This past weekend I provided safety support for 5K, 2.5K, and 1-mile swims. I was on a paddleboard following the last swimmer making sure they safely made it back to the finish line. On the final race of the weekend, it became very clear early on that I would be following this one swimmer for our ... Read More »
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If you don’t ask, the answer is “NO”
For a good portion of my life I have been hesitant to ask for help. Not because I didn’t want to appear weak or show my lack of knowledge but because I didn’t want to burden someone. I didn’t want to waste their time as they were likely busy. It wasn’t until later in life that I realized it is quite ... Read More »
3 Traits I Learned from Interviewing 100 Executives & Endurance Athletes About Achieving the Impossible
Imagine going back in time to January 2020 and asking your CEO if all the employees could work from home full-time. What would they say? Likely, “Pack your desk, your employment is no longer needed.” Two months later when the virus was rapidly spreading around the world, the answer would be: “Get it ... Read More »
Putting a Bad Day in Perspective
Featured on NPR Radio, “With a Perspective…” on June 14, 2022 When the day isn’t going so well, Bryan Gillette tries to put things in perspective. I was on a bicycle ride the other day when I heard a hissing sound. Then my bike started to slow down as the front tire went flat. My immediate ... Read More »
My car was totaled in a 7 car pileup
Last week my wife and son were in a car accident demolishing the rear end and the driver’s door. The car was totaled. When I appeared on scene well after the accident, they had already been transported in the ambulance to the hospital. As the CHP were writing up their report, I looked inside the car ... Read More »
Don’t use social media as a benchmark for what you haven’t done but for ideas of what you could do
How many times have you looked at someone’s social media page and thought, “Wow, they are doing so well -- my life doesn’t even compare”? Maybe they were ringing the bell at the NYSE, checking in at the Ritz Carlton, or becoming Global Vice President of…. I have found myself doing that at times. ... Read More »
