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

I am a Detroit Lions fan. If an airplane of NFL fans had only 32 seats, the Lions fan would sit in the back row, near the toilets and next to

October 7, 2019

More Feedback Is Not Always Better

A nine-year-old baseball player nervously takes practice swings, watching intently from the on-deck circle. If you are the coach, what do you want him to think about? "I'm going to hit

by Ian Mathews