Sports & Winning

The “blood round” is a great tester of grit.  Both the pressure and associated stakes are extremely high.  It’s a critical juncture between sweet victory and agonizing defeat.  The Blood Round My son Grant wrestled…

We can easily underestimate what we can accomplish in a day’s work.  Often, we focus on the limitations of the day, not the possibilities of it.  Our heads are filled with reminders about how quickly…

Staying on offense is a winning strategy in both football and leadership.  In football, the team with more time of possession has a greater opportunity to win the game.  In leadership, staying on offense is…

Leaving your shoes laying around is generally not a good practice.  It can spur getting your momma riled up, give dad something to trip over, or provide a snack for a new puppy.  Leaving Your…

“I am a winner, he’s a loser” are the words I heard from the opposing team’s dugout this weekend.  In taking my stroll from the third base dugout to position myself in the first base…

Ever thought it was possible to win through losing?  Seems odd, huh?  Well…it happens in the sport of wrestling.This past weekend my son Grant and the Allatoona Buccaneer Wrestling Team competed in the Georgia High…

Taking the mat is a necessary step in competing as a wrestler.  Never has anyone won a wrestling match without first taking the mat.  Wrestling is one of the oldest sports in the world, tracing…

Emergency Hugs is a concept exclusive to Leadership and Main.  I would like to tell you that I drafted this one just for World Kindness Day, but I can’t.  What I can tell you is…

The yo-yo effect of leadership is a concept reflective of the ups and downs of leadership. A leader is subject to the upest of ups and the downest of downs, every minute of every day.…

Grappling with time is a never-ending battle. Time is our most valuable, yet limited resource we have. We never can, nor will know how much of it we have left.    This past Sunday, I…