Monthly Archives: November 2008

Thanksgiving

With less than one ...

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My family loves Thanksgiving.  For the most part, so do I.  The entire family getting together is not something that happens with great regularity anymore – grandparents winter in Florida, kids are in college or living their own lives, brothers and sisters and other relations have busy schedules too.  So when 20 or 25 of us can pile into one location, it’s special, and each gathering is unique.  Except for one thing. Continue reading

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Meetings

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I’m conflicted about meetings.  Generally, I think of them as things people hold because they have nothing else with which to occupy their time.  I mean, who has time for a meeting when there is so much to do RIGHT NOW? Continue reading

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Never Let Your Schooling…

Hopefully you know the other end of that quote in the headline from my favorite author (no fair scrolling down).  I thought of it today because I had lunch with a colleague who is about to teach a graduate course in sports leadership.  He and I probably have 60 or so years combined experience in sports and business (and occasionally they’re one and the same!) and we had an ironic laugh about something we see a lot. Continue reading

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