Your Life Is the Journey, Not the Destination
“When Nebraska wins an NCAA college football title, my life will be complete.” As a diehard fan since 1976 and a season ticket holder since 1991, this was my annual mantra from 1980 until 1994. In 1994, we did it. We beat Miami 24-17 in the Orange Bowl, securing Coach Tom Osborne’s first national title. […]
Continue readingHarnessing Momentum in Business and in Life
“They were winning, but then they lost momentum.” “Boy, the momentum has clearly shifted in the other team’s favor.” “They have BIG MO on their side now.” Those three sports clichés are repeated in almost every sports telecast. It doesn’t matter what sport–football, basketball, baseball. I’ve heard them in men’s games and women’s games. I’ve […]
Continue readingHow to Own Decisions and Their Consequences
I had the privilege of speaking to the scholar athletes at Westside High School (WHS) last month. It’s been twenty six years since I attended WHS. Trying to share in fifteen minutes what I have learned since being a WHS scholar athlete was both humbling and terrifying. Reading my own bio in the event program […]
Continue readingEmpathy Makes Better Employees and Better People
How can you have empathy? My wife Lisa and I have five children. Lisa and our daughter Carly spent this past week in Nashville. That left me and the four boy’s at home. Alone. I mean, to ‘fend for ourselves.’ Seriously, to fend. After I made breakfast, I looked at the clock. I had thirty […]
Continue readingLove Conquers All
Love has the capacity to heal. Sometimes it takes tough love, but love nonetheless. Anger are powerful, but it doesn’t hold a candle to love. Love conquers all. We’re taught that first we must love ourselves in order to love others completely. It’s not selfishness; it’s called human-ness. Freeing ourselves from the constant judgment of […]
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