It’s been two years since I posted to my blog. During that time, I wrote a book, BRATs. It’s 350 pages long (90,000 words) and fiction. I’m in the midst of reading it from front to back for the first time

Without clearly articulated values, you are in a weak position to deal with what is thrown at you.

I am left with the question: should we be ambitious until we die? After thinking about this question for weeks, my answer is YES.

Everyone has access to ambition. No matter who or what we are.

It is not about grabbing the brass ring. You are the brass ring.

Creativity is not just a born trait, like hair or eye color; nor is it the intelligence you were born with. Creativity is learned.

A few weeks back, a long-ago friend called to tell me that she was separating and getting divorced. In a subsequent chat, she told me others were asking if she was back on the market. She said “yes, I guess”.

Her answer puzzled me. She sensed my confusion and asked what I would have said. “That I was never out of the market,” I said. After some silence, she asked what that meant.

After many years, I came up with my flag: No Hope, No Fear.

It is a line I have used for years to sync my mind before an endeavor—writing, sports, or otherwise.

I have always been searching for the processes, tools and frameworks that SEALs use to carry out their missions and day-to-day activities.

I have always assumed they keep these in a safe somewhere under lock and key. You just never hear about them…

I view the world as a large system with a multitude of subsystems. While it may feel chaotic at times, most of these systems are driving toward order. This is true in science, business and art. Those who do not identify their systems and work within them will likely fail under the weight of disorder.

One program I managed was providing counseling services to military dependents overseas. In the late 80s, I was starting up two such programs in Europe and Panama. Talk about two different environments. And I am not talking just about the weather…

Recently, the executive director of a nonprofit conservation group resigned, and a new one needed to be recruited. The chairman of the board said she was interested in applying, and the board made her acting executive director while the hiring process was underway…