April 20, 2020

Why Catchers Make Great Managers

A baseball catcher is the closest position to a manager in sports. In this article, I look at how the greatest catchers coach their pitchers to the next level.

April 13, 2020

Fast Money Is Fool’s Gold

This is the story of my friends who became overnight millionaires and gave it all back.

February 10, 2020

What Are You Willing To Crawl Through For Success?

Andy Dufresne crawled to freedom through five hundred yards of shit-smelling foulness I can’t even imagine, or maybe I just don’t want to. Five hundred yards, that’s the length of

January 31, 2020

Fortune Favors The Bold

A great dread fell on him, as if he was awaiting the pronouncement of some doom that he had long foreseen and vainly hoped might after all never be spoken.

January 27, 2020

Luck Is A Function Of Effort

"I'm getting on the jumbotron tonight." It's good to have a goal, and this was mine on June 11, 1998. I was a broke college intern who scored Stanley Cup tickets

January 21, 2020

Great Managers Are Not Afraid To Piss You Off

We recall our mentors with an abundance of positive memories. We associate achievement with their guidance, direction and attention. Whether they were teachers, coaches or managers, they cared enough to invest

December 23, 2019

The Guilty Pleasure Of Rooting For Others To Fail

Sports fans can relate to the sweet joy of watching another team fail. This sensation is all too prevalent in your career as well.

October 7, 2019

More Feedback Is Not Always Better

Managers intuitively believe that more feedback is the key to helping a struggling employee. In many cases, it serves only in making the situation worse. This article focuses on a better approach.

by Ian Mathews