Patience as an Elite Performance Accelerator?
Oh I love the word “practice”. And how easy it is to forget that there can be no mastery without relentless, consistent and brave-hearted practice (especially on the days when you don’t feel like prac...
6 Apr 20225min
Respect You [Rise Above Social Approval to Self-Approval]
Oh, the struggle... ...we struggle for our dreams and to insulate our hopes against the criticism of naysayers. ...we struggle to advance in the direction of the values we hold dear in a cold world ...
5 Apr 20223min
Your Calling is Your Craft [and Your Duty is to Uplift]
From the moment we are born, the world begins to brainwash [and heartwash] us. ...into believing that if we dare we will fall. ...into thinking that we are not cut from a cloth that will allow us to...
4 Apr 20224min
Those Who Can Do [Those Who Can't, Criticize]
The opinions of others are just the opinions of others. Don’t let them dissolve your dreams. If unprepared, the stone-throwing of the critics and cynics can take you down. The reality is that the v...
1 Apr 20223min
The Universal Code for Sustained Success
"I hated every minute of training. But I said 'Don’t quit. Suffer now. And spend the rest of your life as a champion.'” - heavyweight boxing icon Muhammad Ali It’s so easy to be hypnotized by society...
31 Mar 20222min
A Simple Yet Uncommon Way to Win
One of the primary reasons that people and organizations fail to get to greatness is that they try to be too many things to too many people. I’ll use the Confucius quote I often use here: “Man who cha...
30 Mar 20224min
Commit to Craft Mastery to Lead Your Field
Be a master of your craft. Titans of their fields get that elite performance takes years of deep training. They see themselves as apprentices, learning the skill (often at the feet of a master) step b...
29 Mar 20222min
Leave People Better Than You Found Them
To be great is to be of use. And an instrument of service. May each of us reclaim our power and then deploy it to produce beautiful work that inspires our neighbors, lifts our communities and upgrad...
28 Mar 20222min
