I spent this weekend in Seattle with my friends Chris and Allison Russell and their two children, Kiley and Logan. I love them so much. I think what I love the most is the way they pay attention to their most important project—being a family. I have had the honor and pleasure of having Chris [...]
Today is the first day of the second workshop we have done at Providence College over the past few days. We worked with the lacrosse team last weekend and are working with the softball team starting this afternoon. The work we are doing is called Building a Championship Team, and we have been teaching this [...]
For me, the context for working with people has been “relationship is the key to everything.” If we know that, why is life so difficult sometimes? Maybe we don’t really appreciate the simplicity of relating and we are making our relationships complex. Could it be that we think we are not going to get what [...]
Since everything is created in language, what do you suppose boy/girl relationships are going to look at when this is the language used? Bitches, ho’s, whores, sluts, skanks, etc. Do you see any respect in those words? Is this how you want your mom to be viewed? What about your wife, your sister, your girlfriend, [...]
One of the errors I think we make in coaching kids is that we don’t give them enough credit for what they already know or sense or feel. Since they were born (and probably before), they have been little sponges just soaking up everything going on around them. The prime sounds, of course, come from [...]
Given that it is “all-sports” season I have had the opportunity to watch practice for a variety of sports at various D-I schools. I have come away with the following question, “Is anyone listening?” These are teams coached by solid, respected coaching staffs. I would say that no more than 20% of the athletes at [...]
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 [...]
One thing I am continually noticing as I work through my daily routine, is a concern about the long-term effect of living in a techno-world. I know technology is here to stay, including all future iterations. I also know that there isnt anyone who knows how it will effect the human beings on this planet. [...]
March Madness is upon us. What a great time of year given my love of the game of basketball. That is until I had to witness a game played in what is called the œFirst Four. These are the teams seeded sixty thru sixty-eight. The four winners fill out the field of sixty-four. The game [...]
In the last few blogs I have posted the topic has been on what has relationships work. I proposed that the context for effective relationships is 100%-0%. If you missed that you can catch up by reading those blogs preceding this one. When a relationship isnt working it is usually due to a faulty foundation [...]