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November 19, 1863 was a busy day for President Lincoln. On this day he would deliver the Gettysburg address, a speech still talked about today. He wrote most of the speech on the train ride over. Fittingly, our 16th president was busy working on a train - he was, remember, a railroad lawyer first and … Continue reading Worry or write…

Writing is a skill just like any other. There are different ways to hone that skill and different ways to use the tool of writing. One of my clients is learning to write in a whole new way -  he's learning to write purely for himself. Not for how it'll be perceived, or what he's … Continue reading Writing

Lincoln was right. Nearly any human can handle adversity as long as they have a sense for when it’s going to be over. You want to test your CORE and see how strong it really is? Let’s see how you handle power. Few can handle it. The Wizard is handling it with aplomb. You? Live … Continue reading Power…

Cliche's are grounded in truth. Here's an oldie but goodie. "Drive for show. Putt for dough."  Great golfers understand training the brain/body on the short game is paramount to championship golf. Never met a great golfer with a mediocre short game. It's simply more fun to train your body to bomb it off the tee … Continue reading Train…

Iron Byron (Timmytao) was stripping it today. He’s like a machine. We played JoeyTHElamb’s course in FLA and it was an epic. Started with 9 holes on The Floridian par three course followed by 18 holes on the big dog. This old dog had a great time. No birdies for me but lots of pars … Continue reading Golf…

We all work, play, and perform best at different states of alertness and intensity. Experts would call this an arousal curve. In college athletics, we called it your hype number. On a scale of 1 to 10, 10 being high energy, where do you perform best? And how do you prepare best for how you'll … Continue reading Hype number

Most conflict is simply a conversation to be had. Live hard. Love harder. Talk… Screenshot

Leaders can easily get stuck in task orientation. This is especially true when they've recently been in a doer role and rewarded (promoted) for being a doer. There's a switch that must be flipped, if they're to be successful in a role that involves leading others. The switch must flip from being a performer to … Continue reading Doer to leader