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First Blog Post for The Resilient Worker
Coach Joe Tropea has been giving back to the community his entire life. His baritone voice has BOOMED across local playgrounds, football fields, baseball fields and basketball courts for decades. He has been known to bite his tongue (literally) in tense…
Baby, it’s cold outside! With most of the East Coast of the US in a deep freeze, The Clarks headed north (not south!) last week to visit family and spend time on our ancestral farm in New Hampshire. It is the…
Homecoming at Georgetown Prep High School is a sacred day in The Clark household. The changing of the leaves. The tradition. The sense of community. And the smell of football in the air. It’s a magical time for the young and the old who make their…
I was flipping through the channels Saturday night when I stumbled on the 1992 award-winning film, Glengarry Glen Ross. It is one of those “Venus flytrap” movies that you can’t escape once you tune in. So I fired up some Orville Redenbacher popcorn and settled in…
Many seasons ago, Coach Steve Spurrier led the Duke Blue Devils to a glorious ACC Football Championship. That’s right, the “Old Ball Coach” achieved legendary status at Duke years before he went on to fame and fortune. Back in those days,…
Sean Gaiser is enormously talented. Watching him perform or listening to one of his albums is musical nirvana. But talent alone does not dictate success. The world is littered with gifted people (musicians, actors, writers, entrepreneurs) who never reach their potential. Sharing…
Coach Mac is a legendary baseball coach and mentor. But he is not just trying to create a better player. He is not just trying to create a better team. He is trying to build the character and discipline of every person in the organization. In doing so, he is building a better community one player at a time.
Coach Mac’s lessons are not just for his players. His five keys to creating a better community apply to all of us in our every day lives.
“When you don’t know what tomorrow brings, it makes it so much easier to enjoy today!”
Lila “Bean” Giroux has been battling pediatric brain cancer for the past 8 years. The battle of the entire Giroux Family can tell us a lot about resilience, perspective, and appreciation in our own lives.
Tim “T.” Strachan had a simple but powerful dream. Ever since he was 5 years old, he wanted to play college football. This was not a whimsical fantasy. He was passionate about his goal. He was dedicated to the cause. And he…
I had the good fortune of attending Mark Shriver’s signing party for his newest book on the life of Pope Francis (“Pilgrimage”) . An interesting and intriguing read, perhaps the most revealing story centers on the Pope’s insistence that those under…