Fit as a Fiddle - 'Doc'

Lucy et al.

Mom and I have recently enjoyed getting to know this guy, who goes by the name 'Doc' at T4TG. He is fit, fascinating, and accommodating. He turned me onto my Whoop! fitness band, which continues to give valuable data about my sleep and daily fitness activities. I called his office today to schedule an appointment for a general wellness discussion.

I am particularly interested in something called an apolipoprotein B (apoB) test. You can go deep on cholesterol and heart disease risk factors on Dr. Peter Attia's site here. Warning, you might want to brush up on your science first. Or find someone like Mom who can help you with the vocabulary words.

My new best friend 'Doc' turned me towards Peter Attia a while back. With the history of heart disease in our family, and with my regular doctor recently increasing my statin dosage after a higher than usual cholesterol score, it seems like a wise thing to do.

Stay fit,

Dad

GO CHAPS! - THIS IS THE YEAR (IF - Rudyard Kipling)

Westlake (14-1) vs Denton Guyer (14-1)
7PM Saturday Night
AT&T Stadium

If you can keep your head when all about you   

    Are losing theirs and blaming it on you,   

If you can trust yourself when all men doubt you,

    But make allowance for their doubting too;   

If you can wait and not be tired by waiting,

    Or being lied about, don’t deal in lies,

Or being hated, don’t give way to hating,

    And yet don’t look too good, nor talk too wise:

If you can dream—and not make dreams your master;   

    If you can think—and not make thoughts your aim;   

If you can meet with Triumph and Disaster

    And treat those two impostors just the same;   

If you can bear to hear the truth you’ve spoken

    Twisted by knaves to make a trap for fools,

Or watch the things you gave your life to, broken,

    And stoop and build ’em up with worn-out tools:

If you can make one heap of all your winnings

    And risk it on one turn of pitch-and-toss,

And lose, and start again at your beginnings

    And never breathe a word about your loss;

If you can force your heart and nerve and sinew

    To serve your turn long after they are gone,   

And so hold on when there is nothing in you

    Except the Will which says to them: ‘Hold on!’

If you can talk with crowds and keep your virtue,   

    Or walk with Kings—nor lose the common touch,

If neither foes nor loving friends can hurt you,

    If all men count with you, but none too much;

If you can fill the unforgiving minute

    With sixty seconds’ worth of distance run,   

Yours is the Earth and everything that’s in it,   

    And—which is more—you’ll be a Man, my son!

Woman Power Wednesday - Expecting big things out of these three

Emma Isenhart, Amy Solheim, Lucy May Singletary - Gig'em!

Above photo was taken with Lucy's new iPhone I believe. Pretty cool camera for such a small device! I am looking forward to seeing what these three girls do in the coming years. 

Lucy meets with Genia Blanchard tomorrow of Strategic Positioning to review her Birkman assessment. I could see Lucy running The Birkman Group one day! She is one of the most self-aware young ladies I have ever had the privilege of knowing and knowing well. I love you Lucy! 

I pray your time with Ms. Blanchard is productive and valuable. She is such a unique person with a global perspective that you are really going to enjoy. This excerpt from her bio gives you a sense of this perspective:

Her focus is creating bridges between different cultures and generations to work toward “healthy organizations”. Genia's business experience is broad and deep. She trained Native Americans, ran a small manufacturing plant, edited architectural magazines, and coached CEOs. She has worked in multiple countries and cultures and with all age leaders and teams. Her consulting clients range from Fortune 50 to start ups. This experience has given her the opportunity to be personally involved in every facet of leading and operating a business, including marketing, advertising, administration and production. From these experiences, Genia has developed an innate sense of the how to grow and develop leaders in today’s complex business environment. Genia taught Professional Practices in the design school at UCLA. Her programs on Leadership Team Development have been used by both for profit and non-profit organizations. Genia lives in Austin, Texas with her partner and husband Jim where she is active in civic, church and school activities.

I've been working with Genia's husband, Jim Blanchard on some professional and personal development these past few weeks. We have our 5 of 5, one-hour 'coaching' session coming up soon. I worked with Jim years ago when running the Balfour College Division and it has been rewarding to reconnect, recharge, and refocus with Jim. I will be sharing some of the things we have worked on together soon with the family.

This might be a fun conference to attend one day if the schedule works out: Birkman Conference Connect: Vision 20/20

Stay Whole Tuesday - Stillness is the Key

I'm continuing to get so much out of Ryan Holiday's latest book, Stillness is the Key. Spoiler alert, I have a copy for every Singletary one of you for Christmas, plus a couple of other books from (Austin, TX-based) Ryan to share. Here are some words I shared a couple of weeks ago, worth repeating . . .

Two truths jumping out at me today from Ryan Holiday's Stillness is the Key:

Don't feed insecurity. Don't feed delusions of grandeur. Both are obstacles to stillness. Be confident. 

Confident people are open, reflective, and able to see themselves without blinders. All of this makes room for stillness, by removing unnecessary conflict and uncertainty and resentment!

Think about both of those statements and all of the things we tend to get worked up about that just simply do not matter. Those 'things' get in our own way and often cause us not to move towards the good, the easy, the fun, and the light! Easy to say, not easy to do. It takes a lot of self-awareness, but learn to ask yourself, 'does this really matter?' Or, 'why am I so worked up about this or that?'

You may remember that Cousin Beth turned me onto Ryan's writing years ago. I got a funny text from Beth this morning:

What about a Page/Beth 2020 long distance Book Club!?????Here is my pick, you choose next! This was Ryan Holiday’s most recommended book of 2019.  Gonna start over the holidays.

I'm all in on any book club with Beth! 

Stay whole Family.

Make it a great Monday - My 'Poppy' had these prints in pool house bath and I loved them

I always thought they were the greatest. Not sure if Sally would approve? But regardless, remembering Poppy this morning- my grandfather and sales mentor. I saw these above urinals at Austin Golf Club, so I guess Ben Crenshaw also likes them!

William Patton McDowell Jr.

Fit as a Fiddle - Love this pic of the first Easy Street Boot Camps! Go Mom!

More Bailey pics