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The 2020 Navigate the Chaos calendar and book edition of the blog are both available here.


How often do you prepare?
Placing the ball in the right position for the next shot is eighty percent of winning golf.
Michael Edmondson
Dec 5, 2019


How do you overcome obstacles?
“We cannot change the cards we are dealt, just how we play the hand.”
Michael Edmondson
Nov 9, 2019


What is the connection between fear and grit?
“I've done a lot of thinking about fear. For me the crucial question is not how to climb without fear-that's impossible- but how to
Michael Edmondson
Nov 5, 2019


Do you rely on excuses?
“I attribute my success to this: I never gave or took an excuse.”
Michael Edmondson
Oct 11, 2019


Are you the master or victim of your circumstances?
“I learned I was not, as most Africans believed, the victim of my circumstances but the master of them.”
Michael Edmondson
Sep 20, 2019


Do you know grit is more important than talent?
"Talent, IQ, and experience, once thought to be the three pillars of success, play a less important role than previously thought when c
Michael Edmondson
Aug 12, 2019


How much grit do you have?
Doing so equips individuals to pursue, especially challenging aims over years and even decades. Duckworth noted that people who “accomplishe
Michael Edmondson
Jul 8, 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
Michael Edmondson
Jun 20, 2019


Do you take responsibility to get back up?
As Amos noted “You may not be responsible for getting knocked down. But you’re certainly responsible for getting back up.” Amos was knocked
Michael Edmondson
May 11, 2019


How often do you paddle out to the wave?
Bregman concluded that “More often than not, our fear doesn’t help us avoid the feelings; it simply subjects us to them for an agonizingly l
Michael Edmondson
May 8, 2019


What is the biggest comeback of your life?
Reflecting upon his dark period Rourke said “I’ve been to hell, I’m not going back there. For so many years I’d sit and talk to the dog, and
Michael Edmondson
Feb 28, 2019


How resilient are you?
The Kauai Longitudinal Study identified five components of a resilient life: 1)resilient individuals are active problem solvers; 2)they used
Michael Edmondson
Feb 4, 2019


How often do you handle the valleys and hills?
‘It’s not how you handle the hills, it’s how you handle the valleys.’”
Michael Edmondson
Dec 25, 2018
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