With only a few exceptions, every high school, college and professional football team played this weekend. And, wonder of all wonders, 50% of them lost. This is, of course, something that everyone knows In any competition, there will be a declared winner which makes everyone else involved losers. Are all of those who didnt win [...]
One of the activities that the busy executive or coach will be seeking during this holiday season is the opportunity to get on the golf course. Some will have to travel to do it, given the weather. Living here on the œleft coast, as my New York friends would say, weather has never really been [...]
One of the characteristics that is highly acknowledged and attributed to winning teams is that they are disciplined. I do think discipline is important and good coaches will be concerned about it. The question I have is œwhat is discipline really? I think that many people think that disciplined teams, for example, LOOK a particular [...]
Every morning the same for me; run, sports page and crossword puzzle. It has been that way for over 40 years. So why mention it now? It was an article by Bob Nightengale of USA Today talking about trade rumors. The subject was Roy Halladay of the Toronto Blue Jays which showed up in my [...]
My whole life I have been hearing about how being focused is the key to success. I see heads being nodded all over the place. I am not saying focus isnt important. What I am saying is that I am not sure the nature of focus has been fully examined. Scientists tell us that human [...]
One of the functions of being the œtop banana is management. Management is concerned with resources, i.e., time, money, people and equipment. In any given day all of these may be calling for your attention. It has been my experience that poor management undermines the leaders performance more than any other function. Today, I want [...]