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Kill the Snake!

Ross Perot made the saying, “Kill the Snake,” popular during his run for president. He used a story to relay how organizations and government get so consumed by bureaucracy and red tape that they can’t accomplish the simplest tasks that are critical to the mission.  For our illustration, since I love to fish, we will ... Read more

Leaders Have to Learn to Laugh at Ourselves

It’s easy to get so busy, stressed, down or sometimes “self-important,” that we forget who we are and what’s really important to us.  I know that I experience those feelings sometimes and one of the tricks that I use to bring myself back to earth or pull myself out of a slump is to simply ... Read more

Hold On!

My grandson, Davis, and I were playing in the pool recently when we started a game that involved standing up on a float. My job was to hold on to the float while he tried to stand up. At first he would lose his balance immediately, because he was worried I was going to let ... Read more

Pain Also Comes to the College World Series

As you can tell by the fact that this is my third blog related to the College World Series, the entire experience really had an impact on me. But it wasn’t all fun. Imagine: You are riding on cloud nine as your favorite school is playing in the most elite event there is for college ... Read more

Be a Tyler Campbell

All my posts won’t be about sports. I promise. But my time at the College World Series gave me some really great insights into leadership and teams. Especially my observations of Tyler Campbell. To put it bluntly, Campbell was an afterthought heading into the College World Series. But on June 21, 2014, he was Vanderbilt ... Read more

Are You Ready to Be Better?

Every day we have the opportunity to work toward reaching our full potential—it’s a journey that makes us better for having daily reached for it. This journey for our full potential is laden with opportunities, abundance, self confidence and a unique feeling of accomplishment.  It’s small things that separate typical and average from great and ... Read more