They’re still playing golf out on Long Island as I’m writing this. The U.S. Open is always great fun to watch and this one has been no exception. It’s amazing how the course and the pressure always manages to bring the leaders back to the pack while the guys like Tiger and Phil who have been there before play their way into contention. I was reminded in the course of watching it how Coach Wooden’s words really are true, both about golf and business: “Little things make big things happen.” Continue reading
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The Open
They’ve begun play in the Championship round of The U.S. Open. Like The World Cup, the U.S. Open we see on TV is really the final round (or four rounds) of a tournament that began over a month ago (in soccer’s case we’re in the tournament now that concludes next summer). The part I like best about this is neither that the courses make the best golfers in the world look like..uh..me nor the history. What I like the best is that I can play. Continue reading
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Learning to Ride
- Image by richardmasoner via Flickr
I’ve taught a couple of children how to ride a bicycle. Maybe you have as well or maybe you can remember learning to ride yourself. It’s a pretty complex thing – balance, speed, and a bunch of other things have to be dealt with if we’re going to avoid the trip to the medicine cabinet. It’s really about courage at first – can I DO this – and then about trust after you make that first long run yourself (OK, it’s sort of about stopping during that first run!). Continue reading
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Consult Keith 