How to Be a Champion

How to be a champion

Hey guys. So I wanted to share with you a quote that I read. It says, “I hated every minute of training, but I said don’t quit. Suffer now and live the rest of your life as a champion, Muhammad Ali.” I’ve heard similar comments or quotes over my lifetime, and it’s really true. If…

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Success Is Not Owned but Rented

Success is not owned but rented

All right, today’s word of the day: success. Success is never owned. It is rented and is due every day. So from that quote, it reminds me. I do not know about you guys, I remember very few things about kindergarten. I do not know how many of you remember things from kindergarten, but I…

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The Best Way to Predict Your Future

The Best Way to Protect Your Future

So, get this. Peter Ducker, he’s a huge leadership guy. John Maxwell quotes him a lot in some of his books. Peter Ducker said, “The best way for you to create, well, to predict your future, the best way to predict your future is to go and create it.” What does that mean? It means…

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Who Troubles You The Most

Good morning. Today’s quote for the day is, “I’ve never met a man who’s given me as much trouble as myself.” And I can resonate with that. Now, that comes from a preacher way back in the 1800s. If I remember correctly, maybe it was the late 1800s. His name was Dwight L. Moody. I’ve…

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Discipline is Freedom

Discipline is Freedom

Hey team. All right, here we are. School started and we are in September. Can you believe it? Today’s quote is called, well, the word is discipline. Discipline is freedom in disguise. Now, I want you to think about that for a second. Discipline is freedom in disguise. So often we have, probably like me,…

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Master Yourself

Master Yourself

Hey team. All right, so here we are. I saw this, I guess it is a meme. I saw this thing on Facebook and kind of liked it, and I did not really think deeply about it until just here recently. And so I wanted to share with you my thoughts. It is a picture…

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Learn to Respond Differently

Learn to Respond Differently

Hey team. All right, so here we are. I recently saw another quote and it got me to think. I just got back off vacation and I saw this quote while I was on vacation. It made me think of a number of things, so I thought I’d share with you some of my thoughts.…

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Trying to be Comfortable in the Uncomfortable

Trying to be Comfortable In the Uncomfortable

Hey team, so I got a quote for you today and thought I would share it. A friend of mine—somebody I know in Texas—runs martial arts. He’s been a cop for a number of years and a trainer like me for many, many years. He teaches Krav Maga and other martial arts. He had this…

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Gentleness Louder Than Ambition

Gentleness Louder Than Ambition

Hey team. All right. So, here we are. And today, well, is my birthday. And so, what can I give you on my birthday? You’re saying, Chad, isn’t it supposed to go the other way around? Aren’t you supposed to get something? I get something every day. I get the joy of spending time with…

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Climb The Hill

Climb the Hill

Hey team. So here we are again. I wanted to share with you a quote that I actually generated. It came out of a time when I was in the United States Marine Corps. I don’t know how many of you have ever done land navigation. I talk about this in our leadership class, and…

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