Category: wisdom

A Letter to My Ten-Year-Younger Self

I wrote this seven years ago. It has never been truer than today. ________ When the enemy attacks and people you love are caught behind enemy lines, always go back and get them. No matter the degree of danger or the reason they are there. ________ A LETTER […]

The Worlds Deepest Pit

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

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.

Be Grateful for the Opportunity to Solve One’s Problems

The most important thing one can do before one’s feet hit the floor each day is to be grateful for the opportunity to solve one’s problems – And the realization that there will be more problems to solve tomorrow. And to find happiness within this.

When Circumstances Suddenly Change

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

The Greatest Day of Your Life

Whatever day that may be in your life, will you know it at the time?

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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I Don’t Care What the Rankings Say, You’re Not #1 Until You Become the Best.

Is your goal to be ranked #1 or to be the best?

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,