https://seths.blog/ was my muse for my own blog (this one). The fact that he never misses a day - that he makes a post every single day was a bridge too far for me. I settled for never missing a Sunday. So my Sunday Blog was born - never missing a Sunday!
Unless I don't feel like it. Probably should call it the Almost Every Sunday Blog.
Then came Tom's Tome found on NYDLA.org - my microblog for random musings that I don't want to wait until Sunday to talk about. So, I have my Almost Every Sunday Blog and my This Can't Wait Until Sunday Blog. I gave it it's own name: TheCEOdepot.com
But I do remember having the conversation with myself back in 2010 when I first started blogging. I'm going to post every single day - just like Seth! Yeah! And then, I said to myself 'Really? Every damn day? Why are you setting yourself up for failure? How about just one day of the week? Make it a Sunday Morning thing.'
When I read Seth's 11/06/2026 blog about Reviewing the Game Tapes it sent me down a rabbit hole. You can be a coach who (tries to) force his players to watch game film. Or, you can be a coach who is lucky enough to have players who WANT to watch game film. Champions don't need to be forced to learn, to study, to advance. I'll bet you anything that every Super Bowl Winning Quarterback of the past thirty years has a home theater setup just for watching game films. They don't need to be forced to learn.
Mike Tyson is one of the most famous and accomplished boxers in history. He was the undisputed heavyweight champion of the world, the youngest heavyweight champion ever (at age 20), and is widely regarded as one of the most dominant and intimidating fighters of his era. His career included 50 professional wins (44 by knockout) and a reputation for ferocious punching power and aggressive, high-pressure style.
Mike Tyson has long been a serious student of boxing - its techniques, history, psychology, and the fighters who came before him - not just a natural talent who fought. Under trainer Cus D’Amato (who became his legal guardian), Tyson spent years watching old fight films almost every night. He studied 16mm footage of past champions not only for technique but for how they carried themselves, their presence, bravado, and mentality in the ring. D’Amato had an extensive library of films, and Tyson absorbed them obsessively. He focused heavily on aggressive, mean, relentless fighters. Jack Dempsey stood out as a particular model for ferocity (Tyson has described wanting to fight like a “Roman gladiator”). He also studied Henry Armstrong, Joe Louis, Rocky Marciano, and others, along with their lives, records, and styles. He has said he went deep into boxing history, even back toward the bare-knuckle era. Tyson has repeatedly described this as deliberate work. In a recent interview he put it plainly: “In order to be the best, you have to study the best. So that’s what I always did. I studied the history of boxing.” He has also spoken about studying specific opponents on tape intensely - sometimes right up until the fight. This studying shaped both his peek-a-boo style and his intimidating persona. Even now in 2026, Tyson is a dedicated student (and teacher) of the sport.
Conor Neill is another. He 'video blogs' on LEADERSHIP on Every Tuesday. I did not do an audit, so I don't know if he never missed a Tuesday, but he does have 427 vidoes loaded as of this post. So that would be well over 8 years of "Every Tuesday' leadership lessons. I have interviewed him many times.
I have gone back and read every post that Seth Godin ever wrote. I have gone back and watched every video that Conor Neill put up on YouTube. One big lesson from Conor: you cannot want it more for them, than they want it for themselves. This stuck with me.
You cannot force someone to watch game film. You cannot teach, train, coach, mentor anyone who does not truly want to learn. Deeply learn. You cannot force success upon anyone. You cannot 'buy' a Black Belt. And you cannot force anyone to study in a Dojo (The Place of the Way).
I tell my coaching students that I will match their energy. I will hold Office Hours for them, and I'm always ready for a Zoom meeting. But I cannot do the hard work FOR them. I cannot want them to be successful more than they want it for themselves.
And always remember: every Black Belt was once a White Belt.
But not every White Belt will not become a Black Belt.
The Japanese word sensei (先生) literally translates to "one who comes before" or "person born before another" (combining the kanji for sen, meaning "before" or "ahead," and sei, meaning "life" or "to live").
It's 2026 and I (still) run MyTechDojo.com and I'm (still) teaching everything I know. I have read every Seth Godin blog post, and all of his books. Same goes for Conor Neill. Same goes for everyone who ever had CoffeeInTheClouds.com with me - since 1983.
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