What if you didn't have to control it all? What if you weren't in charge of other people's feelings? What if you didn't have to decide in advance if you would be chosen for the part? What if you didn't have to parent just right so you controlled how the world responded to your kids?
What a r...
Most of the suffering we experience in life comes from the difference between our expectations and "What Is." The audience's suffering during an improv comedy show comes from actors attempting to force there expectations instead of accepting "What Is."
So here's the theory ...the skills t...
Lessons from Whit and my trip to Dallas for Unleash the Power Within 2019
One morning of The Six Man – our team was a little flat. We knew it – shoot, most of us were coaches!! We could feel it and knew that if we couldn’t turn the tide – if we couldn’t shift the momentum, then we’d lose, but didn’t have a great idea how to fix it. This is where we get a false ...
Have you ever lost your cool in an argument on social media ...me too. Usually because the OTHER person is refusing to live by the FACTS I am offering. Well it's a FACT that attempting to change a belief by bombarding it with facts is ineffective ...so I guess I am the one not living by the f...
Plan - Execute - Evaluate - Adjust - Repeat
As 2018 comes to an end, Whitney and Jake invite you into the conversation as they look back at the fears that threatened to keep them stuck in 2018. Enjoy the conversation ...but more importantly, let it spark your own. What did your relationship wit...
“If you have declared war against the primary part of you called fear, and that war is now playing out in your mind, you’re spending a lot of energy fighting that war. That doesn’t leave a lot of energy for you to compete in your sport. In many ways, over time that war becomes exhausting. I...
What are you scared of? ...the list is pretty standard. Spiders, snakes, clowns, the dark, and tight spaces. My guess is that THOSE are not the fears that are keeping you from your dreams.
"I WOULD try out for the play ...but there might be a spider, and I don't like how dark it is back stage....
When you look at the role fear makes in your decision making, do you ever give it magical powers? Sometimes I do. I'll have an idea about something I can build or create. Maybe a unique way that I can offer value to the world - and I'll feel fear. Then I have thoughts ABOUT that fear like - "O...
