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A client of mine wrote about his consistent worry that he's overworking his best people. So I asked him when he last asked them if they feel overworked? He hadn't. Funny. Slow down, ask the obvious questions. If worry is consuming you, time to write or go get curious. We tend to spend so much … Continue reading Worry

The great life, I believe, is realized when one embraces the fact that life is designed to be hard. Building on this fact, it only makes sense you will experience great joy when learning to do hard things. This usually starts by doing hard things shitty. As your reps remove doubt, you begin to do … Continue reading Hard…

A client of mine is gearing up to start a BTL team practice. As we were discussing it, I reminded her that team practice isn't something magical, even though magic happens within it. It's simply a leader and their team coming together to take some regularly scheduled good hard reps, with the aim of mastering … Continue reading Excellence has a template

The five controllables we covered recently. By way of reminder, they are effort, rest, recovery, nutrition, and mindset. Effort and mindset are the bookends. All five matter greatly. Fact. The five pillars (slightly modified by me from James Galanis recipe for Carli Lloyd), if you want to be a world class athlete, offer further clarity. … Continue reading Five pillars…

Great leaders know how and when to wield a high level of energy, similar to a skilled warrior in battle. They know how to turn the room, raise the energy level, lower it, turn the tide in a certain direction. Not everyone has that ability. But the ability itself is not what's impressive, it's the … Continue reading When to wield

Miss and I are BIG Chiefs fans. We may watch tonight, we may not. We’re heading to KC as I type these words to join Josh and Krit who are at the hospital. Her water broke. She’s in labor. We’re praying for a super, healthy birth. Somehow, the Super Bowl doesn’t loom so large. Damn. … Continue reading Super birth…

Wednesday is my new favorite opus day. Nine practices fill the slate from 6am -5pm every damn, blessed week. The schedule is full. The heart fuller.  This past Wednesday was exceptional. Why?  Clarity came. Remember, you can be too concise and too direct. You cannot be too clear. Leaders obsession is always around getting more … Continue reading Wednesday clarity…

You are not your stuff. Seems obvious, but we in the Western world consistently struggle with this. We accumulate more stuff as we age in an effort to better represent ourselves. Stuff becomes a stand-in for self. The bigger house, the faster car, the fancier title - all the better, because it signifies we're more … Continue reading Stuff and self