In my childhood days, my family always went to lots of movies. They used to change the selection three times a week and most were double features. There were no multiplexes in those days. Saturday matinees were an automatic part of my weekly routine from the time I was six years old. During World War [...]
In a highly contested seven-game series, the NBA Finals are over. I know this because it is almost the 4th of July. The Miami Heat and the San Antonio Spurs left it all on the court. The Heat has earned the title of “World Champion.” The Heat’s Lebron James was clearly the MVP of the [...]
The NBA Finals will be rapidly coming to a close this week. The San Antonio Spurs are up 3-2 on the Miami Heat with two games to play in Miami. I don’t know what the odds are in Las Vegas as the eventual winner, but even though Miami is down in the series I’ll bet [...]
You and I have heard people say many times, “he or she is a “control freak.” Consider that everyone is putting energy into attempting to control something. The question is “Do we actually control anything?” The closest I see we come to controlling anything is with our own actions. How are you doing with that? [...]
LUNCH WITH KEN VENTURI It was the spring of 1955 and I was stationed in Salzburg, Austria as part of my two-year army career (if two years makes a career). Salzburg was and is a beautiful old city. On this spring day I was going to have the opportunity meet and have lunch with Ken [...]
In my previous blog post on Home Court Advantage (HCA) I asked you to consider a possible theory I have as to the source. I did not tell you what you might do to mitigate the HCA. I will give you something in that regard, momentarily. The first thing I want you to clearly get [...]
The NBA Finals began last night at the home of the World Champion Miami Heat. The words “Home Court Advantage” (HCA) will be heard often over the next couple of weeks. The San Antonio Spurs erased Miami’s advantage with a solid 92-88 win. The stat guys will tell you that the HCA is worth a [...]
Everybody talks about the value of being a team. My question isn’t whether they have a team or not, but rather what the level of that team is. People participating together for a particular purpose are a team. But, is that team striving for the highest level of excellence? Are they actually practicing to be [...]
Eight of the best college baseball teams are closing in on one of the best yearly sporting events in college sports--the College World Series. This premier event in Omaha, Nebraska is a great show lasting for 8 or 9 days. Billionaire Warren Buffet loves it and we know how smart he is. I do, however, [...]
The basic theme of the work we do at Todd Team Coaching is that “Relationship is the Key to Everything.” If only people would live that theme, the world would be a different place. This weekend I was in a sea of relationships. I arrived in beautiful Seattle, Washington late on Friday morning. My purpose [...]