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In the 33 years since I stopped waking up before dawn to catch a city bus to a school bus which then drove me 34 miles to the promised land, I have only recently processed the significance of the 900 days I spent hunting down equity.
Category: Character, For Further Study, Submission to Truth, Today's Post
Sowing and Reaping, Golden Rule, Karma, etc. are the motivations we use for giving. We live for the law of the boomerang. But my neighbor’s gardener knocked on the door and asked my wife if he could buy some Mangos off our Mango tree. She told them, “NO!” with emphasis and proceeded, “You can have …
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Category: Character, Skills, Submission to Truth
You ever been good at something you didn’t wanna be good at? The easiest analogy is the NFL Tight End a la Tony Gonzales, dunking touchdown footballs over a goal post. You remember him playing hoop at Cal right? Then there’s Steve Nash with real soccer skills or even Mike J 1993-1995 with his deluded …
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Category: Character
So I’m talking to this guy today who will probably play in the NBA in the next 1-3 seasons when I realize, “Yo, this dude is surprisingly humble.” And I can’t help but think that it is this one quality that will make him a great pro. Humility is that virtue that everybody respects but …
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Category: Character
I’ve lived more years out of the ‘hood than I ever did in it. I was 14 when moms moved us from South Central Los Angeles to a city 30 minutes east of downtown LA, West Covina. But the more I watch 30for30 and ESPN60, the more I’m reminded that there must be another world …
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Category: Bigger than Me, Character
