Trusting the process (and the long game) goals process Jun 02, 2026

Here's a phrase that gets thrown around a lot in sport:

Trust the process.

And if you're anything like me, you've heard it enough times that it's started to lose meaning. It sounds like something you put on a motivational poster. Something people say when they don't have anything more useful to of...

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When the ribbons lie goals process May 19, 2026

It was a good week on paper.

Big ribbons. Nice loot. The kind of results that make people smile at you across the ring and say congratulations and mean it. And you smile back and say thank you and mean that too — because the ribbons are real and the wins count and you're not going to pretend otherw...

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Training for your future self dog training process Feb 17, 2026

It’s Winter Olympics season, which means I am emotional about strangers from every country doing impossible things on slippery surfaces. As always.

And inevitably, we hear the phrase over and over again:
“I wasn’t the most talented, but I worked harder.”

It’s true. Talent isn’t everything.
And it’s ...

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Letting the outcomes just happen goals process Apr 22, 2025

The message slid into my inbox like so many others — sweet, thoughtful, and full of that infectious post-trial glow. But as I read her words, I paused. Reread a few lines. And smiled.

 

Here’s what she said (paraphrased & anonymized):

 

"My friend and I weren't sure about entering a three-day ag...

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My favorite zero-point run! fun process Aug 20, 2024

I had one of those runs this past weekend where the score does not tell the story.

 

Moxie and I were entered in two Rally runs on Friday in our quest to pick up some Masters points towards our RACH. Our first run was a respectable 98, giving us 8 points - Yay, us! The run wasn't memorable per se,...

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