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 [...]
Youngsters all over the world (yes, I said world) are breaking out bats, balls and gloves for the youth baseball season. Whether its for T-ball, Little League, Pony League or Bobby Soxers you will be hearing the sound of bat on ball and the œHey batter, batter chant from countless young voices. Baseball and its [...]
For the most part people look forward to the holidays. A small percentage, of course, are œbah humbug about the holiday season. Maybe this will help even them. It is a time for family and friends, a time for giving. I, personally, love the giving much more than receiving. Maybe because I am older and [...]
I have examined gossip and rumor with you, but what is this thing called œtrash talk? First of all, it is not new. There have always been words exchanged in the heat of competition or over some contention by either party. It has just escalated. Trash talks beginnings are found on any playground in America. [...]
One of the things I learned fairly early in life was that communication is what made things work or what it took to resolve things that werent working. However this might be true, I received little or no training on what communicates. So much for what you know. There are three types of communications that [...]
The push with our children (and ourselves) seems to be success. Being the best at what we do, achieving financial stability and wealth, etc. We put in long hours at the expense of others many times (family, friends, ourselves). Sometimes we disregard sound health practices. Is what we are after sufficient to sustain our efforts? [...]
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 [...]
By nature, admiration is more like a want. The more I want, the bigger the next want. The more admiration I get the more admiration I seek. And, like wants, the satisfaction is short-lived. I think that one of the things we most admire is œhard-work. Somehow, that has been translated into long hours at [...]
I have talked about how critical relationships are in our lives. We tend to think that relationships are a function of how much time we spend together. That is only one way. One of the most powerful relationship building tools we have is acknowledgement. Yet, for the most part, we are stingy with or acknowledgements. [...]
I am sure I am missing something here, but it seems to me that agreement is contrary to great leadership. How many people do you know that agree with how you think about everything? You cant name one and if you can he or she is a liar. Yet in our organizations we spend hours [...]