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The 2020 Navigate the Chaos calendar and book edition of the blog are both available here.
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Michael Edmondson
Dec 5, 2019
How often do you prepare?
Placing the ball in the right position for the next shot is eighty percent of winning golf.
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Michael Edmondson
Nov 13, 2019
Does what stands in your way become the way?
Today is November 13 and the Navigate the Chaos question to consider is "Does what stands in your way become the way?" When translating...
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Michael Edmondson
Oct 23, 2019
How often do you improve yourself?
What can I improve? What do I need to change?
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Michael Edmondson
Oct 18, 2019
Do you guard against confirmation bias?
“The eye sees only what the mind is prepared to comprehend.”
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Michael Edmondson
Aug 26, 2019
Do you believe you belong?
Cena told a crowd after one of his matches that “Sometimes you can try so hard at something and still fail. But every time you fail it's
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Michael Edmondson
Aug 10, 2019
Is someone practicing more than you?
Bird noted “I don't know if I practiced more than anybody, but I sure practiced enough. I still wonder if somebody - somewhere - was pra
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Michael Edmondson
Jul 10, 2019
Can you adapt to unforeseen conditions?
The prolific English author Agatha Christie wrote “There is no telling what a human character is. Until the test comes. A man is confronted
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Michael Edmondson
Jun 20, 2019
How long will you keep trying?
British statesman Winston Churchill noted “Never give up on something that you can't go a day without thinking about.” Delabar never gav
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Michael Edmondson
Jun 6, 2019
How do you get out of slumps?
For baseball players like Hank Aaron a lack of hitting over an extended period of time is called a slump. Aaron’s motto was “always keep swi
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Michael Edmondson
Jun 3, 2019
Does adversity strengthen you?
In his April 2017 book, The Phenomenon: Pressure, the Yips, and the Pitch that Changed My Life, Ankiel describes how the true test of his ch
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Michael Edmondson
May 29, 2019
Do you focus on what you can do?
Schwarber decided to just stand at home plate and train his eye on the pitching machine as it sent fastballs, sliders, and curveballs his wa
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Michael Edmondson
Feb 17, 2019
Have you defined your life by your worst day?
If it is true that “Life is 10% what happens to you and 90% of how you react to it,” have you defined your life by your worst day?
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Michael Edmondson
Jan 2, 2019
How often are you working on yourself?
People who navigate the chaos like best-selling author Jim Rohn and retired professional football player Emmit Smith understand the value of
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Michael Edmondson
Dec 24, 2018
How often do you remind yourself that the size of the fight in the dog matters most?
“It's not the size of the dog in the fight, it's the size of the fight in the dog.”
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