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Two hundred years ago the two greatest influences in the life of an average American were faith and family. One hundred years ago? The same. Today, faith and family barely register in America’s top ten influences. Number one, by a freakin’ million miles of endless apps, tweets, podcasts, Netflix’s, and snapchats, is the media. Want … Continue reading Fire or Fyre…

Let me be clear. According to Anderson Ericsson, the dude responsible for the 10,000 hour rule, (which his research claims is not a rule but a guideline, btw) the greatest predictor of going from good to great is not what you think. Ericsson’s research, covered in his worthy read titled Peak, debunks a number of … Continue reading Solitary practice…

Ambiguity is the enemy of excellence, isn’t it? Clarity is the one we want. This is why we encourage our family, friends, and clients to never stop rinsing their BTL core and opus. We want 20/20 clarity and then we want more. If clarity is good, crystal clarity is better. And, we believe, paradoxically, that … Continue reading Ambiguity is the game…

Our oldest son, Jordan, is a professional poker player in FLA. Our only daughter, Krits, is an event planner working in KC. Our youngest son, Taylor, is a senior at OSU and apprentice at BTL (no buttons left on shirt of dad), and our second son, Andrew Paul, is an artist in Berlin. Andrew just … Continue reading Jordan, Andrew, Kristi, and Taylor…

Don't get infatuated with process and systems, leader. High performers rarely look back at their performance gains and attribute them to their new fit bit, new performance management system, or from some other silver bullet. High performers do more of the right stuff. You know this. High performers are inspired from within to do another … Continue reading Find, hire, and build another 5X…

Here’s some Sunday writing from one of our BTL practice participants. He is awakening. Together we transform. Always together. So good... “It also finally dawned on me today why Chet uses some unique terminology, why he shares some great stories with us (Gettysburg) and asks us to read, write, reflect, be curious, challenge out of … Continue reading Awake and oriented…

Today, we hit it hard down at Steelwood with Grappy and my 3PP friends. With nearly twenty five minutes left in the training, I rang the bell. Since starting this discipline back in August of 2010, I’ve maybe quit on one other occasion. Today it wasn’t normal fatigue that stopped me, it was simple, unipolar … Continue reading Live hard. Love harder…

"Emerging adults," in case you're not familiar with the term, is another category we've created not unlike my parents generation created the category "teenager." Prior to my generation you just went from single digits to “buck up.” It seems we keep moving the goalposts on accountability with each additional category. Moving on. I’m currently rereading … Continue reading Moral codes…