In this picture you see me getting ready to enter the cage for a mixed martial arts fight and with me is one of the best coaches I have ever met, Ryan Schultz.  Former world champion of the International Fight League, Division 1 wrestler at the University of Nebraska and one of the most mentally tough people I've ever been around. 

He is a great coach not because he told me what I wanted to hear, or let me do only what I wanted to do, but because he challenged me to be better.

Ryan invested himself in the outcome of my fights and in such he was deeply invested in the process of the preparation, the training.

At the time of this photo, I had been a police officer for 15 years and not one law enforcement training session resembled or felt like a "practice". Training sessions were focused on presenting the information and the lesson plan, not creating winning performances.

This experience became a foundational principle for the training program and company I wanted to create.

A place where law enforcement professionals were coached to believe not fear, to win not survive, and to know we were invested in the process AND the outcome.

"Giving Cops Confidence to Win"