Archive for December 2020

In his book Catalyst, Jonah Berger says “Horrible performance generates action, but average performance generates complacency.” It is the reason why a sprained knee can be worse than blowing a knee out. A sprained knee can give the allusion that you can still do many things on the knee. So over time as you fight…

Quick question: Do you get your identity FROM the room or do you TAKE IT into the room with you? It is critical that you know your true identity. Who you are… how you’re wired, how you’re gifted, your passions, your internal compass, and spiritual DNA… all of these things together make up your true identity. So why…

My wife Cherice is a speech therapist in the school district where we live… here in Midlothian Texas. When she is scheduled to do therapy with a student, she will usually go down to their classroom and pull the student out of class. She has made the observation that the teachers that are loud, have…

Maslow’s hammer is a mental model that says “if all you have is a hammer, then everything will look like a nail.” Too often a coach has one tool and then uses that tool on everyone and in every situation. For example: Let’s say you have an athlete that is struggling in a certain area.…