Accelus Insights:
The Leadership Narrative

Continuing with George Leonard’s book Mastery, the fourth key is intentionality.  In the book, Mr. Leonard defines intentionality with words such as character, willpower, attitude, imaging, the mental game.  He goes on to describe the power of visualization in performance with many examples coming from the world of sports. If...

We continue to work through the 5 Keys of Mastery.  Last week was about Practice and it involves more than you think.  So what role does Surrender play in Mastery?  Waving white flags or your dog’ s underbelly is not what is being referenced here, rather it is to yield...

As we progress along this review of the Five Keys to Mastery from George Leonard’s book Mastery, we transition from instruction to practice.  In its simplest definition, practice is the verb that captures the act of performing the instruction received over and over again.  Practice has a deeper meaning as...

Have you seen it?  Do you know where I left my copy?  Can I borrow yours or have they made it an e-book yet?   You haven’t heard of this book?  Why it is one of the greatest reads and I can’t believe I misplaced mine!  If only it were that...

With the recent discussion of mastery in these messages, you need to know about the book of the same title written by George Leonard.  I was first introduced to this little gem of a book and the keys to mastery in 2011 when I took a “master class” on coaching....

The Masters golf tournament provides a great example of talent in action. The name of the tournament represents what it means to the sport of golf and its participants.   What does it mean to be a master of something? How do we get to that state of Mastery? Perhaps a...