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A few months ago, a reader asked me what gear I take on the road to ensure travel doesn’t interfere with work and deadlines. Knowing that many of you travel for work (some of you a lot more than I do), I thought I’d take some time today to share my answer. The photo above, […]
Pain or damage don’t end the world. Or despair or fucking beatings. The world ends when you’re dead. Until then, you got more punishment in store. Stand it like a man…and give some back. ~ the character Al Swearengen from “Deadwood” I received quite a few emails in response to last week’s blog about giving, […]
The sun, with all those planets revolving around it and dependent on it, can still ripen a bunch of grapes as if it had nothing else in the universe to do. ~ Galileo At the start of my Saturday morning yoga class, our instructor shared a story (h/t LB) about two monks who, upon encountering […]
Every man must decide whether he will walk in the light of creative altruism or in the darkness of destructive selfishness. ~ Martin Luther King Jr. One doesn’t have to be a fan of basketball to know that Stephen Curry is one of the best shooters to ever have played the game. Consider, for example, […]
You’ve gotta keep control of your time and you can’t unless you say no. You can’t let people set your agenda in life. ~ Warren Buffett I’ve been deliberating whether or not to volunteer my time to coach a youth basketball team in 2019 (mentioned earlier in Ten Rules for Teaching and Learning). As you […]
The future is purchased by the present. ~ Samuel Johnson Shortly before his death in 2001 at the age of 52, highly regarded basketball player and coach Dick DeVenzio wrote a book about basketball titled Runnin’ the Show. DeVenzio explores what it takes to be a leader on the basketball court, how to maximize talent, […]
Your worst enemy cannot harm you as much as your own thoughts, unguarded. But once mastered, no one can help you as much, not even your father or mother. ~ Buddha, Dhammapada I recently had the opportunity to visit with Lili Thompson, a charming young lady who, during her three-year tenure with Stanford’s basketball team, […]
Why oh why are human beings so hard to teach, but so easy to deceive. ~ Dio Chrysostom Identified by a white cross on top of a hill next to Sabino Canyon Road in Tucson, Sisters of the Immaculate Heart of Mary is a Catholic school for women located near the base of the Santa […]
Success means doing the best we can with what we have. Success is the doing, not the getting, in the trying, not the triumph. ~ Zig Ziglar As a leader, manager, or professional I suspect, like myself, you’ve been told to “dream the impossible” and to set “big hairy audacious goals” for your team/organization. After […]
All truly great thoughts are conceived by walking. ~ Nietzsche Over the last few weeks, we’ve been discussing the secrets to longevity based on the observations Dan Buettner made in his 2005 National Geographic article. Mr. Buettner remarks that in particular parts of the world, people are either reaching age 100 at extraordinary rates, […]
