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March Madness. It’s the time of year when college basketball dominates the sports landscape. And it always gets me thinking about February 28, 1998. The day Elton Brand turned my life around! A year earlier, my wife and I had moved to California so…
Admittedly, I’m not a big “go to the doctor” guy. So when my ears started bothering me a few weeks ago, I reacted as I always do. Ignore it and it will go away. Not exactly the healthiest approach! I…
The golf course can be an intimidating place for a novice golfer. Trees. Water. Sand. Bird houses. Parking lots. All potential hazards at my level of expertise! There is one course in particular that always turns me into knots. The…
My kids were cranking a little Eminem around the house this weekend and it got me thinking about the essence of resiliency. “Lose Yourself” is the ultimate underdog’s anthem. The message of struggle and redemption and rising to the occasion under pressure…
You can’t always connect the dots looking forward; sometimes you have to look backwards for everything to make sense. –Steve Jobs It’s Labor Day. And soon we will start that gradual transition from one season to the next. It is a time…
Regardless of the emotions, this is the perfect time to celebrate a new chapter and recognize a bold milestone. The transition to college, though painful, allows the student to maximize his or her potential and the parents to guide them through a brand new journey (from a safe distance!). We never stop being a son or daughter and we certainly never stop being parents!
As mid-August Shakespeare Festivals unfold across the world, it seems an appropriate time to pay homage to the Bard of Avon. Don’t worry. There won’t be any quizzes and I won’t break into Iambic pentameter! But William Shakespeare (perhaps unwittingly)…
I was playing golf with a few old friends last week and inadvertently stumbled upon yet another valuable lesson for the Resilient Worker! After striping what I thought was my first brilliant tee shot of the day (a blind, dogleg right), I walked up…
The beach in Santa Monica, California. One of the most beautiful places in the world with its sweeping views of the Pacific Ocean punctuated by the craggy expanse of the Malibu Mountains. Many years ago, my wife and I lived…
I never want to let my guard down and become complacent. If you become complacent, you start feeling entitled. I’m ready to go dig ditches if I have to. Whatever I gotta do to provide for my family.–Mark Wahlberg The modern day…