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I’ve spent many hours seeing Caribbean lobsters in their native habitat. SCUBA diving is one of my passions. Over the last 40 years I’ve grown to appreciate God’s brilliance in creation by seeing the perfect ecosystem that is ocean life working in harmony in amazing ways. The learner in me loves to discover new facts … Continue reading Day 204 – Like a lobster…

 One of my favorite truths from our work in BTL is this: Clarity is the antidote to anxiety. Man, print that one out and post it on your desk top. Stick it on your dashboard or on your visor. It’s one of my perpetual PA’s. I think through this lens every… single… day.  Leaders, don’t assume. … Continue reading Day 203 -Assume less…

Most humans bury conflict. Most humans mine for gold. Excellence requires you to flip this bullshit on its head. Excellent individuals embrace conflict, in fact, they mine for it. Today, we dug up some stuff the team had been burying for twenty years. We dug it up. It was hard and not much fun. Remember … Continue reading Mine for this…

In Days 201 and 202 Chet shares 10 practical steps to build our resilience based on Dr. Dennis Charney’s innovative studies on resilience. All are of value in work and in life. Not surprisingly to those familiar with BTL, all 10 practices align with our BTL Essentials. From Build Your Optimism, to Build Your Core, … Continue reading Day 202 – Bouncer…

Tomorrow begins a little past 6bells with core work. It will be hell. It will break us all. It’s designed to be the hardest thing we do all day. It will be. Freakin’ magic. Next up a bit before 8bells is Rachel. She’s a BTL Builder and we’re chiseling her into her best. 9 bells … Continue reading Seven…

Matthew Syed’s book, Bounce, is one of my favorites. Mozart, Federer, Picasso, Beckham, and the science of success. However, my rant today takes a slight turn… We know that developing flexible optimism leads to resilience. In Day 201, Chet shares the practical steps we can engage in our lives to develop our optimism and so build our … Continue reading Day 201 – Bounce…

I pushed the tee in the ground today and smiled as I stretched my tight left hip. I was by myself in my happy place - Muirfield. It was a glorious afternoon carrying my bag and playing 18 holes of my favorite, childhood game. The mourning dove greeted me with her sad song on about … Continue reading Golf…

The world is noisy and getting noisier. Lead anything and you must become a master at tuning into pure signal. The problem is tuning out everything else. This morning a client told me about another problem weighing him down. I got curious. Slowed him down and then hit him with few words. He’s tuned into … Continue reading Signal…