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Recently I sat in on a client strategy session. It was French to me. I'm no expert on the intricacies of their business. So, after listening to the differences in their strategy, one of the leaders asked me what I think.  My ccd sharing was simple. They had vision collision. One believed the best way … Continue reading Simple…

Aspects of your BTL Core are simply your gut, clarified and put on paper. The clearer your Core, the stronger your gut, and the more likely you are to act immediately instead of having to sift through what your gut is telling you. If you want to act decisively in times of stress or uncertainty, … Continue reading Gut on paper

You do not naturally gain strength. In fact, your muscles will weaken if you train them today as you did yesterday. As you age, you must train harder to maintain your current level of fitness. Same is true for your mind. It doesn't naturally grow new and improved neural networks unless you train it to … Continue reading Strength…

Most pain, upon inspection, is not as big as our mind makes it out to be. A few that have come up recently in practices: The pain of losing autonomy once married, the pain of a hard conversation with a boss, the pain of a hard conversation with someone who reports to you, the pain … Continue reading Paper tigers

"A friend loves at all times, and a brother is born for adversity." Proverbs 17:17 "Like cold water to a weary person, so is good news from a distant land." Proverbs 25:25 The last couple days I hung with Mom in my hometown of Salina, Kansas. She's fighting a double infection - one in her … Continue reading What friends do…

Invest your time in your OPUS. Period. Look at your unifying strategies and create the most productive disciplines. Disciplines begin with a couple baby steps a day. Stack them. This is not that hard... The hard part is believing your OPUS is really possible. The hard part is believing you can pull this off and … Continue reading Dream and do…

Yesterday, during practice ONE.215, Grappy exclaimed we had done it again. You see, he started practice by sharing with his men the absolute gift of being a grandpa. Yes, we're talking to 20ish grapplers about becoming grandpa's. Freakin' magic it was.  So after Grappy's start, we watched with intent "To be a Man," by Dax … Continue reading Prepared and reactive…

A leader I work with wrote that they needed to provide clarity and order to their team. Clarity and order are two different things, I reminded him. As a leader, the one thing you cannot outsource is the vision (clarity). You must be clear on where we're going and why. Others will either be attracted … Continue reading Clarity and order