Don’t shy away from the hard stuff. It’s often where the most growth and opportunity lies. ...
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When It Comes To Control Less Is More
In 2003, when I was training in Augusta, GA, the team went out for a row and launched heading upriver. It was windy and choppy – two things that made my already crappy rowing even crappier. As my teammates rowed, the lengths between us increased and increased and so did my anxiety. I quickly...
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The Head Of The Charles Is Over, Now What?
The Head of the Charles Regatta is the pinnacle of fall racing. How do you refocus once the event is over?...
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Do You Want To Win A Gold Medal?
When I started rowing, winning a gold medal was the last thing on my mind. I wanted to learn to row because it terrified me, and somewhere deep inside, I knew it would change my life. So when one of my first coaches asked me “Do you want to win a gold medal?” I...
Continue readingWhen Your Ideas Get Stolen, And They Will Get Stolen
Reposted from LinkedIn: Seth Godin 🌔 was right when he said people are going to steal your ideas. I work hard to share my ideas with you. And if I’m doing my job well people will share them and build off of them. They might even blatantly copy them. But at the end of...
Continue readingAll Leaders Make Mistakes – The Best Never Blame Their People
All leaders make mistakes. The best ones learn from their mistakes and never blame their people. In 2014 I was coaching the lightweight men’s quad out of Riverside Boat Club. The boat was rough around the edges but the guys were fit and strong and moving fast. Trials were coming up and if they...
Continue readingJobseekers Need To Be Tough, But What Does That Mean?
More than ever, jobseekers today need to be tough. Layoffs. Recession. Archaic promotion processes. But what does it mean to be tough? You might think it means hiding weaknesses, and vulnerability. Always putting on a good face. Never showing doubt. Working to exhaustion every day. Well, toughness might not mean what you think it...
Continue readingTommy Boy And Deep Work
(Originally posted on LinkedIn today) David Spade’s character in Tommy Boy was prophetic. When he told Chris Farley’s character Tommy “Let’s say the average person uses ten percent of his brain. How much do you use? One and a half percent. The rest is filled with malted hops and bong resin.” How often do...
Continue readingRoosevelt Island
When I lived in DC I rowed at Potomac Boat Club. My favorite spot to row was behind Roosevelt Island. We usually didn’t do a lot of rowing back there since our group of scullers was quite large at times. But in the afternoons, which were primarily on my own it was my go...
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