Thinking Like CRAP
Clarity – Relevance – Accuracy – Precision Thinking like CRAP – the 4-step filtering process to run every thought through when making any and all decisions. Clarity – To get crystal clear on the exact issue at hand,…
Mental Toughness on Out of Bounds
CLICK Here to Listen to the latest Mental Toughness segment on WCCP The ROAR with Qualk and Dutch – Out of Bounds Nov 12, 2014 This week we discussed the mindset needed for FSU to overcome the continued drop in…
Your Attitude is Yours and Yours Alone
“If I were immersed in constant melancholy, I would not be who I am.” Elie Wiesel Back in 2001, I was assigned to provide personal security for Auschwitz survivor and Nobel Peace Prize winner, Elie Wiesel. It was during the…
Shoulder to Shoulder
When I was a street cop, the way the good officers judged whether another officer was a good partner, was not based on the other officer’s personality, gender, race, looks, cologne, or any criteria other than, will this officer backing…
Mirror, Mirror…
Don’t Mistake Bringing Clarity For Being Confrontational As a Critical Thinking and Mental Toughness Consultant, I have been accused of being confrontational, nothing could be farther from being accurate. Often, bringing clarity, by offering a path to objective reality, is…
It’s All Relative, Sweetheart!
“There’s always a bigger fish.” – Qui-Gon Jinn The first time I remember becoming aware that what I thought was “big”, was relative, I was in Honduras. It was early 1990 and I was deployed on a counter-terrorist op. As…
Facts Ain’t Always The Truth
Facts and Truth are two completely different entities. Facts and Truth are two completely different entities. Facts are something that have actual existence. A fact is merely information, neutral, independent and objective. As a cop, investigating a crime, I was…
Inconsistently Consistent?
“To be a consistent winner means preparing not just one day, one month or even one year – but for a lifetime.” Bill Rodgers – Marathon Man One of the saddest things to witness as a coach, is seeing a…
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