Good lives are created, not awaited”-Jonathon Fields An author and speaker, Fields hooked me with that statement. Whatever verb you use: “create,” “author,” “design”- the mindset to make a better life happen is necessary for it actually to happen. We are each gifted with some ability and talent to put to work. We have choices about how we employ those gifts. Fields say the more we work to employ them, the more we will be

There’s power in a team meeting. I’m struck at how often I read in athletics that a “players only, team meeting” proved to be a turning point in a season. The players will point to the meeting and say things: “We knew we weren’t playing as we could” “We are committed to excellence.” “We were selfish, and things changed when we put selfishness aside.” “We realized that losing sucked and we decided to do something

Improving performance and effectiveness daily is the work of champions. I read a discussion recently on how champions make this happen. Here are four attributes: Make it conscious. Champions start every session with a specific, “conscious” aim they are trying to achieve. They don’t just show up and go through the motions. They show up with an agenda. They start the session with a target in mind. They have a plan to make it better.