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Destiny
Key statement: Destiny is the product of habits; habits are the products of actions; actions are the products of words; words are the products of thoughts, and thoughts are the products of dreams.
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The God of Hope
Hope is the anchor to our souls. Spiritually speaking, faith, hope, and love are the three greatest words. Love being number one. It is easy to understand why love takes the top spot. God is love.
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God Is Not Dead
What would it mean to you; how would your life be different if it were proven without dispute as an absolute fact that God was dead? As a 5 year old, my hero was Santa Claus.
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Merry Christmas
Warm and delightful Merry Christmas wishes to all Words of Hope readers-friends. This WOH is my Christmas gift to you.
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The Word of God – Life’s Instruction Book
Early this dark, snowy Monday morning, on my lap lay a richly covered brown leather Bible. It is my favorite one because it was given to me by a special friend.
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Enemy #1 – Too Busy
“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 .
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Decision Time – Three Choices
YES, NO, OR THINK ABOUT IT! Thomas Kelly, while a student at Haverford and Harvard in the early 1900s, made a yes decision.
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Precious Presents
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.
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I.c.e.
I – Imagination C – Conscience E – Exercises Catchphrases and acronyms are effective tools in teaching young athletes the principles to success in basketball and Lifeball .
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Three Big Questions?
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?
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Three Important Questions
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…
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An Elegant Question – You Should Know the Answer
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?
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Climate – You Make Your Weather
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…
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T E a M S + R P E = W I N S
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.
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Thank You’s Are Noble
Saying “thank you” is a noble yet often neglected statement after an act of kindness.
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Gratitude Is the Best Attitude
As iron sharpens iron so a friend sharpens a friend – Proverbs 27:17 One of the truly great men in my life, Steve Pence, stands in victory with the majestic Mount Blanc in the background.
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Isabella
At age 6 Isabella declared, “Papa you have to live long enough to see my first baby born, but not my second one.” Bella and her two sisters, Natalya and Ariana, have been encouragement/oxygen for me in the…
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Protect Your Sacred Place
Famous motivational leader, Earl Nightingale, said, “If you spend 15 minutes alone each day, you can solve most of the world’s problems.” 17 years ago, I began an intense study of St. Ignatius theology.
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Game Changer –
One who turns the course of a life, event, or history. In sports, Curry, Brady, Felix, Bird, Mantle, MJ, Ruth and Magic qualify as game changers. In history, Churchill looms large as a game changer.
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Superheroes – Every Day Heroes
If you don’t take time to watch/listen to Charlie’s story this is a missed opportunity! Everybody needs an everyday hero . No one needs a superstar hero.
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Be Strong, Be Brave
In the wee hours of this morning, it seemed crystal clear the challenge before me is to be strong & brave. I expected Matthew 14 to have a teaching point for me on forgiveness. Not so!
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Every Day Heroes
“Superstar heroes don’t love you enough to be with you in tough times.” Today I lift up one of my most loved everyday heroes.
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The Prognosis for Depression
The tactics used to get rid of ghosts in movies is never the same. Likewise, depression is unique to each person.
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Oxygen Is Encouragement – Encouragement Is Oxygen
Both oxygen and encouragement cure disease and negativity. Lack of oxygen and encouragement create poor physical, mental, and spiritual health. One of the most amazing women living today, in Dillingham, Alaska, was transported to Anchorage.
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Is High School a Joke?
Nearly 25% of high school students at a large school district in the state of Washington skip school every day.
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Awake
A daily privilege so often taken for granted! Ann, age 57, took a one hour nap. Ray tried to wake her at 1:30 PM. Ann never opened her eyes again. A brain aneurysm took her life.
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Crowell’s Gut Check
Existential Self Diagnosis -ESD Between 1971 and 1975 hundreds of people came to NW Counseling Services for family and personal counsel.
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Existential Self Diagnosis
“The ability to imagine taking your eyes out of your head and looking at yourself with clear vision.” – Fred Crowell Psalms 8 and 139 inspire me!
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Son, Stand Up!
A father, with a soft hand on his son’s shoulder, whispered, “Son, stand up,” as they watched the son’s wife of 40 years being lowered in her casket to her grave.
