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Tennis Tiebreaker Mini-Breaks and the Social Media Age 23 Aug 2013 | 08:31 pm
The inspiration to compare the tennis tiebreaker mini-breaks to the Social Media Age came over a 2-week span. I “crashed out” of two divisions in a tennis tournament by losing 3rd set tiebreakers in e...
12 Most Genetic Givens of Great Leaders 21 Aug 2013 | 08:33 pm
John Maxwell wisely differentiated, “A leader is one who knows the way, goes the way, and shows the way.” Isn’t that the truth? An intellectual could know the way, a solo adventurist or entrepreneur m...
3 Tennis Tips for Good Social Media Sportsmanship 16 Aug 2013 | 02:56 pm
I recently wrapped up what is quickly becoming one of my favorite weekends of each year – a weekend tennis tournament in Steamboat Springs with my lovely wife (and mixed doubles partner). We got a by...
12 Most Fantastic “F” Facets Great Leaders Flourish 13 Aug 2013 | 08:26 pm
“If your actions inspire others to dream more, learn more, do more and become more, you are a leader.” ~ John Quincy Adams Notice that this quote involves action. Speaking great words may make you a ...
3 Social Media Lessons from the Alex Rodriguez PED Suspension 7 Aug 2013 | 09:32 pm
Major League Baseball finally levied suspensions for several players involved with PEDs (performance enhancing drugs). Where most of the players got the punitive maximum of 50 games, the Alex Rodrigue...
12 Most Exemplary “E” Embodiments of Excellent Leaders 2 Aug 2013 | 02:05 pm
This post continues my Letters of the Alphabet Leadership series. You can read the 12 Most Dazzling “D” Differentiators of Great Leaders to catch up. Meanwhile, here are my favorite embodiments of exc...
4 Lessons the SEC Can Teach about Social Media Success 29 Jul 2013 | 04:25 pm
Please welcome Ryan Currie as he guest posts the 4 Lessons the SEC Can Teach about Social Media Success. You know I must be unbiased if I let a guy come write on my blog about the SEC!! Of course, I’m...
You’re Gonna Miss This – Daddy’s Toast to a Daughter’s Marriage 26 Jul 2013 | 11:37 pm
Folks will have to forgive my sentimentality today – I am recovering from giving away my oldest daughter (my Little One) at her wedding last night. She allowed me to participate throughout the day fro...
Von Miller Allegations Gives #MillerTime New Meaning 24 Jul 2013 | 02:15 am
Imagine my surprise to turn on sports radio here in beautiful, sunny Denver – where the expectations for the Denver Broncos’ upcoming season are higher than the Mile-High altitude – only to hear the V...
12 Most Dazzling “D” Differentiators of Great Leaders 22 Jul 2013 | 09:20 pm
“Good leadership consists of showing average people how to do the work of superior people.” ~John D. Rockefeller Great leaders are doers and difference-makers. They take people where they are, and da...
