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GC THE FIELD GUIDEGREGORY CREW

THE FIELD GUIDECONTENTS

EVERY PAGE IS A PLACE TO BEGIN

Find your page.

A title, a feeling, or something you’re working through.

What’s on your mind?

Use your own words. We’ll look for themes and ideas, as well as words in the essays.

Follow a pillar

The pillars overlap. Each essay has a main thread and supporting threads.

16 essays

01Gravity: like it or notWhen effort meets resistance.Empathy · Craft7 min 02Unpossible: How We Fence In Our Own ImaginationWhen you can’t see another way.Motion · Grace4 min 03The Weight of the Pause: Fear's Theft of Your Best ChaptersWhen you’re afraid to begin.Motion · Grace8 min 04Protecting the SparkWhen you don’t feel strong today.Fortitude · Grace · Empathy4 min 05Interrupting the CodeWhen you want to respond differently.Empathy · Grace4 min 06No Better Victory Than a Shared OneWhen a win feels strangely empty.Empathy · Fortitude3 min 07This Is Your CraftWhen you want to care about the work again.Craft · Motion4 min 08Uncommon Effort = Uncommon resultsWhen doing more isn’t making it better.Fortitude · Craft · Motion5 min 09We Do The Big Things Like We Do The Small Things.When the small things feel beneath you.Craft · Grace4 min 10Respect the Norm. Challenge the NormWhen the familiar way stops working.Craft · Motion · Empathy5 min 11Failure isn’t the opposite of success—it’s part of itWhen you’re stuck on a mistake.Grace · Craft · Motion3 min 12Turn off the debate: Adopt a non-optional mindsetWhen showing up becomes a daily debate.Motion · Fortitude4 min 13We are not here to pet bunnies.When difficulty makes you want to back away.Fortitude · Motion3 min 14Strong Mind, Strong Body: The Power of Pushing Past BoundariesWhen you’re negotiating with your limits.Fortitude · Craft4 min 15Barbell Training: The Truth SessionWhen you need an honest look at your progress.Craft · Fortitude · Grace3 min 16Lessons We Live, Holding Them Up to the LightWhen you can’t quite name what you’ve learned.Craft · Empathy2 min