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Brave New World
There is a new world out there for you. It is a world of possibilities. Joy beyond belief and opportunity with no ceiling waits for all. Wallace Ungwiluk has come to brave a new world.
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Attitude + Hard Work = Win
The two things you can control are your attitude and your effort. The one thing, for sure, you cannot control is other people.
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The Big Mistake
“O God I killed the wrong thing.” In 50 years of life experience with suicide, it is becoming very clear from actual experiences with clients that the deception with suicide is that killing the body does not solve…
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Win Big
Winning big always begins from the inside out. The championship trophy at the awards banquet was first invoked in the heart or the imagination of the mind.
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Intimacy – the Need to Belong
To belong and to have something belong to you, is fundamental to fulfillment in life. Loneliness is a horrible life experience. People go to great lengths to belong and to feel emotionally connected.
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Win – the Game of Lifeball
Topic: WIN SUICIDE Spending a lifetime in sports has provided me many opportunities to win. Winning is fun. Winning is delightful. Winning can be ecstatic. As good as winning is, the effect of losing is worse.
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Being Made Right
In Romans chapter four, Apostle Paul rhetorically presents a dynamic question. WHAT DID HE (Abraham), discover about being made right with God? This question popped off the pages.
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The Gift of Gethsemane
Chapter 26, the converted tax collector, Levi, turned to the apostle Mathew, takes us to the olive grove called Gethsame. As I use His precious gift IMAGINATION I place myself with Matthew seated by a fire.
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You, Too, Must Keep Watch
I love the movie, PATTON. Facing the remarkable German tank commander, Rommel in Africa, General George S Patton exclaimed after crushing the Nazi’s, “I read your book, Rommel”. Patton was a fabulous leader.
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The Bad Ol’ Days
Newsflash, history repeats itself. In my lifetime I’ve never seen the world in such terrible shape as it is today. I fear for our future.
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Dash
What are you going to do with your dash? – DASH begins the day you were born. Ends the day you die. What are you going to do with your dash?
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Young Lions
A young lion is a boy/man who is hungry, dedicated, loyal, hard-working, and willing to do what it takes to become a trustworthy man I called these rare type of boys/men young lions because the lion is the…
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Game Changer
PREPARE TO MAKE YOUR PEOPLE BETTER PEOPLE BETTER PLAYERS The job of a COACH/CEO/LEADER is to train players how to WIN. Winning begins in the mind and heart, not on the basketball court.
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What’s in a name?
Consider words like power, vision, confidence, courage, fearlessness, focus, purpose, destiny. We feel strengthened with words like these. Conversely, words can promote negativity as well and often these labels can impact behavior for a lifetime.
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Today’s Pain Can Be Tomorrow’s Gain
“You raise me up to more than I can be.” -Josh Groban I vividly remember the first time I had to deal with a person who attempted suicide. The year was 1964.
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Ready? – Ready Freddy!
For years, NBC campers have been asked if they are ready. The expected response is a loud, “READY FREDDY!” I have no idea who came up with this slogan but campers seem to love it.
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Clean Hands – Straight Eyes
As a boy I was expected to look adults in the eyes when they spoke to me. If they extended a handshake my father’s orders were to call them Mr. or Mrs.
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Greater Unity in Diversity
A noble challenge in leadership is to forge diversity into university. Initially, centers of higher learning were called colleges; i.e. Harvard College.
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Men of Valor
The two essential qualities of mentor leadership are proven track record and worthy of being imitated. For rapid recall of these two dynamic, life-changing principles I call them PTR & WOBI.
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Brand Spanking New
Never used before, smells new, clean as a whistle, fresh, one of a kind, made just for you… no wonder people like brand spanking new .
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Meet Lazaros
There was Aristotle, Socrates, and then there is Lazaros; all famous in their own right in the nation of Greece.
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Puppy Love
What if people loved other people like people love puppies? What a wonderful world it would be. Puppies are like people in so many ways. Puppies and people need oxygen. Puppies and people need water.
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Networking
One of the core principles we taught 18 USA players on the Crowell Italian Basketball Tour was the principle of networking.
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Lessons Learned from Italy
For 13 days 37 basketball players and adults toured fantastic Italy. These are a few of the lessons we learned and hopefully live out the rest of our lives. CONTENTMENT IS AN ATTITUDE!
