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There is false praise and there is deserved praise. And I’m beginning to think that whether you receive the former or the latter, the effect of praise on a life is incalculably great. Have you ever been praised? If not, I’ll bet you’ve either been or are angry and cynical. You have a tinge of …
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Category: Bigger than Me, Character, Today's Post
Sir Charles Barkley once said that a rivalry is when you win some of the games and they win some of the games. On one occasion, discussing the Sacramento Kings vs. Los Angeles Lakers playoff battles of the early 2000s, he simply said, “That ain’t no rivalry. The Kings just got their (butts) kicked.” True. …
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Category: Bigger than Me, Character, Skills, Today's Post
I was reading about a few guys in the National Basketball Association who are in the so-called twilight of their careers. The likes of Tim Duncan, Dirk Notwitzki and Steve Nash are at the top of the list along with your beloved or hated #24 of the Los Angeles Lakers. Yet the old dogs are …
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Category: Character, Skills, Today's Post
Kobe Bryant’s Alma Mater is Lower Merion High School located in Ardmore, Pennsylvania and I suppose the pre-professional stories end there. No junior college, no red-shirt year to get stronger before playing 3-4 years in a Division I system and no offroading through alternative professional ranks a la the National Basketball Development League (D-League). Who …
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Category: For Further Study, Today's Post
What if all of the people you ever “Butt Dialed” formed a blog about the things you say when you don’t know others are listening. Would that scare you? By the way, is it eavesdropping if you continue to listen to people’s conversations when they call you accidentally? Digression. Anyhow, my real question is whether …
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Category: Character, Today's Post
Have you ever been told that you “don’t live in the real world?” And what real world would that be exactly? Is it the one in which weekends come too slowly and work is annoying? Is it the one in which high school leads to college which leads to job which leads to fulfillment? Or …
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Category: Bigger than Me, Character, Play, Today's Post
What’s harder, perfecting a craft or creating the craft in the first place? One of the things I have decided to spend significant time doing each week is creating. Creating what? Creating methods, opportunities and relationships. I know it’s not the same as inventing an Ipad but it’ll have to do for now. I recently …
Category: Bigger than Me, Character, Skills, Today's Post
