#Knot March 2

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March 2026 marks the 75th consecutive month that Jeff Neelon, Jaclyn Donovan, and I have completed a 30-Day Coach4aday Challenge. For this milestone month, we’ve chosen to focus on teaching. Each day for 30 days, we will share one lesson, principle, or insight gained from the previous 74 challenges—calling it the 30-Day Coach4aday Teach It Challenge. For each of us we believe that our own personal growth increases when we share it. Today it is teaching about a KNOT.

In October 2021, my 30-Day Challenge was to learn how to tie a different knot each day. I’m not a boat owner, rock climber, or avid camper—fields where securing things properly can truly matter. Still, I committed to mastering a new knot daily, even if its practical use in my everyday life was limited. Where it did come into play occasionally was learning how to tie neckwear. I still have to master the bowtie.

“Teach It” 30 Day Challenge Guidelines

In past challenges, we invited others to join us, though participation has been limited. This month, the three of us will return to January 2020—the very beginning—and move forward to the present, reflecting along the way and sharing a life lesson or insight from any month with one another.

Here is how we will do it.

1. Identify the principle, insight, or lesson from a previous 30-Day Challenge-identify the Challenge also.
2. Teach that lesson to each of us.
3. Share the conversation by posting on social media with the hashtag #Coach4adayChallenge

Day 2-Necktie Knot

I located a website if you are into neckties, pocket squares, cuff links, socks, or bowties. It is called otaa.com

On the website they have a dedicated page to teach you how to tie the desired know you want.

On that site they discussed the BALTHUS knot. Here is some of the info they had:

The BALTHUS Knot was invented in 1930 by Balthasar Klossowsk, a Polish-French artist. As an artist he was labeled by some as eccentric and controversial. He created the Balthus Knot in an endeavor to invent the widest tie knot known to man and he succeeded.

Here are some visual instructions on how to tie this necktie knot.

One lesson learned after several attempts at mastering the BALTHUS is you need to start out correctly. This Necktie Knot uses up excess fabric, so you need to start with the wide end hanging down real low before you start. I continued to miss this and ended up with a tie that was too short when I got done.