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Happy Crowell Boys
Key Statement: Photos and pictures are worth a 1000 words. The placement of meaningful and inspiring pictures or motivational tools to give us the will to prepare to win the moment are important.
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Anthropoid
A rich lesson in courage and commitment. ANTHROPOID is a WWII historical movie about Czech resistant fighters. Courage and commitment make this a spellbinding movie.
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Freedom Is Not Free
The crucial question!, “How much does it cost?” My amazing son-in-law gave me a book on the life of Martin Luther King Jr.
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Meet My Head Coach
Thank you, Jill Logie, daughter of Coach Ed Pepple, one of the USA’s most successful high school coach and leaders of young men. Jill is the mother of Whitworth University’s men’s nationally acclaimed basketball program.
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First Fish
Key statement: There is something both spectacular and fascinating to be the very first. The first is often the most difficult. The first is a memory maker.
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The Walker Legacy
NBC Camps – 3 Generation Family Key statement: The legacy we leave will impact our children and their children’s children. The way we choose to live our lives will impact the next three generations.
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Get Ready to Be Ready
KEY STATEMENT: The will to win is not nearly important as the will to PREPARE to win. Preparation, the discipline, focus, concentration, and commitment is the prerequisite for success in any endeavor.
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Thailand Encouragement
KEY STATEMENT: encouragement is oxygen; encouragement is water. Without encouragement and water the human body cannot survive. Without encouragement, humans cannot thrive. NBC Thailand was founded by an amazing man. His name is Diego Sierra.
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Dream Come True
Key statement: The martyred missionary, Jim Elliot, has often been quoted with this amazing statement. “He is no fool who gives what he cannot keep to gain what he cannot lose.” True story: Fairbanks Alaska 1966.
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Crowell Wins Cancer Loses
Crowell 99.9. Cancer 0.1 My dedicated oncologist gave the Crowell’s this news. These are the best scores you have had in 3 years. The drugs are doing their job.
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Crowell Life Skills Board Room
Key statement: America’s number one Airline Company is Alaska Airlines. This claim is based on two factors: Exceptional customer service, based on professional excellence at every level, and personally.
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Make Your Bubble Blue
Colors are powerful symbols of emotion and can fuel our M/P (Meaning and Purpose). Today is a red shirt day for me. Red is courage – I have an oncology appointment.
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Crowell EQ 101 Crash Course – Part 3
To develop your personal “Crystal Clear” concept of EQ go to the Crowell EQ 101 7 Day Crash Course at: http://crowellu.com/category/eq-101/ Thank you for taking the initiative to dig deeper into my crash EQ learning expletive.
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Crowell EQ 101 Crash Course – Part 2
Welcome to part 2 of this 7 part series on Emotional Intelligence. My life experience message has been centered on EQ (emotional intelligence), my relentless goal is to carefully teach what I know about EQ and basketball to…
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Crowell EQ 101 Crash Course – Part 1
Emotional Intelligence is the most important, yet least taught skill in education in my opinion. EQ has been proven to be a far greater predictor of success than IQ.
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Emotional “Artistic” Intelligence
The Logical Deduction: God the creator is the ultimate artist. Humankind was created in the image of God. Therefore all humans are uniquely created to be artists. God’s gift to us is artistic talent.
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Winning
Key Statement: Winning begins will the moment the right now the precious present, if you can win this precious moment right here right now you have begun the process of winning.
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I Have a Job
Key Statement: Like health, a job is never fully appreciated until you lose it. Lose your health and you run the risk of losing everything.
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Hunting Happiness
Key Statement: Happiness is one step around the next corner and the next corner and the next corner and the …. Factual question, not an elegant question.
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THE CROWELL GARDEN – Spokane, Washington
“As long as you have a garden you have a future and as long as you have a future you are alive.” – Frances Hodgson Burnett Welcome to my lovely secret garden and my sacred place on Horizon…
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Smiles
KEYNOTE: “Isn’t She Lovely” is a song that brings a smile to my face and joy to my heart. The oncology clinic must require their employees to practice smiling.
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The Artist
KEY STATEMENT: The artist of the universe not only created the earth with the majestic mountains, life-giving rivers, plains and valleys covered with all manner of grains and fruit trees, God crested each human to be an artist.…
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God Created Human Beings
Then God said let us make human beings in our image to be like ourselves… Then God looked over all He had made, and saw that it was very good!
