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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

Focus, athletes, on "the controllables." Hear this all the time. See it rarely. What are the controllables?  Effort. Full thrust is a must for excellence.  Nutrition. Figure out what your body needs and feed it. Eat food. Simple, not easy. Recovery. Full thrust is a must and so is zone 2. Mix it up. All redline, all the … Continue reading BadASS…

Started with a new client last week. That means starting with the basics. This client asked a good question out of the gates - how do I know this will work for me? Easy, see last Monday's post - do the work. I've had clients bow out on this work or not see the changes … Continue reading Does this work?

Trust is the freakin' center of everything. Trusting ourselves. Trusting something bigger. Trusting our team. Trusting our leader. Trusting our spouse/partner. Trusting anyone... Last night, as I read client writing and wrote, it blew me away how deeply I am trusted. Made me stop and grip the sides of my comfortable, well worn chair. Scared … Continue reading Trust…

Other people and circumstances are not your problem. You are. Want the recipe for becoming a better you? Start here, friends.  Replace the bullshit of "you stress me out," with the truth of "Eustress me up." Stress is neutral. Eustress is when you respond and grow. Distress is when you react and are overwhelmed as … Continue reading Eustress me…

Not all stress is bad stress. In fact, stress is neutral. Eustress is beneficial stress - good stress. It can be motivating and even empowering. Distress not so much. Some of that is situational. Loss of a job due to downsizing, for instance, creates distress and may be out of our control. Some distress, however, … Continue reading Eustress

The movie Flight got under my skin. During the closing scene when Denzel is writing at his prison desk, the Director pans the camera across his cell and his prized possesions. The book titled I'll Fly Away was one such possesion. Certain this wasn't by accident, I googled the book title. No accident. I'll Fly Away is a collection of essays … Continue reading Strength beside you…

High achievers are often (usually) drivers. Drivers of productivity. Drivers toward a goal. Drivers of meetings and agendas. What's the risk if you're always driving? No one else is given the space to do so, or even to learn how to drive. Leaders must practice this skill. Builders must live this out in our practices … Continue reading Create space