Crooked Butterfly Ranch

Crooked Butterfly Ranch Through creativity and experience, we leverage Nature's apathy in designing outdoor leadership experiences that explore comfort zones.

What’s hard for tosh right now looks like training for a 100-mile race through the desert. What’s hard for you might be ...
07/19/2026

What’s hard for tosh right now looks like training for a 100-mile race through the desert. What’s hard for you might be showing up today when you don’t feel like it, having the conversation you’ve been avoiding, or telling yourself the truth about where you actually are.

Hard isn’t a competition. It’s not measured against anyone else’s mileage, or anyone else’s standard, or whatever bar the internet is selling this month. The reference point is your own commitments to yourself. Where are you letting yourself down? Where is there a gap between what you say matters to you and how you are actually spending your hours?

Choose your hard. Then go do it.

Another Diesel Day in the books.Another group of people proving that growth rarely happens where it’s comfortable.The ac...
07/16/2026

Another Diesel Day in the books.

Another group of people proving that growth rarely happens where it’s comfortable.

The aches will fade. The memories will stay. And the confidence earned by doing something hard has a way of showing up long after the weekend ends.

Thank you for trusting us with the experience.

The Mind’s Mind is always talking.Sometimes it’s protecting you.Sometimes it’s simply protecting your comfort.The challe...
07/01/2026

The Mind’s Mind is always talking.

Sometimes it’s protecting you.
Sometimes it’s simply protecting your comfort.

The challenge isn’t to silence it or defeat it. The challenge is learning to recognize when it’s influencing your decisions in ways that no longer serve you.

The better we understand our relationship with the Mind’s Mind, the more intentional we can become in how we respond.

This July at Diesel Days, we’ll be diving deeper into what the Mind’s Mind is, why it matters, and how understanding it can change the way you approach challenge, discomfort, and growth.

We’ll see you there.

Day 1 hands you a framework. Day 2 asks what you’ve done with it.In Day 1, you meet your mind’s mind — likely for the fi...
06/19/2026

Day 1 hands you a framework. Day 2 asks what you’ve done with it.

In Day 1, you meet your mind’s mind — likely for the first time. You learn The Left Hand framework, you learn who you are, and you walk away with something that doesn’t stay on the land. It follows you into your everyday life. You start noticing things you didn’t notice before. You start witnessing yourself.

That’s the work between Day 1 and Day 2… 6 months - 1 year of living with it, paying attention, practicing.

Day 2 is where you come back and show us what that practice has done. New format, new stressors, more room to make your own decisions; all to face your mind’s mind again, in an unscripted way. We’ll reinforce what’s working and illuminate where the work still is, so you leave with a blueprint for what’s next.

How well have you developed since Diesel Day 1?

Diesel Day® 1 AND 2 available this July 10-12. Link in bio.

Day 1 hands you a framework. Day 2 asks what you’ve done with it.In Day 1, you meet your mind’s mind — likely for the fi...
06/19/2026

Day 1 hands you a framework. Day 2 asks what you’ve done with it.

In Day 1, you meet your mind’s mind — likely for the first time. You learn The Left Hand framework, you learn who you are, and you walk away with something that doesn’t stay on the land. It follows you into your everyday life. You start noticing things you didn’t notice before. You start witnessing yourself.

That’s the work between Day 1 and Day 2… 6 months - 1 year of living with it, paying attention, practicing.

Day 2 is where you come back and show us what that practice has done. New format, new stressors, more room to make your own decisions; all to face your mind’s mind again, in an unscripted way. We’ll reinforce what’s working and illuminate where the work still is, so you leave with a blueprint for what’s next.

How well have you developed since Diesel Day 1?

Diesel Day 1 AND 2 available this July 10-12. Link in bio.

Day 1 hands you a framework. Day 2 asks what you’ve done with it.

In Day 1, you meet your mind’s mind — likely for the first time. You learn The Left Hand framework, you learn who you are, and you walk away with something that doesn’t stay on the land. It follows you into your everyday life. You start noticing things you didn’t notice before. You start witnessing yourself.

That’s the work between Day 1 and Day 2… 6 months - 1 year of living with it, paying attention, practicing.

Day 2 is where you come back and show us what that practice has done. New format, new stressors, more room to make your own decisions; all to face your mind’s mind again, in an unscripted way. We’ll reinforce what’s working and illuminate where the work still is, so you leave with a blueprint for what’s next.

How well have you developed since Diesel Day 1?

Diesel Day 1 AND 2 available this July 10-12. Link in bio.

Day 1 hands you a framework. Day 2 asks what you’ve done with it.

In Day 1, you meet your mind’s mind — likely for the first time. You learn The Left Hand framework, you learn who you are, and you walk away with something that doesn’t stay on the land. It follows you into your everyday life. You start noticing things you didn’t notice before. You start witnessing yourself.

That

A butterfly symbolizes transformation. But the process is not pretty. Inside the chrysalis, the caterpillar doesn’t gen...
06/12/2026

A butterfly symbolizes transformation. But the process is not pretty.

Inside the chrysalis, the caterpillar doesn’t gently rearrange. It dissolves.

The beauty that emerges has been forged in something genuinely violent.

The reward is the butterfly. The work is the dissolving.

We’re not going to cheat you out of the work.
Diesel Days. July 10–12. Link in bio.

06/08/2026

When things in life get heavy, it can be difficult to look 5 months, 1 year, or 6 years down the line.

That’s why at Diesel Day, we remind people not to get overwhelmed by the full 24+ hour event ahead of them. Don’t focus on the entire mountain. Focus on the next step. The next right thing. What’s directly in front of you.

The same principle applies far beyond the event itself.

From serving in the Marines, to navigating life afterward, to building businesses, leading a nonprofit, and coaching professional athletes, entrepreneurs, and high performers, we’ve experienced and seen people from every walk of life face challenges that felt bigger than they knew how to handle.

Progress rarely comes from having the entire path figured out. It comes from taking the next step when you can’t yet see the finish line.

Experience it for yourself.
Diesel Day | July 10–12
Nederland, CO

That last post hit for a lot of you. So what comes next? Diesel Days® // July 10-12Three days where you experience and a...
05/29/2026

That last post hit for a lot of you. So what comes next?

Diesel Days® // July 10-12

Three days where you experience and apply the exact methodology, work and challenged that builds the person who shows up no matter what.

Not a seminar. Not a hype weekend. Not another 5 step plan.
If you’re ready comment DIESEL.

Most people think training is about fitness, but it’s really about patterns.When things get difficult, do you push throu...
05/26/2026

Most people think training is about fitness, but it’s really about patterns.

When things get difficult, do you push through, or do you default to quitting, checking out, or rationalizing a lower standard?

That response doesn’t stay in the gym. It shows up in how you handle integrity, conflict, pressure, and people.

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