Dec
13
2017
"If we are BUSY, we are too BUSY.”
The problem with being busy is the second we finish one task, we add another busy task to our to do list.
Crowell's Law of BIZZY. (Yes that’s B-I-Z-Z-Y)
BIZZY - There is...
Dec
12
2017
YES, NO, OR THINK ABOUT IT!
Thomas Kelly, while a student at Haverford and Harvard in the early 1900s, made a yes decision. "I am going to make my life a miracle." Indeed, Professor Kelly realized his decision to be a miracle even...
Dec
06
2017
31 days of precious presents in December
Savor is a great word. To me, savor means to enjoy to the maximum.
To savor each day in December as Christmas is pure delight for me. I cannot imagine not having a...
Dec
05
2017
I - Imagination
C - Conscience
E - Exercises
Catchphrases and acronyms are effective tools in teaching young athletes the principles to success in basketball and Lifeball.
Greatness begins with imagination, if you can’t imagine it, you will not be able to do...
Dec
03
2017
1. Are you ALL IN?
2. If ALL IN; all in for what?
All in for living life to the max?
All in for family relationships?
All in for your career?
All for what?
3. WHY? Why are you all in? Why are you not...
Dec
02
2017
1. Where are you?
2. Who are you?
3. Who made you?
One of my highlights in Ketchikan, Alaska at an NBC basketball camp was a father telling me this about his teen daughter:
"As I walked down the hall past the bathroom,...
Nov
29
2017
How do you want to live?
Be careful now. This is not a trick question!
Seriously. How do you really want to live your life?
This is a question my mind has been trying to wrap around for weeks. This is what...
Nov
28
2017
The Finnish say, “There is no bad weather only bad clothing.”
The wise fisherman when I asked, “What kind of people live up the road?”
He asked, “What kind of people were they where you came from?”
The fisherman’s answer was also...
Nov
27
2017
The NBC Thunder 9th Grade Spokane Champions were a great team because they were dedicated to being great teammates.
Too often it is assumed winning is based on talent. Too often coaches place winning as the ultimate prize. Too often...
Nov
25
2017
Saying “thank you” is a noble yet often neglected statement after an act of kindness.
Sometimes when I get irritated when one of my acts of kindness is not acknowledged, I ask myself, "If there was a line of people who...
