Search
Your Playbook Is Only As Good As Your Players
Raised by two 'Bama graduates, my heart broke a little last night, watching LSU impressively roll back the Tide. (Hats off to the Tigers...
"The Cave You Fear to Enter"
Joseph Campbell is a towering figure in the power of myths. He may be best known for his collaboration with George Lucas on Star Wars and...
Are You Windmilling?
Business leaders, like triathletes, must be careful to not fall into a "windmilling" pattern when they seek to go farther faster. I know...
What You Don't Know About Perseverance May Surprise You
In triathlon, as in life, we must persevere. Triathlon training brings you intimately close with this character trait. It becomes a...
Life is Like a Firework - Get Out There and Shine
I just returned from a fantastic 4th of July weekend with my nephews (my “nephies” as I call them) up in the northeast. Their little...
Ten Reasons to Try Triathlon
Sport words that end in "-thon" are intimidating. They sound a) long and b) like olympic events that only professionals do. When people...
Impatient Patience
As a former triathlete, I was planning to write about the long, arduous road to victory in triathlon - whether one's deeply personal...
Your Body is Talking. Are You Listening?
A year ago I took a life-changing 6-week class through my local county adult education program on meditation. I had tried meditation over...
Who's In Charge? You or Time?
There is an entire cottage industry devoted to the topic of time management. Who has the time to even research time management? Search...
Commit Me
Dedication, devotion, commitment. These are all synonyms for pledging one's whole self to a task or purpose or another person. When we...
Stop to Go
I reflected in a previous post about being physically stopped recently and being fully sidelined (again) from a sport I love - triathlon....
Are You a Champion?
If you caught the US Open’s epic first round matches back in 2013 on ESPN, then you likely saw – and heard – the grand slams of Serena...
Life's Countdown Timer
I recently encountered a new marketing tactic. Maybe you have seen it. It's called a "countdown timer." Marketers use it increasingly...
Don't Just Ask Somebody. Ask YOUR Body.
Anticipating the arrival of a New Year can bring conflicted feelings for me. At its best, a New Year can be a time of rest (with the...
On Being Snowed
Hark! Here in D.C. we are in the midst of a "historic" snowfall. I witnessed its auspicious arrival last night as I headed out of my...
Does This Keep You Up at Night?
There’s a lot of buzz today in Washington, DC – and across the country – about who’s coming to power. We don’t need an election to tell...