: Truer…

Nothing worth possessing has ever been given (Grace, of course, is the exception). Life is difficult. The good life is not bon bon’s and learning to lay down. We are meant to do hard things well, remember. We are meant to do them together. So, this morning at 6:23 a team of nine athletes gave … Continue reading Compete…

It's Monday morning. A fresh week to win. Or is it? Look at your calendar for the next 7 days.  Look at everything you and others put on your plate for the week ahead. Take a minute and analyze, how many of these meetings/activities/to-do items are playing to your version of Messi’s left foot?  Are … Continue reading Day 172: Messi strong…

I remember the first time I took strengths finders and it spit out a term that resonated perfectly with how I wanted to spend my life: activator. I had never heard this term before but it now anchors my OPUS and is the strength I lean into above any other.   Activating people and ideas … Continue reading Day 171: Stronger…