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Fantastic News – Crowell Basketball
KEY STATEMENT: As Deuteronomy suggests, write it on your forehead, place a string around your forehead, so you never forget what God has given you in wisdom, knowledge, and understanding. Remember this!
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It’s Gonna Be Alright
“Do not be anxious about anything, but in every situation, by prayer and petition, with thanksgiving, present your requests to God.
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Hello Friends of Fred Crowell
Please enjoy the incredible job my amazing associate Cory James did to present my dreams and goals for Crowell U. If you need a guru with Cory’s talents let me know so he can contact you.
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Knock Knock
Knock knock. Who’s there? Destiny I’ve been expecting you! The Ferch Crowell families love good movies. BOLT is a “fam fave.” Rhino, the hamster, who scoots around rapidly in a rolling ball is a gleeful character.
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95 to 5 or 5 to 95?
Key Statement: On average the human mind is engaged 95% of the time in the subconscious mind and only 5% in the conscious mind.
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Wallace and the Whale
Wallace is a high school student in Unalakleet, Alaska. This is a celebration day for this wonderful village. Many families will have delicious food for many days to come.
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Look at Me, Boys!
Key Statement: You listen with your eyes. What you don’t see is often more important than what you can see. True Story: 10:30 PM, dark, bitter cold, winter night. Anacortes, Washington.
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Happy Happy Crowell’s
Key Statement: People are about as happy as they personally choose to be. Happiness is an attitude.
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Absolutely – Absolutamente!
Key Statement: Words you say, are far more important than the words you think. You create your world by the words of your mouth.
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People Relationships
Key Statement: People were created to need people, but too few people invest the time needed to master the skills to treat people well. Global People Problems World leaders keep failing to learn from previous wars.
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Church This Morning
This is where I am having church this morning. A cup of coffee. Beautiful Sea of Cortez. An opportunity to pray. This is what’s on my mind today: Pray, give thanks in all things.
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Too Busy or Don’t Care
Key Statement: If you are too busy or don’t care enough to spend quality time, without any distractions, with a spouse, a child, a dear friend, or a person in need you care about, the true fact is…
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Listen – Learn – Act (Lla)
Key Statement: If you don’t listen you can’t learn; if you don’t act you will not learn. “A lesson not learned is a lesson repeated.” -Dr.
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The Wonder of Youth
One day I was a player; next a coach; then a father and now Papa to hundreds of young players who love basketball and LIFEBALL!
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The Father of Learning
Imitation, leading by example, is the superior method of education. To qualify to be a credible father or significant mentor, it is a twofold process: *PTR – proven track record. *WOBI – worthy of being imitated.
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How to Find God
Jesus said, “Come unto me as a young child.” This young boy gives us the essence of finding God.
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Who Wins Tonight?
Gonzaga wins. Best balance of pace and poise. They can run with Carolina if they need to, but also can slow the game down and grind it out in the half-court.
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Life Is Not an Accident
“The motorcycle crash that nearly killed me taught me how to live; to be a better person.” – Jay Williams At a management conference, I was asked this question.
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Oregon V North Carolina Match Up
Coach Crowell’s facts, opinions, and predictions. Emotional my heart goes PAC 12. The DUCKS are fun to watch. What will Nike’s Phil Knight dress them in? The neon yellow shoes, tank and shorts didn’t scare Michigan.
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You Are So Kind
Kindness is ranked #5 in the order of the 9 fruits of the spirit in the Lord’s orchard. One of my core life values is “Dress for Success.” I learned this principle early in my professional career.
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Coach Crowell on April to November Basketball
Key Statement: School ball season is ALL about the team. The player sacrifices for the team. Off-season is all about the player; not the team. In-season selfishness is team poison.
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2017 Will Be Remembered as a Great Final Four Year
Now it comes down to… Gonzaga vs. South Carolina North Carolina vs. Oregon Who will win the NCAA CHAMPIONSHIP? Let’s have fun doing some diagnosis.
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Rule of 6
“Learning important truth principles is like mining for gold because life truths are more precious than much fine gold and silver.” -FC Rule of 6 is a precious life truth more precious than gold and silver.
