Seventeen Inches

Credit to Coach Muller: I recently came across a fantastic story that a couple of friends of mine sent to me via Face Book. I thought that it was something that should certainly be shared with everyone and worth the read…especially parents and coaches. In Nashville, Tennessee, during the first week of January, 1996, more … Continue reading Seventeen Inches

Resilience

I’ve written quite a bit about tenacity, but not that much about resilience. Resilience is the ability to bounce back after being stressed. In terms of the physical items around us, some compounds are resilient: rubber, for example, will bounce back and assume its original shape. Other items are not resilient: glass, for example, shatters … Continue reading Resilience

Challenges

Last night, I was going through some of my books. As I was perusing, I found this great passage from author Richard L. Evans. He was a member of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (I happen to be Catholic but I always appreciate a good … Continue reading Challenges

Choices

Can you believe it? We are one quarter of the way through this year already. It seems like yesterday we were all making our New Year’s resolutions. Yet here we are… beginning the fourth month of the year. So… how is 2016 treating you so far? Are you ahead of plan or behind? Have you … Continue reading Choices

Can I Trust You?

Business schools teach a lot of things — managerial economics, accounting, marketing, and retailing, among others. Nowadays, they’re also trying to instill something they should have been teaching all along — plain old fashioned honesty. They call it “ethics,” and a few of them call it “business ethics” (as if that was a something different … Continue reading Can I Trust You?

Determination

Some of you may know I have a passion for cooking. I really enjoy the way it calms me as I indulge my creativity in the kitchen. For those of you who are no stranger to the room with the refrigerator, you are most likely familiar with the art of “reduction.” This happens when you … Continue reading Determination

Why so Angry?

So there I was on the way to the gym this morning… driving down the avenue that literally connects my home life from work life. About half way there, I flipped on my left turn indicator alerting nearby drivers of my routine lane change. The guy that I was attempting to move in front of, … Continue reading Why so Angry?

Whose team are you on?

Seriously, do you know? Does everyone around you know… whose team you are on? I fundamentally believe that this is the most important criterion for success… not only for life, but also for a successful business career. A favorite saying that comes to mind is, “One’s loyalty or one’s disloyalty will eventually show its head.” … Continue reading Whose team are you on?

Conditioning

As I’m sure you have heard from someone before… if not from me, “You have to first condition your mind to believe, before anything can become reality.” To make your next dollar, you have to be thinking about how you are going to get it… To become a top performer in any field, you must … Continue reading Conditioning