I read a quote a few weeks back by Bob Cringley, one of my favorite people. Because he is a successful author, he gets a lot of people telling him about how they want to write a book. His observation was interesting. He said “Everyone thinks they want to write a book. What they really […]
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One of the Good Guys
This past week, I found out that one of the guys I have coached for the past three years got a full academic scholarship to Duke University. I don’t want to mention his name publicly, but will refer to him as E. E is one of those kids that you consider yourself lucky to have […]
The Harvard of…
I like it when people refer to things as “The Harvard of…”. I thought I would compile my own list of “The Harvard of…” Harvard – The Oxford of the US University of Virginia – The Harvard of the South Davidson College – The Harvard of the South for those who went to Davidson Duke […]
You Have to Believe
your own bullshit. Trying to convince someone else that you have something worthwhile to offer when you don’t believe it yourself doesn’t work.
Stick a fork in me
Last night was my last night as the head coach of varsity boys basketball at Trinity Academy. I spent the last four winters doing something that I never thought I would have the chance to do, and it was both more work and more fun than I could have imagined at the beginning. Sports, for […]
That’s Amore
Love means different things to different people. I think, when we are young, we all think love is romance. Of course, we are young and stupid, so we really don’t know. I offer a public tribute on this Valentine’s Day to Shelley, my bride of 16+ years. This is what love looks like to me: […]
Observing The Generation Gap
Over the holidays at my in-laws, I took time to observe their behavior and compare it to mine. My in-laws are in their 60s. Each day they: Watched the local news on TV Watched the national news on TV Read the local paper for news Spent almost no time on the internet Carried no smart […]
Unfocused
I was reading a post by Michael Hyatt this week called ‘Why I Stopped Reading Your Blog’. A few of the points he made I agreed with, a few I didn’t. One of the points made me think for a while about this site, specifically his point about being unfocused. Michael is a great writer and a tremendous […]
More And Less 2011 – Looking Ahead
More Shipping I spent the last few months of 2010 getting the foundation laid for what I hope is a successful 2011. Success in 2011 means shipping. Shipping takes on various forms for me. Communicating consistently. This past year, when I was doing 300 words a day on this blog, it was one of the […]
More And Less 2010 – Wrapping Up
At the beginning of this year, I set out to live differently. I called it the More And Less List, and it went something like this: More doing, less talking about doing More time with people I want to spend time with, less time with people I don’t More thinking about impacting the world, less […]