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Your better half does not want you to compromise and conform. Your best friend does not want you to compromise. Your partners don’t want you to conform either. Your brothers and sisters are not looking for more conformity. In fact, none of us wants an inner circle filled with compromising and conforming people who play … Continue reading Committed and caring…

Never say this to a teammate or a loved one in response to them saying something complimentary to you. Instead, tell them the truth. If you’ve never heard them say what they just said, tell them something like “That’s so kind of you to say a,b,c., I’ve never heard this from you before.” The first response … Continue reading You never told me that…

Willpower is not what you think it is. Most of us assume willpower, or our lack of it, is a reflection of our character. It is and it isn’t, friend. Yes, you are what you repeatedly do. And, when you have more than one mess in your working memory your ability to resist impulse is … Continue reading Willpower…

A.V. Hill has forever ago preached that fatigue is muscular. This is the why behind VO2 max testing, heart rate monitoring, and lactic threshold measurement. He believes the key to increased stamina lies here. He’s not wrong, but he’s far from right. Enter crazy dude, Noakes. He believes fatigue is mostly due to emotion. Our … Continue reading Fatigue…

When the leader stops believing, someone will soon be leaving. This is CCD magic. When you stop believing, do not take the route of slow death. Tell your teammate or loved one the truth in love. Do not wait until you are frustrated and tweaked. Give them the recipe for returning to a place of … Continue reading Alone…

The world is getting nosier and noisier by the tweet, snapchat, facebook post, and text. We are becoming connectors more comfortable digitally than face to face. This problem, cascading our way like a giant personal tsunami, is being missed by most but is very real, ever present, and it's crushing our performance in thousands of … Continue reading Friendly reminder…

Yesterday was another fail for me during our tourdeisolation peloton race. We’re mimicking the Tour de France as best we can on the Peloton bike. I’m having a poor showing personally and still enjoying the experience because it’s time I get to share with our daughter, Krit, and with a few friends. Krit and I … Continue reading Fail not failure…

Today is stage 7 of the Tour de France both for the professionals in France and the amateurs riding with me on the Peloton. We have 55 riders getting after it. Some are putting up staggeringly high outputs. Some are not. All are getting stronger. I’m most impressed by the courage of those who haven’t … Continue reading Stage 7…