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Today, we hit it hard down at Steelwood with Grappy and my 3PP friends. With nearly twenty five minutes left in the training, I rang the bell. Since starting this discipline back in August of 2010, I’ve maybe quit on one other occasion. Today it wasn’t normal fatigue that stopped me, it was simple, unipolar … Continue reading Live hard. Love harder…

"Emerging adults," in case you're not familiar with the term, is another category we've created not unlike my parents generation created the category "teenager." Prior to my generation you just went from single digits to “buck up.” It seems we keep moving the goalposts on accountability with each additional category. Moving on. I’m currently rereading … Continue reading Moral codes…

Your team is not defined by the words painted on your walls. Your team is defined by the behaviors it allows, condones, encourages, and disciplines. Fact. You are defined by your behaviors. Healthy humans author their own deeply held beliefs and align behaviors accordingly. They close their integrity gaps when they say one thing and … Continue reading Are you worth catching…

Today we went back to why we’re here with a team of leaders moving toward all one. The team was asked, by me, to play back why BTL is here facilitating one on one practice, one on a few team practices, and one on many team practices. They came close to understanding why but still … Continue reading Clear why’s…

Yesterday, during practice 25, we talked about the term “Producer led” and what it means. We discovered, together, that it means many things. This is not surprising when you think about it. As Anais Nin said many moons ago - “We don’t see things as they are, we see them as we are.” When it … Continue reading Producer led…

As I reflect back on our life with Tank, it’s clear the reason for the overwhelming sense of loss - an abundance of love. The more we love, friend, the more we lose something/someone when they are gone. Love anything and your heart will surely be broken, C.S. Lewis reminds us. “To love at all … Continue reading Love, anyway…

February 2, 2019 is one of the worst days yet. My best little buddy, Tank, took his last breath. He was protecting his den from an outsider and barking with all he was worth when he suddenly slumped over. Within seconds, maybe minutes, he was gone. I’m struggling to take any breathes now. A part … Continue reading Tank loved harder…

This past week I got sideways with one of the BTL builders. So, next time we talked I told him the truth. I was ccd and didn’t rush to judge what he had done, only told him how it hit me. No big deal, I told him to check out the source of sidewaynees and … Continue reading Always with respect…