From the basketball courts of inner cities to the makeshift baseball fields in country pastures, the influence of professional athletes runs deep. Kids imitate their homerun trots, jump shots, and touchdown celebrations. They also imitate their swagger, trash talk, and attitude of entitlement. No, athletes are not ‘technically’ paid to be role models, but it…
“Oh my goodness! You scored in the 99th percentile!” “What’s that mean?” “It means that you scored in the top 1% of all the kids in the country!” (kid contemplating what that means) “You are so smart! We’re so proud of you.” At first glance, there is absolutely nothing wrong with that exchange between…
“Do what you love. Know your own bone; gnaw at it, bury it, unearth it, and gnaw it still.” -Henry David Thoreau This post and five others are based on a NY Times article by Eilene Zimmerman called, Six Companies That Did Not Survive 2010. Did the economy fail us, or did we fail ourselves?…
Note: This post and five others in this series use the six companies highlighted in a NY Times article by Eilene Zimmerman. You can find the original article posted on Yahoo by clicking here. (Macbeth the entrepreneur) "Is this a shiny object which I see before me, The easy-button toward my hand? Come, let me clutch…
The REAL Way To More Money And Happiness With No Headaches! How to use the secret formula of the world’s most successful companies to put your life and business on the path of automatic growth and profitability! (No MBA required) This clip is from a Game-changing and Life-changing event called, "The Total Online…
The themes and message of this speech can speak to us today as loudly as they did then. Hate is a weapon in the hand of the ignorant and no one has the right to deny a fellow human the opportunity to find and express their God-given gifts.
I decided to jump my own rules and jump out of this week for our Mindset Moment. I want you to consider the Mindset it requires to look at a 400 year-old injustice and decide, "Enough!" How much Vision, Purpose, and Belief does it take to shoulder the burden of an entire race and carry…
