Archive for the ‘athlete’ Category
Don’t settle
So often, when we have tasted or experienced something really good, something well made and well done, it exposes how slipshod and careless other efforts might have been. And the same thing goes for love and relationship. When you have been loved...
A lie is a lie
A Lie is a Lie Have you ever had someone say they will do something or be somewhere, and then they did not come through? Have you ever had someone say they would call you at a certain time, and then the call never came? People often...
A Reality Check With Your Pride
Pride is two-sided. At its best, pride affirms our dignity as human beings. It helps us just get out of bed in the morning. Self-esteem, dignity, and self-respect—these are important and necessary forms of pride. It’s how we...
Owning your B.S.
Owning Your B.S. A while back I wrote an article for an online magazine. But I had an incident with an editor at large of this magazine who kept telling me she was going to publish my article—yet never did. She committed to publishing...
Taking Care of Business Baby
Taking Care of Business Baby Be the best you can be. Period. Whether you are an author, athlete, professor, teacher, doctor, lawyer, small business owner, or musician let your passion drive you to excel. Never settle. When all is said and...
Redhead’s Blog-Working for that First Down
Working for that First Down So the Super Bowl happened (Go Giants!!), and scores of Americans gathered with family and friends in living rooms and pubs for what the annual pastime of watching two teams battle it out over a pigskin on a...
Give and Take and Give Again
I once read an interesting quote: “Humans have a natural openness to reciprocity. It’s a time-honored survival technique, one that allowed us to live together in villages for millennia. Someone who doesn’t reciprocate is less likely to be...
Why do I have bright red hair?
It did not happen overnight. For me, having bright red hair is a mission statement. It not only captures my heart being vibrant passionate and loving, but expresses what I’m about: being strong, bold, and direct. This clarity and...
Breaking through the brick wall
Physicists say that if you throw a tennis ball against a brick wall enough times, it just might go through—without breaking the wall. It sounds unbelievable, but they swear by it. If you’re an artist, writer, college professor, athlete, you know...
