Sports and Politics Are Trending in the Same Direction

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In the 1980’s sports was a huge part of my life. The teenage years: the formative years, our rite of passage from childhood into adolescence.  As kids we played outside from the moment we got home from school until our mothers called us in for dinner, only to return outside until the fading sun gave [...]

Make Tougher Choices

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Salad or lobster bisque, which do you choose? One is velvety goodness with just the right amount of richness, the other is green leaves. If you’re looking for pure immediate gratification, you choose the bisque. If, however, you’re looking to lose a few pounds and reduce the amount of fatty or high caloric foods in [...]

Life is All About Cycles and Stages

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Did you hear the latest? We’re still in a recession. The housing market is slowly on the rise. The Detroit Lions are on their way up. Doughboy Johnny just started working out – New Year’s Resolution. The temperature is starting to fall. It seems that no matter what we discuss, we’re talking about that particular [...]

2012: The Year of the Over-share

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Don’t you love how we feel the need to provide a label for everything? This over-sharing phenomenon has been in the making for quite some time; as early as the moment when people beyond the Ivy League students at Harvard became exposed to Facebook. Twitter’s emergence didn’t help matters, only they were smart enough to [...]

Have You Gotten Away from Your Core Strengths?

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I Have. Writing this blog is my therapeutic way of getting back on track. If you’ve been an avid reader of mine, and I’m certain there are a few of you out there, you’ve come to learn that I enjoy encouraging others to think a little more in-depth and to do some self-analysis based on [...]