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I hope you’ve got your coffee (or your water) and your thick skin today. We’re diving into something that might feel like a punch in the gut — it certainly did for me while I was writing my notes. Let me start off by saying that I appreciate you. Today’s message is said in nothing […]

Today, we are talking about stuff we’ve discussed before. We recently talked about willpower vs. discipline. Now, we’re talking habits again… sort of. I have covered this topic before, but have had some epiphanies over the last couple of months that have elevated my thinking about this whole thing. This is where I have to […]

We have all started something that we didn’t finish. I’ve got a lengthy list of my own. Dear Lord knows I’ve got a BIG OLE list of my own. In college, I thought it would be so fun to learn to play the guitar. I saw other people playing the guitar. It looked SO fun. […]

Back when my daughter was learning to ride her bike, we gave her everything she needed. The right bike, a helmet, a safe space, and plenty of coaching. One time, we were with her for two hours, and everything was going great. So we decided to up the ante a bit — we went to […]

How do we face situations that are so far outside our control they’d make anyone’s head spin?  I recently had a conversation with a friend that has stuck with me. Their child is in a wheelchair after an accident. As we can imagine, they’re pretty shaken. Miserable, even. It’s a really dark time. Honestly, we […]

We recently attended our dance banquet, and I want to start today with a quick story that sparked something that’s been on my mind ever since. At the banquet, the girls each drew a name and had to come up with a meaningful award for that person. Not something silly or surface-level, but something that […]

Remember Pets.com? It was a big deal in the late 90s—and it crashed just as fast. Around that same time, another company was quietly gaining ground: Amazon. Today, we’re examining what led one to fail and the other to redefine the game. Now, I know everyone is familiar with Amazon. But hardly anyone remembers Pets.com, […]

The space between where you are now and where you are trying to go is going to be messy. I talk a lot about deciding to grow — about closing the chapter you’re in and starting a new one. But here’s something I probably don’t say enough:  The next chapter always starts messy. It doesn’t […]

This whole conversation actually didn’t start with anything. I noticed in my coaching practice, but I wanted to share it, because it’s something we should all think about.  I started looking into the lives of professional athletes and their coaches—especially those whose parents were their first coaches. And what struck me was how differently these […]

What Are Your Standards, Really? I was picking up my daughter from dance recently and ran into one of my old dance teachers. She is 88 now, and I couldn’t even sprint over to her fast enough. I didn’t train under her all that long, but we had a very special bond. We were talking […]