Feels Like Home As I headed back up the steps after watching players perform at the combine, I immediately saw something that made my heart smile. It was something that made me feel like I was home. And after a few days of feeling like I was the only one who didn’t know everyone- I […]
Here’s To Being Wanted, Not Needed This morning I wasn’t needed, and it was great. Despite having made myself throw up over 20,000 times in my life- I laid awake for hours last night determined to not give into the nausea that was steadily growing. But soon I was seeking relief on the cold bathroom
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How Do You Want To Win? I risked embarrassing my 7th grade daughter last night at the Cross Country meet in front of her teammates.But it was a risk I was willing to take for the sake of leadership.Because leadership is a lifestyle, not a title. There is no age requirement or level of education
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An Apple for Teacher An apple for teacher…Finley wanted to give her teacher an apple she picked at the orchard.But instead of it being in her backpack the next morning, I found it back on the counter.She had decided not to bring it to her teacher because she was scared that the other kids might
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Life Happens in the Pause I was reminded today of a incredibly important life lesson: look before you sit- thistles in the butt hurt.Oh and that the power of the pause is hard to put into words.The weather was perfect today.My “take advantage of this weather” to do list was not completed.The sun hadn’t finish
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Don’t Put Off Kindness Normalize kind acts- don’t wait for tragedy. When I heard that a neighbor wasn’t feeling good, the girls got tasked with making hand rolled noodles while I harvested veggies from the garden and heated up bone broth to make soup to walk down the road with. So often it is when
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What We Do When No One is Watching It’s what we do when we think no one is watching that matters. Because it is in those moments that your character is seen. It is in those moments that values are lived or hypocrisy comes out to play. We all know of those in our community
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Leading by Example A team of champions is stronger than a championship team.Just as you want a team of leaders not a team with a leader.This morning I got to witness what it looks like to have a team of champions, led by a coaching staff that understands that leadership is a lifestyle not a
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The Glass is Already Broken “The glass is already broken” is a maxim repeated often in our house.It comes from a story of a zen master who had a prized cup, and while he chose to use it and show it to others, he also repeated to himself “the glass is already broken”, that way,
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Motivation Requires Purpose The Purpose of Chasing Squirrels and BallsThis week’s question comes from a supervisor asking about how to best motivate her team- “…they just don’t seem to care anymore, and the quality and effort of work is not what it used to be. I saw your posts about being self motivated but how
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