Take a Chance
It is always good advice to take a chance. Try something new. Tell them how you feel. Buy a 50/50 ticket. Try your hand at games of skill. Apply for something on the edge of your wheelhouse. Text them you’re Read More …
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If You Are Keeping Score
It depends on the scenario whether it is good or bad if you are keeping score. If you are making tally marks: against your kids – bad. against your competition – good. against your spouse – bad. against your opponent Read More …
Rain or No Rain
Special events, planned way in advance, go on rain or no rain. Field trips, football games, hockey (played indoors – always on time.) Weddings. Prom. Graduation. Mother’s Day and Father’s Day. No rain delay. Unless you are a baseball game…which Read More …
Pressure to Perform
If you think life is difficult, imagine the pressure to perform at the Olympics. These people, so many of them, who are young kids, mature as they are, still…so very young. They have dedicated their entire life to this one Read More …
Infinite Dreams
Tonight starts the winter Olympics with 3000 athletes from 91 countries, represented by their own unique combination of colors featured on 5 simple rings and this all adds up to infinite dreams. These games are the ideal, with the epitome Read More …
This Is Not Business As Usual
This is not business as usual. It’s different. Things change but you still have to continue to attend to the business at hand and address what happens in your daily routine. Winning the Super Bowl is out of the ordinary, Read More …
The Underdog Wins
Sometimes, the underdog wins. It is probably not as often as they lose, I wouldn’t know – besides not being totally into statistics, I am not a huge, regular sports fan. Unless it is college teams (for my school,) or Read More …
Rooting For The Underdog
In all ways, I firmly believe in rooting for the underdog…even more so, when they are the home team. In case you are not aware, the Philadelphia Eagles are in their last playoff game of the season, a great season Read More …
Odds Improve
Unlike the lottery, which encourages more and more participants, if there is a fixed number of tickets available, odds improve with the more chances you buy. It isn’t exponential improvement, but additive. I know, it’s math and statistics, something we Read More …
Rivals but Friends
Team competitions can create rivals but friends always stick together. Every year, local school teams make the Thanksgiving holiday even better by entertaining us, playing their hearts out and trying to bring home a win for the home team. My Read More …