PROJECT RECONNECT: CATALINA CHANNEL, EPISODE 3

Project Reconnect was designed to reconnect to the purpose-driven and nature-connected life that many of our ancestors exceptionally lived.  So I set out to stand-up paddle across the Catalina Channel (~30 nautical miles) to reconnect to mother nature, and to raise money for a non-profit that is working on ridding the ocean of plastics. I knew it would be hard –
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MAXIMIZING YOUR INVESTMENT IN MINDSET TRAINING

By taking the Finding Your Best course, you’ve made a decision to live a life of deep meaning and purpose. It’s not the path for everyone. By definition, you are an outlier by investing in yourself and pushing the edges of your comfort zone to pursue what’s possible. There is a commitment you need to
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OLYMPIAN INSIGHTS: STRATEGIES FOR HANDLING UNCERTAINTY AND CHANGE

At the 2012 London Olympics we fell short of our goal of winning gold. It was a painful experience. I didn’t know what was going to happen next for me. I needed to make changes moving forward so that I could be a better version of myself in moments of test.  However, with change comes
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PROJECT RECONNECT: CATALINA CHANNEL, EPISODE 2

STEPPING INTO THE UNKNOWN The day was finally here for me to attempt to cross the Catalina channel (a 26+ mile stretch of open water from Catalina Island to Redondo Beach, California).  Depending on currents and ocean conditions, I was anticipating it to take 6-8 hours of paddling for me to successfully cross the channel. The
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PROJECT RECONNECT: CATALINA CHANNEL, EPISODE 1

WHAT IS PROJECT RECONNECT? Most of us have a deep desire to live a life of purpose and meaning, and to understand what we are capable of. Each of which is incredibly challenging and at times so overwhelming that we find ourselves slipping into the daily rut of to-dos rather than designing a life to explore
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CONFIDENCE: KNOWING YOU HAVE THE RIGHT TO “GO FOR IT”

Do you have the confidence to live in the arena? Most of us are familiar with the infamous words of President Theodore Roosevelt’s (1910) Man in the Arena speech at the Sorbonne in Paris, France: “It is not the critic who counts; not the man who points out how the strong man stumbles, or where the doer
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WELCOME TO THE COMPETE TO CREATE BLOG!

Six years ago, Pete Carroll and I launched Compete to Create with one aim in mind: help people become their best. I had been working in the trenches with elite performers while Pete’s specialty was in switching on high performing teams and cultures. We began working to help people perform to their best, but now it is

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having a great vision

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Support from parents

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personal philosophy