EGO Loses the Game

Week 2 of the NFL season is over after tonight’s Monday night game.  And what a week it’s been!  A business lesson jumps out at me.  It’s called DO YOUR JOB!  It’s a recurring mantra among football coaches, as well as among corporate CEOs, presidents of volunteer boards, and soccer moms in charge of assigning…

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New Season: ALL is Possible!

Yesterday was the First Football Sunday of the 93rd season of the NFL.  I must admit, the thumping fanfare on CBS did bring tears to my eyes.  This sport does not only move ME—it moves Americans as no sport ever has.  I think it’s because times are tough.  In the face of this inevitably-not-as-fast-as-we-want-it economic…

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Preseason 2012: What We Can Learn

Last year at this time, I wrote a blog called “My Love/Hate Relationship with NFL Preseason Football.”  And it’s that happy time of year again and I still feel pretty much the same way.  Yesterday, I watched my Chicago Bears lookin’ good!  The first quarter anyway . . .Cutler to Devin Hester; Cutler to Matt…

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Did You Find Inspiration?

Your Monthly Moments from Mimi are coming early, since I can’t think of any impending football moments this month. The NFL Draft delivered bigtime Thursday night. Radio City Music Hall was packed.  Last time I was there was the Tony Awards: the place was packed with Broadway insiders and big stars. Last Thursday night, Radio…

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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 used to be my favorite spectator “sports” before I became addicted to football.  I still…

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