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Two Worlds
“Boy, we live in two different worlds and we both are extremely happy.” -Long Time Friend As I read this email from a former classmate I began to reflect on the idea of people living in two different…
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Who Is Your Head Coach?
Fact is, everyone has a head coach! The critical question? Is your head coach worthy of your total allegiance?
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Laughter Is Good Medicine
“People who laugh easily bring joy to others.” My life experience tells me people who laugh often, easily and for no apparent reason grew up in a home with laughter.
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EQ More Valuable Than IQ
“Emotional Intelligence is the most important, yet least taught skill in education.” Fred Crowell. One of the many benefits of going on vacation is think time . No cell phone, no race horse living.
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75Th Celebration
March 18 is always a special day in the Crowell’s life. Mom wanted her Saint Patrick’s Day boy to be named after Ireland’s Patron Saint Patrick. Dad wanted the name Frederic after his dad.
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True Grit
“People can see the size of your body but no one can see the size of your heart.” March madness is the time for basketball.
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Your Belief System is Your Compass
Dr Jones, Deputy Director, Alaska Military Youth Academy “A guide that directs your beliefs on what’s wrong and what’s right and determines your life choices.” – Ms. Jessie Craig, Civil Engineer, head Girls high school basketball coach.
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Philosophy – Belief System
Philo means to love. Sophy means to study. Life means to live. The study of loving life is never boring, sometimes scary to explore, very mysterious, truly fascinating, too often neglected, and seldom or poorly taught.
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What Happened?
“Days are long sometimes. Very long, but life is way too short, way to brief.” -Fred Crowell 30 years ago, Fred Crowell was living in what he calls the Golden Era of Life.
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One Is None; Two Is Done
The value of teamwork; the skill to delegate. A motto among USA special forces elite team is, “One is none and two is done.” This reminded me of Jesus sending his disciples out in two’s.
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The Crowell Basketball – Lifeball
“Shooting a bad basketball is like chewing food with a broken tooth. In LIFEBALL fixing a problem with the wrong tool creates more problems.” How can I more effectively teach basketball’s most important and most difficult skill has…
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Anecdote for Bullies
“Do not be afraid; be strong and courageous.” -Joshua Joshua was challenged three times to: Be strong and of good courage. Only be strong and very courageous.
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Basketball – Madness
“The game I love can be so cruel” -F. Crowell Basketball became the love of my life in fourth grade. Anacortes, Washington, a small town on Fidalgo Island was a hotbed for good basketball.
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Protect Your Teams
The name of the game is unity. It starts in the home. Life was not meant to be a lived alone; even my favorite childhood hero, the Lone Ranger, had Tonto whom he affectionately called Kimosabe.
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Attention Must Be Paid
“The price tag to get noticed is; good behavior, bad behavior, illness, or getting injured.” – F. Crowell Other people’s attention is as strong a human need as oxygen, food, and water.
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Hello My Hero!
Four words, Needed this….my struggle! From early morning hours to nearly lunch time no words for Daily Words of Hope with Fred came to my mind. Susie encouraged me to wait and let it happen.
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Flooded with Joy
“And you will be planted like trees near living waters and whatever you do shall prosper.” Water is the fountain of life, without it, we can do nothing.
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God’s Grading System
“Teachers first instruct, then examine you. God examines you, then instructs you.” In the winter of 1966, I said, “Yes.” After months of deliberation, I made the profound decision to ask the Lord Jesus Christ into my life…
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Words Matter
“People create their world by the words of their mouths.” – F Crowell Life experiences are the best teachers if we pay attention to them. Today I went to Mass aboard the MS Rotterdam.
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Shadows in This Life
“Mr. E, something evil walks our streets. It is a shadow.” – Lydia, elderly Yupik Woman The Words of Hope, “Suicide Is like a Ghost Killer” brought me as much attention from my readers as any HOPES I…
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Travel – Sites or People
“I travel not to see imposing monuments. Which indeed somewhat bore me. Nor beautiful scenery, of which I soon tire. I avoid the great.
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Goodbye Mighty Mite
An emergency call from Spokane to our stateroom 7051 on the MS Rotterdam, as we prepared to enter the Panama Canal, brought sad news.
