Category: Blog

Confusion, clarity, creation. Writing, as you hear Builders so often say, is the best tool in our tool kit. When your thoughts are swirling and you're ruminating, it's time to turn to the blank page and pen. Start getting it out. Writing takes you from confusion, to clarity, and ultimately to creation. The act of … Continue reading Confusion, clarity, creation

Wildkitty got me the tee shirt “Nobody cares work harder.” Jmo just brought the plate to the 3PP today. I’m so blessed by friends who care. Funny, huh. Great reminder. Whatever you’re after, do not expect it to be easy. Preload your response to hard. Know it’s coming. Lock arms with a few trusted dudes. … Continue reading Work harder…

Marry the mundane doesn't necessarily mean commit to doing boring things with no purpose. If they're simply boring and meaningless tasks, what's to be gained? Nothing, of course. But not all mundane work falls into that category. Much of what is mundane is meaningful work we want to do, at a deep level. We want … Continue reading Mundane AND magical

What friend fires you up? Being right or never stopping the aim of getting it right? The first is ego driven. The second? OPUS focused. We’re all a work in process. There is no end to the pursuit of excellence. Happy New Year, friends. Keep working on it. Never STOP. Live hard. Love harder…

Embrace some friction. Modern culture is looking for every possible way to decrease it. Modern ways to avoid friction? Scroll on your phone rather than sit in boredom. Doordash your meals. Place an online order. Check your email constantly from your phone so you can respond within .05 seconds. Some of them are helpful ways … Continue reading Embrace friction

We humans are spiritual seekers. We look around the physical world and inside ourselves and sense there must be something we can't see. At a minimum we want clarity and understand faith, of some sort, is required. Secondly, we are drawn to beauty. We notice the sunrise and have to stop and stare. And, we … Continue reading Beauty…

Want to stick to your disciplines, whatever they are? Set up bright boundaries your mind cannot miss. "Nothing to eat after 8pm and one cheat meal a week," is a bright boundary. Every Tuesday/Thursday/Saturday the iPad seconds timer app is a bright boundary for me. There's no missing the red screen and the reps in … Continue reading Prepare now…

Life is a series of trade offs. We are not immortal, our time will end. There will be many possible lives we COULD lead that we do not. This becomes a problem when we do not decisively choose a path and walk it with vigor. Instead we often sit at the trail head, never really … Continue reading Trade offs