Feb 26, 2017 | Extra Points, Uncategorized
This Week’s Focus Point: Opportunity Knocks Daily I was browsing my Linked In timeline last week and a connection of mine shared a post with the quote – “There are 365 days in a year; and 365 opportunities.” I liked that saying…I wish...
Feb 13, 2017 | Extra Points, Uncategorized
Captain Jack hates the wind. Hates it. He doesn’t cower and hide from it. He gets mad. So mad that he spends an inordinate amount of energy barking furiously at it. He can’t see the wind, but he can hear it and figures it’s his mortal enemy (along...
Feb 6, 2017 | Extra Points, Uncategorized
This Week’s Focus Point: Anxious or Eager? One of my pet peeves is the improper use of the words anxious and eager. You hear them used interchangeably all the time, even in the media (who should know better). Let’s make this crystal clear – anxious...
Jan 23, 2017 | Extra Points, Uncategorized
This Week’s Focus Point: Are You Out of Water? One of my jobs as the minion of two demanding Jack Russell Terriers is to keep their water dish full. While they might think it’s my “only job,” I do on occasion lose track of the depth of the...
Jan 16, 2017 | Extra Points, Uncategorized
How do you define mental toughness? I once defined it as a type of resilience; the ability to overcome adversity by using your mental capacity and smarts. While that may indeed be a component, I’ve come to a different global definition for mental toughness....