Aside from a smattering of applause here and there, the parents were completely silent. And myself, as the coach, instead of standing on the sidelines and giving instruction periodically to players, I was sitting on the bench watching quietly, with a clipboard updating positions where the kids were playing on the field. And keeping track […]
We live on a street called Bayview. There’s no view of the bay. At least not from our house. The actual view of the bay is through the trees about a quarter mile beyond a stand of pines down to a boatyard behind our house. With three young kids, living by the ocean I felt […]
I don’t believe in failure. It is not failure if you enjoyed the process.” – Oprah Winfrey Drummer Hoff was one of my favorite childhood books. It’s a story about people who, in turn, provide pieces of a cannon (“Sergeant Chowder brought the powder, Corporal Farrell brought the barrel…”), and then finally it’s Drummer Hoff […]
What’s your most enjoyable pop music out there today? Mumford & Sons? The Lumineers? Carly Rae Jepsen? Please. Get that weak sauce out of here. For ten minutes of toe-tappin, wide grinnin joy, try Andrea Perry. She has been quietly producing inspiring music in her home studio in Austin TX, and she has the catchiest […]
Here is a brief excerpt from OutThink on the power of integrating the human factor in our work. Enjoy! The profession of radiology has been progressing over the past fifty years in terms of how people are trained, the equipment and technology used, and immediacy of feedback. Yet despite these advances, error rates often remain […]
“The real glory is being knocked to your knees and then coming back. That’s real glory. Thats the essence of it.” ― Vince Lombardi Jr. “You guys were just great! Well done. You all played really well.” No one said anything. Our ten-year old soccer team had just lost. We got crushed. Badly. I was […]
Adversity causes some men to break; others to break records. – William Arthur Ward It’s an astonishing thing to observe people who encounter obstacle after hurtle after challenge, and yet seem to only gain strength and confidence and power after each, seemingly insurmountable, roadblock is set before them. There’s a great scene in the animated […]
Following is a fun excerpt from OutThink…enjoy! I have a confession. I used to be a tyrant in the morning. Tyrant might be an exaggeration (or not), but my recollection is that while getting the kids ready for school I spent all of my energy cajoling, prodding, pleading, scolding, and sometimes ranting at my kids […]
“A good leader inspires others with confidence in him; a great leader inspires them with confidence in themselves. ” Nick Morgan told me this story. In 1944 Robert Desnos, born 1900 in Paris, had become a poet and member of the French Resistance and subsequently arrested by the Gestapo. While interred in Auschwitz he and […]
My wife and I often like to go running, sometimes together, sometimes not. Recently we were home on a lazy Sunday with our seven year old daughter and it was getting late in the day. We were losing daylight for us to trade runs, one after the other. So I suggested our daughter, Annie, go […]