by chetcromer | Nov 4, 2025 | Journals
TL;DR: This journal explores why the team excels at maintaining and fixing but struggles to deliver large-scale projects incrementally. It identifies cultural, structural, and emotional barriers—like lack of rhythm, unclear ownership, and fear of imperfection—and...
by chetcromer | Nov 3, 2025 | Featured, Journals
Let It All Go: Reflections on Leadership, Responsibility, and Release Introduction This began as scattered thoughts on paper—half prayer, half confession. I was wrestling with the weight of leadership, with what it means to carry people, make decisions, and live under...
by chetcromer | Sep 5, 2025 | Journals
I’ve been wrestling with this phrase: “I’m overcommitted.” It rolls off my tongue easily, especially in seasons where my calendar is stacked and my task list feels endless. But during a coaching call with Mark Sturgell, I had to stop and face the reality that...
by chetcromer | Jun 5, 2025 | Journals
If You Could Read My Mind: From Late-Night Thoughts to AI Songwriting A couple days ago, a line kept echoing in my head: “If you could read my mind…” Not in a spooky way, and not even in the shame-laced way we often think of that idea. What haunted me was something...
by chetcromer | Jun 3, 2025 | Journals
I’ve taken to poetry this year (ai-assisted, yes), and have made it a thing to write poems for MaKenna and one of her friends before their sporting events. Sometimes silly, sometimes not… but today I got my own poem from them. And it felt great. Not just...
by chetcromer | May 28, 2025 | Journals
Once upon a pew, I sat in silence. Not because I didn’t believe. Not because I had it all figured out. But because my hallelujah felt too hard to say. It was sometime last year that I first heard Brandon Lake and Jelly Roll’s “Hard to Fight Hallelujah.” I remember...
