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Passion: Articles that deal with the inner drive that we all need to want to MOVE from where we currently are to where we dream to be.

Preparation: These posts reference articles, books, documentaries, speakers, quotes, and other inspirational and formative ideas that I have found that helped me and the people around me.

Practice: Articles in this category have a heavy sports and performance training lean.

Performance: These articles focus on how you go about your work. From networking to communications to finding a better way to do what you do.

Perseverance: Articles in this category speak to the mechanics that we go through both mentally and physically to stay on track and not get STUCK.

 

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Anchors vs. Sails: Culture and Life

Every team, every business, every person carries two forces: drag and drive. Drag slows you when the wind is perfect. Drive moves you when the wind is dead. The truth is, most organizations don’t fail for lack of talent. Most people don’t fail because of lack of ambition. They fail because they quietly add anchors to their lives and wonder why they aren’t moving.

Anchors and sails are more than metaphors for culture. They’re daily realities, choices you bolt onto the hull of your team, and choices you bolt onto the hull of your own life. And here’s the deeper truth: not all anchors and sails are the same. Some protect you. Some destroy you. Some sails drive you forward. Others blow you wildly off course.

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