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My father-in-law, Doug, passed away last weekend. After a 5-year battle with Alzheimer's, pulmonary embolisms, congestive heart failure, some mini-strokes, and even Covid, he finally passed on at aged 84. His strength through those years, and all the years I knew him,...

Negativity affects you negatively 100% of the time. Trevor Moawad Think right now of the most negative person you know. Now think of another one. And another one. Was that difficult? Did three different people come right to your mind? Chances are, they did. Most of us...

This is a re-post of the most popular, most-commented-on post that I ever wrote. Unfortunately, it is also still applicable today, maybe even more than when I wrote it. Last week I was asked by our high school’s girls’ basketball coach to referee some summer scrimmage...

I'm moving my family and our house across the country. So for the next two weeks, I'm going to re-post a couple of my more popular posts from a few years ago. As with many of the messages in my posts, they are still applicable today.  Quite a few years ago, we had a...

Throughout my years as an athletic director, people would often say to me, "You need to hire so-and-so. S/He was a great player at—," and they would say the name of some college or high school. I would smile, nod, and say something like, "Okay, thanks. I'll keep...

I have mentioned Jim Rohn's great quote, "Leaders are readers," a few times before. I have always liked that quote, and I have always agreed with it. Unfortunately, too many "leaders" don't follow the point that he is making. I believe that many coaches would fall...