Life is difficult. – M. Scott Peck · A Road Less Traveled The entire first paragraph. That’s it. Three words. Over 10 million copies sold. Still in print 45 years later. Because those three words changed something in people that nothing else could touch. I was still putting Humpty Dumpty back together – pouring […]
As a Man Thinketh – James Allen It was all a dream NOTORIOUS B.I.G. · JUICY · 1994 Biggie grew up broke in Brooklyn. He held a vision so clearly, so consistently, that his brain started building toward it. James Allen wrote the same truth 91 years earlier. Dr. Andrew Huberman can now show you […]
Good People, Warrior Spirit Good People. On the warrior spirit, the servant’s heart, and what it means to be an American worth the freedom someone else paid for. “It is not the critic who counts; not the man who points out how the strong man stumbles, or where the doer of deeds could have done […]
Hearts and Minds of Champions THE TRIPLE What you are capable of, when you stop carrying what was never yours to carry. Alumni game. Freshman year of college. I stepped into the batter’s box and hit a bomb over the center fielder’s head. Standing on third base, dusting off my jersey, my high school baseball […]
Sleep Like a Champion Sleep like a champion. Because that’s what you are. Three weeks. Three commitments. One series wrap, plus a Mother’s Day shoutout to some of the toughest humans on the planet. “It is a common experience that a problem difficult at night is resolved in the morning after the committee of […]
Coffee and Caffeine Awareness Your afternoon coffee is still awake. You’re not. What caffeine’s half-life is quietly doing to your sleep – and what to do about it. “I put a decaf coffee maker in my bedroom. That way, when I wake up at 3am, I can brew a pot and still get back to […]
Standing on the Shoulders of Giants “The biggest thing that really separated me through my career was my mental game.” Michael Phelps This is more than a sports quote; this is a reminder of how we play to win in life, family, and business. Regardless of the heat, cold, or rain, building our minds up to win before […]
RESPONSIBILITY. To sum it up: the better we play as a team, the more loyal customers we build who refer us to friends and family, the more referrals we get, the more we win! Safety is a big focus. #1, We want to send everyone home safely to their families. #2, Injuries cost all of us, […]
Steve Nash and the Great Game of Business Week 3: You can’t improve what you don’t measure. Peter Drucker The best teams in sports understand this. Coaches don’t just give pep talks and hope for the best. They watch film. They study stats. They look at what worked, what didn’t, and where they need to […]
Culture Eats Strategy For Breakfast Last week, I shared a few thoughts from Peter Drucker and the idea of Kaizen — continuous improvement, all the time. Here is another Drucker idea: “Culture eats strategy for breakfast.” We can make great plans. And, we should make great plans. But how do we respond when the plan goes […]
