I may not know you, but I know something about you…you want to become successful. Successful in sports. Successful in sales. Successful in school. There is a sure-fire way to get better results and differentiate yourself from the competition. We live in a society of mediocrity. Many athletes don’t want to go the extra mile […]
Martina Navratilova is a former World No. 1 female tennis player. In fact, Billie Jean King said Navratilova is the “greatest singles, doubles and mixed doubles player who’s ever lived.” I played some doubles with Martina when she was getting ready to make her comeback back in 2000. I vividly remember the first time I […]
One of the traits successful people share is their desire for constant learning. When you have a growth mindset like that, the sky is the limit and anything is possible. Well, my newest Facebook friend is almost in the sky, she’s 6 foot 11.5 inches tall. Her name is Marvadene “Bubbles” Anderson. I first met […]
Today is the 116th Boston Marathon. A 26.2 mile physical, mental and spiritual test for over 26,000 runners. And today is going to be a hot one. Tom Fleming is a marathon runner and he actually was runner-up at in the Boston Marathon two times. When he was at his peak, Fleming would run between […]
Tomorrow, college basketball really heats up…the Final Four of the NCAA tournament. Louisville, Kentucky, Ohio State and Kansas will be competing to see who will get to the final round. I have have been a consultant for some Final Four teams and if I were to give a talk to the teams right before they […]
Today is Pi Day (3.14). Today is also Albert Einstein’s birthday, so the whole Princeton area is going insane. There are pi fights, pi eating contests, all sorts of mental olympics and even a geekiest geek contest! Since Princeton is going “insane” on Pi Day, I want you to go through your day thinking about […]
Well, it’s National Procrastination Week, and I’m all for it. In fact, I want you to make EVERY week, Procrastination Week. Now, don’t get me wrong, I don’t want you to procrastinate practicing, paying your bills, cleaning your house or any of that sort of thing. Actually, there’s only one thing that I want you […]
Well, it’s February 29th on this Leap Year, so I feel it only appropriate to tell you one of my favorite riddles… Three frogs were sitting on a log. Two frogs decided to leap off. How many frogs were left? Answer: Three. Just because the two frogs DECIDED to leap off, doesn’t mean that they […]
By now, nearly everyone on the planet has heard about Jeremy Lin of the New York Knicks and “Lin-sanity.” If for some reason, you have been living under a rock for the past few weeks, let me recap for you. After getting cut from the Golden State Warriors, Houston Rockets, and nearly the New York […]
Recently, I was watching the press conference for Yankee catcher, Jorge Posada’s retirement from baseball. As Jorge spoke, reflected on his career and answered questions from the media, I couldn’t help but think about a story I once heard about the young Posada in Puerto Rico. When Jorge was just starting out in baseball, Jorge […]