Make peace with the inescapable reality of problems. Life is simply a series of them that we put our energy toward. Don't labor under the delusion that if you work fast and hard enough they'll all disappear. Problems are part of what makes life magnificent, I believe. From another lens, life IS problems - a … Continue reading Peace with problems
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Preparation…
For the past two days, JimmyTHEgant has shadowed me, told stories, and seared all who would let his sorriness in to theirs. Been epic. Boardrooms turned into sacred space. Locker rooms? Even more scared. Corner offices? Become places of even deeper caring. The melody line? Well, the most common question asked was around how did … Continue reading Preparation…
JimmyTHEgant…
JimmyTHEgant is in the house. He’s the love cat of BTL. He was one of our countries great warriors. We claim him, now, as one of ours. He had seven practices today. Seven more tomorrow. He learned a lot. Taught, maybe more. There will be less whining from those given the gift of his presence … Continue reading JimmyTHEgant…
Praesens Impavidus
I had my first face‑to‑face practice with a new client yesterday and I was reminded - - - again - - - why presence matters. There is a difference between interaction and encounter. Two people in the same room, carrying attention, risk, silence and truth. No screens. No abstraction. Just reality. That kind of presence … Continue reading Praesens Impavidus
Time
Being complete master and ruler of your time isn't, perhaps, as worthy of our aim as it appears at first glance. Oliver Burkeman makes the case that your time is actually in part a "network good." I.e. part of its good is dependent on others having access to it and how well their time coordinates … Continue reading Time
Everybody hurts…
I’m not a huge R.E.M. fan, but their song Everybody Hurts has stuck with me since first hearing it back in the early 90’s. The song reminds us of the difficulty of this life even for those who look like they’ve got it going, you know. Some of us show and tell. Most of us … Continue reading Everybody hurts…
No excuses…
We are soft and getting softer. This early am, six old dogs did 1:08:08 of push ups pull ups and planks, plus heavy ball thrusts, box step ups, and one hundred TRX atomics. We got a little less soft. There isn’t a dude in the 3PP who couldn’t make a legitimate excuse and not show … Continue reading No excuses…
Abundance…
As we wound down BTL Band practice this early am, it hit me squarely what makes this band so different from most band, teams, companies, or communities. We don’t talk abundance. We live it. The band is not given a paycheck by me. I do not pay them a dime. We’re a team of entrepreneurs … Continue reading Abundance…
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