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Oneness is the heart of high performance for any individual, team, or leader. Oneness is not sameness. Oneness is not easy and it’s unsustainable. Oneness must be fought for and oneness requires consciously choosing to lose. Oneness requires love. Oneness energizes obedience, loyalty, discipline, and dedication. Oneness has you finishing each others thoughts, covering each … Continue reading Oneness…

All virtue is built going against our nature. You will not achieve moral excellence doing what comes naturally. The laws of nature tell us what nature truly does. The laws of human nature tell us what we humans ought do but can’t quite get ourselves to do. In other words, if it feels good - … Continue reading Virtue…

Hurting people do not hear well. Most humans are hurting most of the time. Repeat yourself, leader, without an attitude - unless your attitude is filled with gratitude. Your worldview matters. Time for a hard rinse? Live hard. Love harder. Hear the yearning, not the whining. Damn…

No news is good news, right. If you’re like me, or at least think like me, you’ll agree with this sentiment. However, when asking young athletes to finish the thought - “No news is ______________,” what might you think was the most common response? No news is bad news. This, friends, is news to me. … Continue reading News to me…

Your best version of you is not found easily. Great lives are lived in fits and starts. No progress toward excellence is up and to the right. All progress is found in fits and starts. Patience. The best amongst us are constantly aligning behaviors back to bolted on beliefs. This requires a self authored, authentic … Continue reading Fits and starts…

Yesterday began at 6:45am with 3Strands practice. Finished at a little past 5bells. I was playing hurt. Head kinda blown up and aches all around. No big deal. 9 practices. Miss made me meals. Fed me snacks. Brought me homemade ginger, garlic, olive oil elixirs. Got through it. Got after it. Got energy. Got tired. … Continue reading Good…

This is a four letter word in our world today, right? Here’s some simple truth about it. It. Is. Required. No great life is lived without a commitment to a long obedience in the same direction. It starts with a step - a baby step. Don’t get overwhelmed with your lack of discipline. Start small. … Continue reading Obedience…

Embrace the fail, friend. Treat more of your attempts as pass/fail and stop tying too much identity to temporal pursuits of pleasure or pain. You are more than your profession, passions, or personal relationships. You are not a mistake and certainly not a failure. Don’t allow yourself or others to identify you as a failure. … Continue reading Fail…