Category: Life Lessons

The Worlds Deepest Pit

Sometimes we are given our greatest gifts by experiencing the worst events in our lives.

Sometimes Just Showing Up is the Victory.

Beyond the podium, the McCann family’s story underscores the importance of resilience and finding joy in the face of adversity.

The Untold Story of Walt Bond’s Baseball and Life Journey

If you haven’t noticed, I am a numbers guy. And I love baseball. I love the history, the backstories, and the struggles to reach the majors. I love the game. And I really love stats. As a kid, I slept with the National League Green Book. That was […]

Free Fall

I don’t think that makes me weak. I think it makes me human.

I Want to Thank Myself

I think we all can learn a lot from this 19 year old.

There Is No Gene for the Human Spirit

There is no gene for the human spirit.

I Am Not of This World

In stillness and solitude I travel limitless within my soul.

When Circumstances Suddenly Change

When you’re winning, everything seems to go right.
When everything goes wrong, you fight.

Today is my Birthday, but it is not the Day I Became Alive

Although I would do anything to change the circumstances that made me a member, I would never renounce my membership.

Applause Can’t Be Your Motivator

If applause is what drives you, silence will break you.

Check In on Your Athlete’s Mental State

Today, ask your wrestler how they are doing mentally, no matter how great they seem they be doing physically. Sometimes, superhuman athletes are far superior at being athletes than they are at being humans.

Change One Word and Change Your Life.

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Finding Belief Through Adversity: Insights from Ernie Johnson

A little more than a month ago life had finally kicked my ass.

A Letter to My Ten-Year-Younger Self

Every life has a “Before and After” line in it, where your life has been one thing up until you reach a specific event and it suddenly then becomes something totally different.
You are approaching your line today,