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Tuesdays With Tommy
Does Anybody Know Who I Am?
During World War II, countless people were displaced from their homes. Some were imprisoned in concentration camps. Many left to fight in the war. Others fled to safer lands. When the war finally ended, the chaos and devastation were almost unimaginable. Among those...
Gratitude 365
Today marks the one-year anniversary of a decision that completely changed my life. One year ago, I weighed 205 pounds. I was exhausted, unhealthy, constantly on the road, eating poorly, drinking more than I should, and relying on seven different medications for...
Deeper Not Wider
When I was young, all I wanted was to go wider. I wanted more friends, to sell more books, to speak to bigger audiences. I wanted to change more lives, and to do that, I chased volume. When I worked with high school students, I was proud to gather hundreds of students...
Tie Goes to the Runner
Four years ago, when Tate was considering playing hockey at Shattuck St. Mary’s in Faribault, MN, we had to have a lot of hard conversations. Shattuck is the top hockey school in the country, if not the world, and to make the team as a freshman is...
Don’t Miss the Boat
I've lived in Colorado primarily for the last 25-plus years. A quick geography lesson, Colorado is about as landlocked as you can get. With that, there are more steak restaurants than there are ski lifts. I don’t think I have ever ordered fish at a Colorado...
Half Asleep
Over Christmas break, my whole family flew down to Florida to spend the holiday break together. What we anticipated to be a beautiful week of beach time, eating wonderful meals, playing cards as a family, and enjoying the hustle and bustle of the holiday season turned...
You Can’t Buy Respect
Last week, I had the opportunity to fly back to Colorado and speak at the 49th Annual Scouting Sports Breakfast. I was asked to talk about leadership and was given the great honor of presenting the Lifetime Achievement Award (the highest award given by Scouting...
Field of Leadership
This past week I flew to South Carolina to visit my daughter Caroline, who is a sophomore at Clemson University. Caroline is an exceptional young woman, and I always cherish our daddy-daughter time. My week was filled with being surrounded by exceptional people. My...
Dust
My grandparents on my mother’s side, Anthony and Helen D’Aquanni, are my heroes. If you’ve been reading Tuesdays with Tommy, or one of my books, or heard one of my keynotes, you’ve heard about them. They’ve had that kind of influence on me. Anthony and Helen had a...