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When I was a kid, fear ruled me. I had nightmares and couldn’t seem to get them out of my weak mind. My dad would tell me stories and lay beside me on many nights to calm me down. Was. Not. Pretty. I was afraid of the basement, darkness, and always thought to look over … Continue reading Day 7 (Big Five Fears)…

This is one of my favorite days in the book. My worldview and life changed for the better when I began to believe that life is designed to be hard. I used to run from anything hard. Now I run into a few things that are hard. I still run from lots of hard things … Continue reading Day 6 (Hard to hardened)…

You and I are designed to love the Shire and leave it too. Your Builder’s journey is hard OPUS. This is by design. The good life, as I described to a client this early am, is not meant to be the easy life. In fact, great lives are defined by ones ability to do hard … Continue reading Day 5 (Builder’s journey)…

You and I cannot truly give ourselves to another, or to anything, until we’ve flipped ourselves into someone CORE centered and self controlling. This is grueling, relentless, and revealing. Few have the stomach for it. Most of us settle for being less self absorbed than our neighbors and leave it at that. The CORE centered … Continue reading Day 4 (Self centered and other controlling)…

You and I are wired to chase metrics over meaning. It’s easier. Most Americans know their net worth. Few know themselves. Becoming BTL takes a lot of solitary confinement. You must go to your room and come to love not loathe alone time. Happiness, remember, is a horrible aim but a wonderful outcome. So, this … Continue reading Day 3 (Happiness)…

I write for clarity. The more I write, the more ccd (clear, concise, and direct) my speech. I write in narratives because the brain remembers stories; fact and figures, not so much. I write my way and it’s a lot like I speak. I can almost hear myself as I look at the words I’ve … Continue reading Day 2 (Why we write)…

I’m here because this is exactly where I want to be on January 1, 2021. I’m here living in alignment with my CORE and OPUS through the discipline of PoP (my playbook of productive action). I’m here to live out the BTL purpose which is fully mine. I’m here. Present. What a gift to know … Continue reading Day ONE (Why are you here)…

This morning the driveway 3PP was in rare form. First, we had the crisis - Downer threw his back out about twenty minutes into the 58:58 core festivus. Kevin helped him to his car and back at it we went. After the final leg weights were removed, we went for our final walk of 2020. … Continue reading Cars…