Tag: Contagious Enthusiasm
The NBA regular season begins this week, and we are in for an incredible season of exciting play from spectacular teams.
But behind every on-court team…is a talented team of staff, and there are few individuals in the league as progressive as Kevin Eastman, former assistant coach and current Vice-President for Basketball Operations of the Los Angeles Clippers. Over dinner recently, Eastman taught me several valuable...
Leadership is a Contact Sport
In the fast-paced worlds of sports and business, the daily demands of leaders are always increasing, which leaves little time for anything outside of our schedules.
But to be successful, we must make leadership a contact sport. By really putting in the effort to get to know your team better, you lay the foundation for Greater success within your organization.
Losing Weight and Finding Meaning
Every once in a while I write about the importance of learning from your losses. No one has learned more than Joe Ostaszewski.
Ostaszewski—former defensive lineman for Florida State University and the NFL’s Miami Dolphins—was recently a finalist and season favorite on the hit-show the Biggest Loser. Ostaszewski fully committed himself to changing his life and went from 364 lbs to 217—a loss of a staggering 147 pounds!...
Made for the Moment
Like many of you, I am tired of the entire Donald Sterling scandal.
I wish the guy would just go away. But sometimes in a moment like this you see something Greater than the story, and what I saw in Los Angeles Clippers head coach Doc Rivers was a man made for the moment.
The Value of Someone Watching You
Right now if a future employer were watching you, what would they see?
Okay, okay… I know they’d see you reading this blog!
But really—what would they see in you? Passion, energy, excitement, or slouching, low energy, and complaining?
Recently, I had the Great opportunity to speak with McGriff Tire Company, Inc., one of the most successful commercial tire companies in the southeast.
Your Daily Dose of Greatness
“Keep on going and the chances are you will stumble on something, perhaps when you are least expecting it. I have never heard of anyone stumbling on something sitting down.”
Charles F. Kettering
Your Daily Dose of Greatness
“Life is either a daring adventure or nothing.”
– Helen Keller
Your Daily Dose of Greatness
“Things turn out best for the people who make the best of the way things turn out.”
– John Wooden
Your Daily Dose of Greatness
“Achievement is largely the product of steadily raising one’s levels of aspiration… and expectation.”
– Jack Nicklaus