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Two Paintings
My stepson, Anthony, visited home last week after finishing his first year at West Point Military Academy. While he was here, Jill and I had the pleasure of spending time with his new girlfriend, Jess. She’s a whip-smart young lady, and I could tell within a few hours...
Two Paintings
My stepson, Anthony, visited home last week after finishing his first year at West Point Military Academy. While he was here, Jill and I had the pleasure of spending time with his new girlfriend, Jess. She’s a whip-smart young lady, and I could tell within a few hours...
Be Like Woody
When I graduated college from East Carolina University in 1992, my dream was to run for public office. I wanted to be elected on a platform of bringing together leaders from both sides of the aisle and delivering real, bipartisan change to the American people. I know...
Be Like Woody
When I graduated college from East Carolina University in 1992, my dream was to run for public office. I wanted to be elected on a platform of bringing together leaders from both sides of the aisle and delivering real, bipartisan change to the American people. I know...
Cry It Out
Last week, I was driving my son Tate to school. I noticed he was a bit quieter than usual, so I asked if anything was on his mind. “Daddy,” he said, “I was watching TV last night and The Notebook came on.” I admit I was a little taken aback. The only movies...
Seventeen Inches
A few weeks ago, my good friend Link Wilfley emailed me a story about a famous college baseball coach named John Scolinos. In 1996, after he’d been retired for a few years, Scolinos gave a keynote address at the annual American Baseball Coaches Association convention...
More Like Garry
At the end of August 1988, my parents dropped me off for my freshman year at East Carolina University, handed me a Walmart bag full of school supplies and snacks, and drove eight hours back to New York. When I shut the door to my dorm room, I suddenly realized that I...
The Sixteenth Second
A few weeks ago, I was having dinner with my daughter, Caroline. She’s heading off to college in a few years, so I’m trying to spend as much time with her as humanly possible. We got talking about school, and she mentioned offhand that her GPA was 4.35. “I didn’t even...
Humble & Kind
I’ve been a full-time student and teacher of leadership for the past 30 years. I’ve coached and been coached by everyone from high school seniors to Fortune 100 CEOs. The most common question I get, no matter whom I’m coaching, is this: “What’s the most important...