Apr 19
Today wasn’t a particularly good day. I got invited to go to a Non-NPC contest up north by my good friend, Tony Ruggiero. He had an extra ticket. I’ll do free any day. So I said I’d go. I’m thinking prejudging starts around 10 am like normal NPC shows, but noooo…this thing starts at 8:30 …
Apr 18
I had such great feedback on yesterday’s blog that I decided to see if I could come up with a few more competitor questions for you guys. These are a little more…uhhh…rambunctious, if I can be so bold, but they’re real questions that I’ve gotten and I’m sure just about all of you have asked …
Apr 16
Today’s blog is a light-hearted look at some of the questions I’ve been asked over the years and the situations I’ve run across. The questions don’t change. The competitors do. In fact, I’ve answered the same questions over-n-over so many times, I can second-guess the person answering and will usually answer the next 2-3 questions …
Apr 16
To the best of my knowledge, no one “Happened” into greatness or success. Some may have found it easier to achieve than others. Some may have stumbled upon it while looking at or for something else. Some may have been in the right place at the right time. But no one was sitting on the …
Apr 15
Today we’ll cover the final few points of what makes a good coach/leader/teacher from John Wooden’s book, and then I’ll close this particular series out with a few thoughts of my own. Wooden: A Lifetime Of Observations And Reflections On And Off The Court. Public Embarrassment I feel that hard public criticism embarrasses people, antagonizes …