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SUICIDE is like a GHOST KILLER
“I never saw it coming. He was the last person I ever thought would take his life.” – Very close friend Silently, quietly, the Ghost of Suicide slithers here and there striking with a vengeance that leaves it’s…
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Protect Your Peace
“The thief comes only to steal and kill and destroy. I came that they may have life and have it abundantly.” – John 10:10 The Spokesman Review reported that the Washington legislature awarded Spokane $300,000 to help reduce…
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Doctrine, Philosophy, Belief System
50 years ago Susie and I were doing post grad work at the Institute of Biblical Studies. We were eager learners. The best professor in our lives jolted us one day with these words, “Doctrine is dynamic.
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15 Minutes
“Such a short period of time, yet so difficult to set aside too be still, to be quiet.” Often I told my dear friend, who is racked with MS pain and needs help with things like transportation and…
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Motivation Is an Engine
Fuel is the energy source of every motivation. Metaphorically motivation is an engine. No fuel no motivation.
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Who Is Greatest?
2000 years ago they asked Jesus, “Who is the greatest?” Seems to me humans are obsessed with knowing the greatest. Ali said he was the greatest boxer of the day; now Meriweather lays claim.
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Guardian Angel-saints Doing His Bidding
Angel of God my guardian dear to whom God’s love commits me here To light to guard To rule, to guide Every person, every home, and every community needs guardian angels and saints doing his bidding.
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Celebrating 75 Years
Birthday presents to each other and writing off one more goal on our bucket list. So clearly, Susie King, the 19-year-old sophomore, at the University of Idaho stands out in my mind’s eye.
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On the Way to Hope
Artist Ann Tremarello, Fairbanks, Alaska. There are many roads in the life journey. This painting by dear friend, Ann T, has special meaning to me.
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Search Me O God
“The riches of life demand searching with a pure heart with relentless pursuit of truth and love.” Often in the counseling setting, we role played to discover the root of a present problem.
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Harmony and Rhythm
Two character traits worthy of pursuit. Basketball is an excellent life skills teacher IF the coach has mastered the difficult skill of living above the line.
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A Child Is Born
“Dad I never knew how much you loved me until Kingston was born.” – Jay Crowell For unto us a child is born, Unto us a son is given; and the government will be upon his shoulder.
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Be Brave Letter
“If you want to be brave do brave things.” Early in the dark silence of a new day, my mind thinks; my heart suffers for a beautiful, kind, gentle, strong, wife and mother in the loving village I…
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Words of Hope
The story of Daily Words of Hope The story begins at the University of Idaho. One of my roommates received letters and care packages with goodies weekly. The joy these gifts brought Vern was obvious.
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Brilliant Moments
Those flashes of seconds when the lights of the world come alive in us. Recently the Lord blessed me with one of those “brilliant moments,” where time stood still and light flooded my being.
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National Treasures
The United States of America’s most valuable and most neglected resources. American’s treasure is youth. Adults deplore looking old. New and young are the trophies of today. Heaven forbid growing old.
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Revelation Demands a Response
Revelation is truth, knowledge, enlightenment or information. If the goal is for your audience to listen attentively and immediately act upon enlightenment.
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Harley Sundown’s Alaska
Scammon Bay nestled on a hillside on the shores of the Bering Sea, is Coach Harley Sundown’s Disneyland. The saying, “Where you are, be all there,” fits Harley to a T.
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90 Days – 20 Percent
Of all creation, the human is the grandest creation all. Nothing compares to woman and man; not the great animals of Africa, the mighty oceans of the earth, not the miraculous rivers and mountains, not the moon hanging…
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Leadership – a Worthy Ambition
“Leadership is always the problem & always the solution.” – Bobby Moore Leadership is a common topic of conversation these days.
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So Hard, to So Easy
Hard work pays off 14 plus years ago in the birthing room at Sacred Heart Hospital, the doctors went into emergency mode hoping to save Ariana Alexis Crowell / Ferch’s new life.
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Decide to Make Wise Decisions
“Decide” is one of those highly interesting words in the English language. “De” is an important prefix. It connotes taking away or removing. “Cide” has many partners. Outside, inside, downside, upside, homicide, suicide, genocide.
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The Secret of Silence
“Be still and know that I am God.” A friend likes to tell me, “I am going to do nothing today, and I don’t plan to start until noon.” About 17 years ago, I began the interior journey.…
