Tag Archives: discipline
“You Go Girls!”: U.S. Women Take the Gold
So I’m sure many of you watched the Opening Ceremonies for the Olympic Games on Friday night, and I’m sure many of you were as underwhelmed as I was. Even if I felt like being generous, what chance did the … Continue reading
Posted in Business and Sports, Life and Sports
Tagged commitment, discipline, London 2012, Olympics, Skeet Shooting, Swimming, Team USA, truth
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Thunder: Always Be Closing
So I must admit I am loving these NBA Finals—every night! Immediate gratification—no week of waiting in between. And I’m fascinated by the Spurs/Thunder match up: age and experience vs. youth and unpredictability. 3 lessons we can learn from the … Continue reading
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Tagged attitude, basketball, discipline, effort, experience, leadership lessons, NBA, NBA playoffs, Spurs, team, Thunder
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Luck and Griffin: the New Breed
Transformation to Sports Nut complete. In the absence of any competitive sports I love this weekend, I found myself watching the ISU World Figure Skating Championships—2012—that I dvr’d last weekend, while I was watching the Masters. . .oy vay. Skating … Continue reading
Bubba Grinds It Out!
I am a self-proclaimed “football girl.” So why am I unable to resist glancing at my tv, every now and then, to watch the Masters Golf Championship in Augusta? Certainly, there are no gorgeous male thighs in spandex. . .the … Continue reading
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Tagged attitude, Augusta, Bubba Watson, control, discipline, football inspiration, golf, Greg Norman, Masters, necessary roughness, PGA
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Are you ALL IN?
Valentine’s Day: a time to celebrate who and what we love. . . Tim Tebow is among them. Sigh. . .football season is over. . .he’s not in the news any more. . .or is he? Sports pundits have been … Continue reading
This is for Mama Myra
So the NFL Playoff games last Sunday were not my favorite. Both teams I was rooting for lost, and the losses were due to mistakes, glaring examples of players not doing their jobs as well as they usually do. Was … Continue reading
Action Steps From NFL Playoffs
Ahhhh, the NFL Playoffs last weekend delivered as usual: thrills and chills, dramatic plays, even touching moments. Three lessons for US in the real work world stand out to me: 1. Turnovers … Continue reading
Posted in Football and Life
Tagged attitude, discipline, football, football inspiration, leadership lessons, nfl, nfl passion, NFL Playoffs
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Where Was Peyton’s Matt Flynn?
A month till my birthday, which also means a month till the Super Bowl! Before the season started, I was hoping my favorite quarterback, Peyton Manning, and his team would be IN the Super Bowl. He inspired the first (and … Continue reading
Detroit Lions making a comeback…are you?
We are reinventing ourselves to survive in this economy. I like to think of it as a “comeback.” Last year was such a down year for corporate meetings using outside speakers, I toyed with the idea of going back into … Continue reading
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Tagged comeback, Detroit Lions, discipline, leadership lessons, never give up, nfl
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