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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

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…

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…

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…

"No wild animal has ever participated in a should." - Lion Tracker's Guide to Life Humans get lost in shoulds all the time. Lost in the moment and lost in life. I should attend that social function that I really don't have any interest in. I should buy a car like Mike's. I should climb … Continue reading Stop shoulding

Yesterday, during an amazing BTL team practice, a freshmen jumped his teammates with hard truth. They had been assigned a PA from our last practice and 60% of the squad had not done it. He wants to win a Natty and said this isn’t the way to get there. Spoke truth in Love with an … Continue reading Freshmen led…

The enemy of BTL is speed. The enemy of deep meaningful work is speed. The enemy of present and connected relationships is speed. The enemy of a purposeful and meaningful life is speed. We delude ourselves into thinking that we're exerting some measure of control over our world, ourselves, our emotions, our relationships, our work, … Continue reading The Enemy