This week’s Sports Illustrated has an article on the prep schools and other organizations designed to get the teen basketball phenoms an opportunity to fulfill their intentions to play, not in college, but the NBA. All of them carry the “next stop NBA tag” imposed by the people around them. The jury is still out [...]
“Of course there is you say.” Look at all the technology we have that is quickly obliterated by the next new thing. What doesn’t change much is who uses the changes in a particular way. That would be the human beings of a particular generation. For example, in the world of collegiate athletics there is [...]
People are living longer. This sounds like a good thing. But, is it? It seems to me we are poorly prepared in many ways. Is this due to a lack of ability to handle this situation or is it that we have a weak context for figuring out the actions we need to take? Way [...]
In the days of the pioneers the perpetrator rolled into town on his painted wagon extolling the virtues of his wares. What he was selling was commonly known as “snake oil.” The pitch was that this tonic would cure all of one’s ills. Of course, I wasn’t around then, but this potion was likely to [...]
Tonight the San Francisco Warriors and the Cleveland Cavaliers play the first game of of the NBA Finals. Yes, it is a seven game series between two 12-man squads. Why, then, is the press insisting that it is Stephen Curry of the Warriors vs Lebron James of the Cavaliers? Basketball is the ultimate team [...]
Since its inception, one of the great honors in the world of sports has been to appear on the cover of Sports Illustrated magazine. A great season might not be good enough. This morning, I was struck by the irony of the two covers on the table by my bed. One featured Vin Scully, the [...]
It is always interesting to me how many times we want to push our aging stars into retirement. How is that we know when is the right time? Isn’t it up to the performer to call it a day? Sure, they may have lost a step, but they were five steps better than most their [...]
Effective leadership lies in our ability to create action. The leader (CEO, Head Coach, Project Manager, etc.) does this with language. One of the issues in this is that a great deal of the communication learned as children is the antithesis of creating action. We generally acquire a roadblock to action called “NOT.” This “not”and [...]
Life is a game of “best guesses.” For example, the best guessers in the world are probably the people who post the odds at the Nevada casinos. They are so close all the time it is scary. And, they aren’t always right. Going into the NBA playoffs the Golden State Warriors were the odds-on favorites [...]
It’s playoff time in the NBA. This time of year invites comparisons to previous playoffs and the great players that have had their day at center-court. I am a little disturbed that, in most cases, the writers and TV personalities can go back no further than Larry Bird and “Magic” Johnson. I have no problem [...]