7 Questions That Will Turn Failure into Awesome
Over the years Jeff and I have had numerous conversations about the importance of winning and losing. We are a society that watches the scoreboard and cares about wins and losses. But games are not really won on game day.
Games are won in the off-season working on strength, agility,
resilience, and speed. Games are won by watching game films. Games are won at
before and after school practices. Games are won during the times, on and off
the court, when you mentally and emotionally have ...
Run Through the Tape – a Lesson for Life and COVID-19
My friend Roger was an outstanding sprinter on his high
school track team. He ran the anchor leg of the 4 x 400-yard relay team. At one
particular track meet, his relay was the last event of the day. If they won the
relay, the school would also win the entire meet.
The first three legs of the relay were very close. Roger
received the “anchor leg” baton in second place, but was able to sprint past
his opponent to a comfortable lead with quite a bit of track left until the
finish line. ...
What a Difference a Day Makes – 5 Tips to Stay Safe and Connected
Stress is caused by uncertainty, uncontrollable situations, and sustained volatility according a stress researcher from Harvard University. The research I’ve read finds that the “big three” elements that cause stress are when “family, finances and/or health” are threatened. It appears that all of these elements are in the bulls eye right now, and it’s almost certainly going to get worse before it gets better.
Who could have imagined the lightning speed at which the
world has ...
The Top Ten Lessons from Art of War to Battle COVID-19
The Art of War by Sun Tzu was written more than
2,500 years ago. His lessons are still employed by many leaders today. Some
historians believe that if the political and military leaders of the 20th
and 21st centuries had studied and applied Sun Tzu’s lessons that
Vietnam, the Korean War, the Bay of Pigs, and that World Wars I and II may have
been avoided. At the very least, these major conflicts would have had
significantly different outcomes, whereby millions of young lives would have
been ...
#LeadershipMatters – 5 COVID-19 Tips and 1 Vital Leadership Lesson
This blog has some helpful information, and ends with one vitally important leadership lesson. For those who believe that everything that President Trump says is true, when he said finally said late this week that "the Conronavirus is serious"…believe him! Be it two months late, he finally responded to the Coronavirus pandemic appropriately.
Here’s what I believe to be helpful information. Earlier this
week I heard Trump say these things in a press conference:
“Coronavirus is like ...
The Opposite of Love is not Hate…Well then What is It?
At Jeff’s wedding last October his best man, Dan Halter, asked a great question. “Do you remember the moment you fell in love?” He went on to explain that most of us don’t, and that the reality is is that love begins and stays because of endless little actions that demonstrate that you love that person. Making their coffee, picking up the clothes, calling home to check in “just because”, and on and on and on the list goes.
My wise friend, Herb, once said, “The opposite of ...
Special Tender Lion Interview Feature
If you’re a new reader of our blog, Tender Lions is about building the vital relationship between father and son. Last week marked the one-year anniversary of the publication of Tender Lions. The book, among other things, contains interviews with numerous men that Jeff and I believe have valuable perspectives on their relationship with their dad.
What follows is the interview I did with Oscar Benavides, a true example of what it means to be a tender lion. Oscar is a great example of ...
Let’s Just All Get Along!
While the outcome of the presidential impeachment process
has been, relatively speaking, predictable from the onset, people’s varying reactions
have fascinated me. What’s most amazing is how (seemingly) intelligent adults
can observe the exact same situation and have polar-opposite opinions.
Here’s my theory. We are losing our ability (or desire) to actually try to connect with, understand and care about “our neighbor.” Social media, honest to goodness real fake news, and giant ...
Why I Respect Kobe Bryant
This past Sunday much of the world was rocked when we learned that Kobe Bryant, arguably one of the best basketball players of all time, was killed along with his daughter and seven other people in a helicopter crash. My wife, daughter and son all have basketball “in their veins” having been serious basketball players in school. They each have their “Kobe stories.” If you watched much (or any) basketball in the last 20 years, you probably have a Kobe story, too.
This week the news ...
Welcome Your Wounds
Recently, I heard an interview with Father Joseph Boyle, CEO of Homeboy Industries in Los Angeles. He’s a man (and a priest) who’s ministered to and with some of the toughest young men in one of the roughest neighborhoods in the world. He told a story of a young man, “Juan”, whose mother beat him every day because he reminded her of Juan’s father. When he was about nine-years old, she took him to Mexico and gave him to an orphanage, saying that “I found this boy on the street.” ...