T.J. Oshie impressed more than than the man in the street with his shootout performance that lifted the U.S. over Russia in a hockey game at the Winter Olympics. He even drew a rave from a big-league baseball player at spring training. “It was awesome,” St. Louis outfielder Matt Holliday said at the Cardinals’ camp […]
You’ve already seen athletes spin and twist through the air at the Sochi Winter Olympics. Those feats are nothing compared to the gymnastics that take place in their minds. “You have to train your mind like you train your body,” Olympic decathlete Bruce Jenner once said. This Huffington Post article by Carolyn Gregoire explains how […]
So much has changed in the 50 years since the Beatles appeared on the Ed Sullivan Show. Nothing showed those changes as well as last night’s “The Night That Changed America: A Grammy Salute To The Beatles.” This time, the Beatles appeared in blazing color instead of black and white. In 2014, computer graphics behind […]
You’ve seen the caricature of the gym teacher, a muscle-bound specimen who can’t even hold his clipboard right side up. A friend of mine, himself a gym teacher, doesn’t fit the stereotype and doesn’t want to. He recently had to sound off when visiting another school. The admissions people boasted that they didn’t pay much […]
Forty-four years ago this weekend, Joe Namath changed our world. By leading the New York Jets to an upset over the heavily favored Baltimore Colts, Namath rescued the Super Bowl and pointed it toward the iconic event we know today. He did it by avoiding the two biggest mistakes people make: underestimating themselves, and overestimating […]
A few years ago, a friend of mine predicted that the sport of American football would disappear within a generation or so. This friend, a sport psychologist, said a growing awareness of concussions would lead parents to keep their children away from the game. Evidence is growing to help his claim. An August episode of […]
Take a moment to look around your life. At your job, who is the most committed person, who is the least and where do you fall on this line? Same question for your family, your team, your school, you name it. How committed are you? One day a chicken ran around the barnyard, telling all […]
If you ever find yourself wondering how your life will turn out, don’t waste time going to a fortune teller. Just use the following success formula, and you’ll know all you need to know about tomorrow. In everything you do in life, you will either: Do more than expected. Do the same as expected. Do […]
Today is 10/11/12. Tenth day, eleventh month, twelfth year. Did you know that before you read it here? Maybe, maybe not. But one thing is for sure: Lots of things happen every day without us realizing it. We walk past opportunities, resources and people who could help us. There are also the things we don’t […]
Ever see a James Bond movie? He’s good at everything: driving, swimming, romancing, martial arts, computers, you name it. Bond’s skill set makes for great theater, but that’s all it’s good for. Here’s the reality: No one is good at everything. It takes lots of work to be good at even one thing. How much […]