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What's your name? What time is it? Where are you? What just happened? These are the four questions that Terry asked me on the side of Breckenridge Mountain Eight, back in the summer of 2008. Seems like yesterday. The ambulance sirens were blaring, the sun was shining, and my brain was on full tilt. Just … Continue reading A&O times four the band…

Anxiety and depression tend to be birds of a feather, and are often characterized by the same mental habits - overly tuned to self. They're marked by a turning inward and a heightened awareness of self. Some versions of it need clinical and medicinal help, no doubt. Not so for all, or perhaps even most. … Continue reading Take action

Play like a kid. Whatever is your aim in work and life, if you're going to sustain excellence, you're going to play with it. Have fun with it, you know. Find the joy in the hard. Find peace in the pressure. Find it and keep it.  Train like a pro. You won't get far if … Continue reading Play and train…

"Trust your instincts" is not a panacea for all your struggles. In fact it can be pretty terrible advice. There are times, however, where you absolutely should trust your instincts. So how to know the difference? Captain Sully, when making an emergency landing on the Hudson River, trusted his instincts. If you listen to the … Continue reading Trust your instincts

Today, Mom and I went to Church, lunch, and finished it off with ice cream. It was a day I will not forget. You see, when I dropped Mom off at the manor I told her let’s take a pic together to remember this day. She looked in the camera and couldn’t see, she told … Continue reading Smile…

Leaders, the kind we transform with, are more thermostat than thermometer. Translation. Transformational leaders control the temperature on their team. They regulate instead of reflecting the vibe around 'em. Researchers at the ESADE business school in Barcelona (rated tops by WSJ) hooked up 35 grad students to EEG (measuring brain waves) and HRV (Heart rate … Continue reading Together we transform…

Make sure your communication reflects your intent. If you're communicating four items of importance to your team, as a leader recently was planning to do, make sure you're clear on what's actually important. After I asked some curious questions and he did some writing, it was clear there was a 1a and a 1B. Number … Continue reading Clarity and communication

What follows, friend, is my note to the band earlier this evening. I'm sharing because I'm too full not to. Feel free to skip this one. Feel free to let the freakin' magic in. You choose... BTL band, I’ll miss tomorrow for practice. Flying to KC at 7bells. Full grandbaby time Friday through Sunday. Lockton … Continue reading The Band…