Category: Wellness
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Want to Be a Great Leader? Train Your Glutes!
Your gluteus maximus (or more commonly known as your butt) is the largest and strongest muscle in your body. In our active valley of skiing, hiking, biking, running and everything else under the sun, this little fact matters. Why? If you are a runner, for example, you’ve probably suffered from one of the following maladies…
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What Will You See When Your Life Flashes Before Your Eyes?
I heard the noise, “Bam!”, and I knew exactly what happened. As the ladder disintegrated under me, I began my fall 30ft to what was surely my death. I was to either fall in the water and be sucked under and into the screws of the one-hundred-foot cargo ship I was climbing at sea or…
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Want to Be a Great Leader? Act Like a Rock Climber
It’s that time of year when all the crazies (meant with the greatest respect!) pull out their gear and hit the walls of rock most of us just spend time admiring. Our local rock climbers also admire the beauty of the rock wall, but then they attack it. It’s easy to admire the grace, athleticism…
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Off the Mountains and Into the Ice
Late, heavy snow really extended the ski season this year. It was great, sort of. However much we love our skiing here in the valley, we’re still human. It almost seemed as though there was a little guilt when people would marvel over a 12-inch dump well into spring only to sheepishly admit, “But I’m…
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Midvalley yoga vs. Navy SEAL training / Colorado living
Navy SEAL training (aks Basic Underwater Demolition/SEAL, aka BUD/S) is widely considered the most difficult military training in the world. This six-month training has a 70% attrition rate. My Navy SEAL training class went from around 200 trainees to about ten after five weeks of training. When you make it through Navy SEAL training you…
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Finding the Courage to Tackle the Highland Bowl
A couple weeks ago I provided you with my thoughts about how to kick off 2023 with a different and fresh perspective on New Year’s resolutions: a focus on behaviors over checklists. The question you may have now is, “Who is this guy Errol Doebler and why should I listen to his views on leadership?…
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Two Ways To Reduce the Effects of Stress To Make You a Better Leader
“Stress is a killer” is not cliché. It is as real a statement that can be made on so many different levels. I consult in matters of leadership, so let us focus on how stress is a leadership killer and 2 ways you can reduce stress and become a better leader. First, though, a quick…
