Category: Discipline

The words "through discipline comes freedom" written on a chalkboard. The "o" in the word "comes" is a round stopwatch.

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Calibrating Your Caring; Pacing Your Passion to Perform and Persevere

NYT recently ran an article about a golf pro with a growing history of faltering at the very end, letting tournament after

A hand holding an alarm clock that is halfway dissolved

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Does Time Own You? Or Do You Control Time?

“There are two fundamental ways to approach time: Either it’s something outside of you that you cannot control, or it’s something within

Wooden blocks with the words "decide", "commit", "focus", "succeed"

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This is What I Do

The phrase “This is What I Do” is a calming mantra I use during times of excess inputs (aka stress) to center

The word "NOW" with a circle around it written in the middle of a chalkboard with the words "some day", "tomorrow", "later", "next year", and "next week" all crossed out, written around the word "NOW"

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Why Not You? Why Not Today?

Success, however you choose to define it, is not reserved exclusively for others. Rather, progress belongs to those who combine pragmatic vision

Photo of 3 people standing around a table pointing at charts and data

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Let the Problem Solve Us

‘Let the problem solve us’ means going deeper, asking how and why the problem occurred and what we can learn from it.

The words "goal", "plan", and "action" written on a chalkboard with checkboxes next to each

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Do You Have a Standard?

Do you hold yourself… and others… accountable? To a high bar? One that calls out to and requires the best of you?

A beach in the background with a directional sign in the foreground. One arrow points to the left and says "panic" while the other pointing to the right says "calm"

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Stress is not an event…

Stress is not an event; it is a learned reaction to an event. This is my mantra and while not a silver

A person standing leading a meeting with 4 people sitting at a desk taking notes and looking engaged

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Leadership with a Small ‘I’

Leading with a small ‘l’ is about quiet leadership: guiding, showing the way, by behavior, encouragement, and example. It’s the belief and

"Words have power" written on a chalkboard. The "O" in "words" is a red heart

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Talking Out of School

Recently I was disappointed to learn that a team member in a leadership role had been sharing doubts with their team; misgivings

A person drawing at a chalkboard. The drawings are (from left to right, and in ascending order): a plant with 1 leaf, a plant with 2 leaves, a plant with 3 leavens, then finally a large light bulb

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No One Drifts into Wisdom

Wisdom is a far, far different beast than merely being smart or educated and it is rarely if ever acquired passively. Wisdom

A man in a suit sitting at a desk, leaning back with his feet up and his arms behind his head

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Laziness is Real… and Occasionally Misdiagnosed

Gemini AI defined laziness ‘aka indolence or sloth, a disinclination to activity or exertion despite having the ability to act.’ Yet what