The more extraordinary skill isn't in making something great out of the best resources available, it's making something good out of the worst.
Can’t quit now
One of the quickest ways to force growth is to sign up for something that is outside your current skill set. Once you know you can't back out, it compels a singular, almost obsessive, focus to become as good as you can at that skill in the time you have. If you do that, if... Continue Reading →
The claret of growth
Watching and leading our girls development is inspiring. It's inspiring to watch them learn and grow, and inspiring us as parents to always have new answers and explanations for each interaction. Over the weekend, the learning was about climbing trees better and jumping off the swing set for a dismount. Both come with inherent scrapes... Continue Reading →
The habit of grit
"Why do you always insist on taking the hard road?" I replied, "Why do you assume I see two roads?" I believe in the theory that there is only one way we develop mental toughness......Doing hard things. The kind of hard things that force us to embrace discomfort, but purposefully, not stupidly. To keep pushing,... Continue Reading →
Inspired Lion 