One Thing

I saw the movie City Slickers in the theater when I was 15 years old.  Billy Crystal was 43 then, and he might as well have been 83 from my perspective.  His character in the movie was 39.  The movie was entertaining enough (“I made a cow!”), but at age 15...

Baseball Joe

In Lesson 2 of Module 3 in the Coaching With Purpose lessons that we use in Coaching Life Groups, we read this quote: Although I was a reasonably good guy, I was relating to many of my players as if our relationship was a business deal.  I would care about them and...

Attitude Check

Last night I went to the first grade musical at my youngest son’s elementary school.  If you’ve been to a first grade musical anytime in the last 20 years, you know how it goes.  It’s kind of cute, but there’s not a whole lot of entertainment...

Ice On the Concrete

I am a big believer in positive attitudes and feel like complaining is one of the most powerful enemies of joy and success.  As a result, there are very few things that I allow myself to complain and whine about.  However, cold, snow and ice all make the list.  Maybe...

Coaching Bad

Last night I was watching a basketball game on TV with my kids and a commercial came on for a new TV series called “Coaching Bad”.  Spike TV is teaming up with Ray Lewis to “shine a light on the ever-growing issue of coaches and their anger...

Nuisance

Grant Wiggins writes a blog about education and just a few months ago posted this — an account of a veteran high school teacher who decides to shadow two students for a day to get a better feel for what it’s like to be a HS student. The post is a terrific...