Skechers just launched kids’ sneakers with a hidden slot for an Apple AirTag, and the internet experts are already grabbing their pitchforks and lighting torches. Some are calling it brilliant. Others are calling it helicopter parenting in disguise. Me? I grew up in the 80s. After playing Defender on my Atari, my friends and I […]
Raising kids is a lot like running a sniper course: if you screw it up, someone’s gonna pay the price down the line. I spent years training some of the most elite warriors in the world—SEAL snipers who had to perform at their peak under insane pressure, guys like Marcus Luttrell author of, Lone Survivor, […]
The Past Year: Things of Significance (Family, Business, Persona) YPO retreat with Kevin, Kent, Marco, Jeremy, Jeff, and Robert. We had some challenges but they seem to have drawn the group closer together. I am super grateful for these men in my life. Hunter’s Graduation, so proud of him and his tech start-up. Best quote […]
Life in the SEALs taught me a thing or two about resilience. As I shifted from the precision of a sniper’s sight to the unpredictability of the entrepreneurial world, I often found parallels in unexpected places. Robert Frost’s words, “Two roads diverged in a wood, and I—I took the one less traveled by,” became a […]
Life is a kaleidoscope of choices, marked by intersections of aspirations and hesitations. At these junctions, many of us find we are gripping tightly to past ideals and identities, much like a safety net in uncertain skies. The concept of ‘surrender’ is often misconstrued as yielding to defeat. However, true surrender is an embrace of […]
Life, with all its unexpected twists and turns, often unfolds in ways that are outside our control. It serves up a smorgasbord of experiences, some delightful and others challenging. Despite this unpredictability, there’s one element that always remains firmly within our grasp: our response. We cannot choose what happens to us. We cannot dictate the […]
Business school was the ride of my life. Harvard, no less – an institution whose walls echo the whispers of generations of wisdom, strategy, and innovation. I took the plunge into their Owner President Program (OPM), a refined two-year venture (three, if you count the Pandemic) that’s essentially an MBA for those wild enough to […]
It’s always perplexed me why some of my Navy SEAL brethren struggle to re-adjust to civilian life. They go from standing on top of the world to merely echoes fading into the digital void of social media. In our era of relentless technological development (hello, Artificial Intelligence, I see you creeping around the corner), reinvention […]
The Power of Visualization The mind’s ability to replicate real-world practice is an underutilized tool. A tidbit of wisdom imparted by an Olympic Gold Medalist, this technique can significantly bridge the gap between beginner and expert. Every newbie grapples with self-doubt until they demonstrate proficiency in their chosen skill. The solution? Practice relentlessly, even if […]