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Former No. 1 overall NFL draft pick Jamarcus Russell is the subject of blog chatter these days because of his release from the abysmal Oakland Raiders organization. Abject football aside, Russell is being and has been chided for being an utter disappointment since his selection three years ago after a star-studded career at Louisiana State …
Continue reading “THE GRAY BETWEEN SILVER AND BLACK”
Category: Character, For Further Study, Team
Working alone, in isolation might be the greatest separator that distinguishes average from exceptional. Take note that I tend to laud my latest insights as “the greatest this or that”… You’ve been warned. I got a little “Captain Obvious” in me. At any rate, I’ve always struggled with working alone even when the work has …
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Category: Character, For Further Study, Skills, Today's Post
It is “a fixing of the thoughts on something, careful consideration” but it can also be “an image, representation, counterpart” according to dictionary.com. The question is, how do you leave reflection? The first definition is readily what this past weekend has wrought, a stopping to reflect on the life of perhaps the most disputed person …
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Category: Character, For Further Study, Today's Post
Phoebe Prince has gained posthumous notoriety, the kind we could all do without because it is attributable to her abuse by peers and ultimate suicide. The accounts I’ve read and watched say that Prince was bullied in the “cyber” fashion as well as the old school way – that is, physically. Nine of her peers …
Continue reading “KIDS WHO DON’T PLAY AROUND”
Category: Character, For Further Study, Today's Post
If the word “Drugs” comes to mind when you think of addiction, think again. Chances are, we all do well to take a closer look at the “Natural Rewards” our brain offers us during the course of a day.
Category: Character, For Further Study, Today's Post
A man named Oswald Chambers once wrote that “it is impossible to weary God’s love…” Man’s on the other hand has a predetermined limit it would seem, even among family members and especially when something valuable stands to be won or lost. There is a competition that reverberates in Southern California. It’s in the gridlock, …
Continue reading “FEARLESS IN QUEST OF YOU”
Category: Character, For Further Study
I’ve been told that some of the Brooklyn Dodgers lived in Brooklyn among that people who adored them, among the fans. Some also told me that even with product endorsements, players in the NBA used to earn far less than they do today. So when the older folks talk of Henry Aaron, Jerry West and …
Continue reading “The Appeal of the Professional”
Category: Character, For Further Study
