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Elevated Thinking

Friday, December 3rd, 2010

Our think­ing impacts our beliefs.

Our beliefs impact our decisions.

Our deci­sions impact our actions.

Our actions impact our results.

Our results impact our impact!

Most of us want to pos­i­tively impact our spouses, kids, team­mates, clients, and part­ners. If we don’t value the dis­ci­pline of think­ing, we are at risk of lim­it­ing the impact we can make in all areas of our lives.

Today, I had the priv­i­lege of speak­ing to a group of top per­form­ing pro­fes­sion­als about how we must con­tin­u­ally ele­vate our think­ing. As I said in my post “You Don’t Have Time Not to Think,” too many busi­ness lead­ers have not placed a high enough value on thinking.

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The World’s Greatest Dieter

Tuesday, May 25th, 2010

I have a friend who has strug­gled with his weight for the past three decades. It is a painful bat­tle, and my heart breaks for those who deal with this.  As I’ve watched him in this fight, I have observed a “start and stop” rhythm in his exer­cise and eat­ing habits which is very problematic.

Now, I know that much has been writ­ten on the sub­ject of health by those who are far more edu­cated in this arena. But I thought I would share my expe­ri­ences as a guy who has taken a dif­fer­ent approach.

The prob­lem with the “start and stop” rhythm is that this approach is never a good strat­egy for bat­tle, and that is exactly what main­tain­ing peak health is: a battle.

We can’t win this bat­tle if we focus on it for a few weeks by eat­ing pack­aged, low-fat, processed foods in pre-subscribed quan­ti­ties and work­ing out for 20 min­utes three times a week….and then toss it all to the wind when our weight goal has been reached or we become frustrated.

Unless we change our think­ing, we will not break out of this “start and stop” behavior.

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Playing Like a Kid, Long After Recess

Thursday, January 14th, 2010

photoFor those of you who know me, you know I like to play!  My favorite hob­bies have always included some kind of a board under my feet.  Surf­ing is my great­est pas­sion, but I also enjoy snow­board­ing and carve and long board­ing through the streets of Lake Oswego.  I get all kinds of funny looks and terse com­ments from neigh­bors, who must think I am some kind of teenage trou­ble­maker as I skate by with my kids and their friends.

I’m not alone in this, either.  Many times at the beach, on the moun­tain, or in the streets you will find my col­leagues and their kids right there with me.  Coach Barry Engel­man has recently taken up snow­board­ing with his boys, and he also surfs with me from time to time.  Coach Steve Scan­lon can often be found skat­ing in local park­ing garages at 11pm, or at Mount Hood board­ing with his kids.

Any­how, our imma­ture hob­bies are not the point of this post.

So what is my point?  That I hang out with boys in men’s bod­ies?  Maybe so, but I believe that there is some life-giving magic to be found in play­ing out­doors at any age.

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There is No Substitute for One on One Time

Thursday, January 7th, 2010

Today has been a won­der­ful day!  It began with an early morn­ing meet­ing with a friend who has been men­tor­ing me for the last 13 years.  Recently, my time with him has been less fre­quent, but when­ever I am with him I learn and grow.  Our meet­ing took place at my favorite local cof­fee house here in Lake Oswego.  He was pour­ing into me.

Father and DaughterAfter an hour and a half, he left, and one of my sons came by.  He is 17, and is fin­ish­ing up his senior year with some classes at our local com­mu­nity col­lege.  The pur­pose of our one on one time was to con­nect and take a look at his plan for the next quar­ter.  It was an oppor­tu­nity for me to lis­ten to him and to con­nect at a deeper level.  I was able to pour into him.

The rea­son I wanted to share with you about my morn­ing is to chal­lenge you to think about how you will spend your time this year. 

Are you proac­tively sched­ul­ing one on one time with those you care for most?

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Goal or Discipline?

Tuesday, January 5th, 2010

Many blogs are being writ­ten right now on the topic of New Year’s res­o­lu­tions and goals for the year ahead.  This is NOT one of them.

Runner on StairsToday I want to clear up some con­fu­sion we com­monly see in the minds of our clients.  This con­fu­sion is around the dif­fer­ence between a goal and a discipline. 

To put it sim­ply, a goal is the end result you’re aim­ing for.  A dis­ci­pline is the behav­ior or task you must repeat, over and over, to achieve the result you want.  A goal is an idea that moti­vates you.  A dis­ci­pline is an action that moves you forward.

At Build­ing Cham­pi­ons, we coach our clients to gain clar­ity on which dis­ci­plines they must estab­lish in order for them to have the high­est prob­a­bil­ity of reach­ing their goals.  If the client is to suc­ceed, these dis­ci­plines must be non-negotiable.   We like to focus on the behav­iors that define how we live and lead. 

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