If you’ve never heard of Randy Pausch, you can learn about him — and about life — in this video. But this clip is not meant to be viewed by you alone; it’s meant to be shared with your team, your teammates, your fellow coaches, anyone who needs a reminder about how precious life is. […]
Hollywood’s version of “True Grit” came out in 1969 and starred John Wayne. You can remake this movie today, put yourself in the starring role, and have it run in your home every day. A recent article in the Boston Globe takes a look at success and concludes that it comes from something it calls […]
Yesterday on sports radio, the talk turned to injuries in baseball. There seem to be many of them. One of the announcers made a point of saying that no matter how much care is given to pitchers, they break down. The subject made me wonder if the way teams handle the health of their pitchers […]
Someone once said that the beauty of sports is certainty. At the end of the game, you can know whether you won or lost. This is a welcome relief from the gray areas of life, where, for instance, you can leave a meeting and say, “What happened in there?” In sports, not only do you […]
Perhaps you’ve seen the video of a recent daredevil stunt in which a kayaker plunged over a 180-foot waterfall. This extreme sport says everything about how much you accomplish in your life and career. Warning: I am not telling you to go out and ride over a waterfall. However, it is a good idea — […]
Yesterday marked the trading deadline in big-league baseball, and several deals took place. Now we enter Stage 3 of the trading season. Just to review, Stage 1 is the weeks leading up to the deadline, where people speculate on what trades MIGHT take place. Stage 2 is the day when the deals actually are completed. […]