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Oneness is a mystery, unity an enigma. The concept is elementary. The application near impossible. Even teams that win championships seldom achieve unity, though they brag as if they have when what they’ve actually done is manipulate rosters and pay obscene amounts of money to guys motivated to make even more money. True oneness is …
Category: Bigger than Me, Character, Team, Today's Post
From the time we’re children to the present we’ve resisted help. From tying my own shoes to paying my own rent I’ve always desired independence, autonomy and self-sufficiency. I’m not sure where it originates but something materializes in man that makes for hard headed rebellion. My mom used to say that a “hard head makes …
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Category: Bigger than Me, Character, For Further Study, Today's Post
When my home’s front door got kicked in last week, I was upset. My wife was furious. Talk about real. There’s likely nothing more real than somebody coming in your house without an invitation, especially when you’re not home. Surprisingly I’ve spoken to probably three friends minimum who all have experienced burglary. Apparently there’s nothing …
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Category: Bigger than Me, Character, Today's Post
Surrender is one of those words that smells of cowardice and utter defeat. It is a word of last resort and one that has the connotation suggesting that you, me, we have been subverted and/or undone. Nothing about surrender is voluntary under the normal trajectory of our maturation from childhood to adulthood. We’re taught not …
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Category: Bigger than Me, Skills
I tweeted yesterday on Thanksgiving “Most pro athletes are thankful for their physical gifts. Why are so many thankful athletes arrogant as if they have no one to thank?” I thought to myself, “Self, does thankfulness count if it doesn’t have an object?And I said to myself that it seems illogical that one could genuinely …
Category: Bigger than Me, Character, Skills, Today's Post
I have a hypothesis that athletes will perform better if they have the resolve to talk straight. Confrontation is an art that gets more refined when practiced. But confrontation has also become evil and that’s why the tough conversation is a rarity. It’s not really evil but it has the connotation as such and here’s …
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Category: Bigger than Me, Character, Skills, Team, Today's Post
So I’m watching Sportscenter and a feature segment appears pointing out that the University of Connecticut (UCONN) Women’s basketball team has won 79 straight games (81 since the day I began writing this post). They haven’t lost since April 6, 2008. They’ve won 78 of 79 games during the streak by double-digits and out of …
Category: Bigger than Me, Character, Team, Today's Post
