In giving his excellent team-building sessions, my friend and fellow author Gary Pritchard always says that there are three things you can control: your effort, your attitude and your response to failure. He calls it EAR.
Now billionaire sports owner Mark Cuban is echoing Pritchard. In this article from Business Insider, Cuban, owner of the NBA [...]
What can you do to make 2012 your best year yet?
It all begins in the few precious hours before Dick Clark comes on TV and the ball comes down in Times Square. With one fun exercise you can create a year to remember.
Just use the Banquet Technique. It comes in three steps.
First, imagine that this [...]
Steve Jobs famously wore the same outfit every day because he didn’t want to devote any brain power to the choice of clothing.
His reason was simple. Thinking about clothes was simply not important to him. In no way was it a priority.
No matter what your wardrobe looks like, you can use Jobs’ example in your [...]
We are all salespeople. For example, coaches are trying to sell a system, or new habits, or principles to their team. They’re trying to motivate, teach, reinforce, you name it.
Whatever you’re selling, take a look at this article and see if any of these traps are holding you back.
Remember, communication is a skill like any [...]
Here’s a case of a coach thinking outside the box.
Temple basketball coach Fran Dunphy underlined the need for teamwork by taking his team for a workout with the crew squad. His players got a first-hand look at chemistry.
Give this coach high marks for understanding that the game goes well beyond X’s and O’s It’s [...]
At first glance, you might not see much connection between school homework and gaining skill at a sport. But there’s one common theme: improvement.
Coaches and teachers alike should constantly be searching for ways to help their student-athletes get better at what they do.
In this article from the New York Times, the author argues that it’s [...]
Whether you’re a coach, a teacher, a boss or a parent, you’re in the business of molding the future. How do you help people improve? How do you help others become all they can be?
There’s great advice in this article. It’s the Management Tip of the Day from the Harvard Business Review.
“Research shows that identifying [...]
In the word of sports parenting, here’s how you keep up with the Jones:
Personal coach.
Psychologist.
Nutritionist.
Lawyer.
Lawyer?
Yes, according to this article in The Record of Bergen County, NJ, one father is suing because his daughter did not make the All-County team. He claims this is hurting her college chances.
You can decide whether the father has a point [...]
Well, it’s headed for 100 degrees here in New Jersey, USA. The heat wave led one radio announcer to say, “It was a rough winter and a very wet spring. No reason to think the summer won’t be extreme, too.”
One of my favorite quotes came from the world-class instruction at the Gold Medal Squared volleyball [...]
The other day on TV, a baseball expert used the phrase “projectable body” to describe a player taken in the recent draft. By “projectable body,” the expert meant a body that, while not yet developed, will likely grow to become what’s needed in the big leagues.
That’s what the draft is all about. It’s not about [...]