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High performance is not complicated. Skill. Passion. Effort. These were the big three when Galton wrote the first white paper on performance way back in the day. Today’s scientific approach agrees. The recent clarity? Effort counts the most. Buckthehellup. Master the fundamentals. Find a thousand nuances and then a thousand more. Find someone who will … Continue reading Performance…

Puddles? Hell, yeah. Good.... Live hard. Love harder. Much harder. (Thanks Chet). Jim 1COR13:1-2 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IdTMDpizis8 And Jocko and I agree on Steven Pressfield's book "A Man at Arms"...if you haven't read it. You should.

This dude (on the right) is the littlest big man I know. He’s 66. Just rode 103 miles across the Kansas flint hills. I was supposed to be with. Life got in the way. He rode it alone like a little big man. He had 5 surgeries this past year alone. Both knees rebuilt. Shoulder … Continue reading Littlest…

You can be too concise. You can be too direct. You canNOT be too clear. Clarity is the obsession of BTL leaders. Let me be clear. Life is one long series of tests. Some are pop quizzes you didn’t see coming. Some are freakin’ essay questions you’ve had all day to answer. Some tests are … Continue reading Let me be clear…

Everyone falls. Everyone hurts. Everyone slips. Everyone fails. I mean, c’mon man, who can’t relate to dragging ASS? One of my all timers is currently getting his ASS kicked six ways to Sunday, you know. He’s got it going in reverse in work and life. The wind is out of his sails. He sees the … Continue reading Bounce…

Why don’t animals should on themselves? Maybe a better question is why do we? Animals are who they are. Why are so many humans unlike their real selves? Why do so many of us give up on life way before our fragile lives have given all? Why is it so damn hard to be who … Continue reading The call…

A client recently told me of a frustration with one of his teammates. “She just doesn’t get it,” he began to tell me and then he added the clincher - “And, I don’t know how to teach her.” Damn. Leaders, remember this truth. Very few want you to teach them a lesson. Most simply need … Continue reading Lesson learned…

Dbow. I wouldn't be alive today to think about our fallen comrades had it not been for you. You had my back - always. You still do. I love you, old warrior, old friend. Jim 1COR13:1-2 Who is that dude watching my back as I hunted for IEDs? Saying "Good-bye" to you after one helluva … Continue reading My back…