Several years ago, my attempt at a pilot program designed with the objective of encouraging our sport management students to broaden their familiarity of the sport industry, (especially to encompass sports outside of the one they presently identified with) was met with a mediocre response from leadership and students. With an approach more akin to …
Category: Flourishing
Improve Mindset
Could it be that as you read this post your mind has already been drifting towards thoughts of a new year? Are there better choices I could be making? Am I at the place I had hoped to be at this season of my life? Am I satisfied with my approach to the personal and …
Goodwill Hunting
Deep inside, I have this belief that all humans desire to be the best person they can be; that everyone seeks to flourish in their own lives and that aspiration expands out to those around them. I refuse to release my grip on this conviction even when our current culture attempts to convince me otherwise. …
Read the Manual
After years of maintaining a beautiful lawn with a gas-powered mower, a decision is made to venture out and investigate the latest battery-powered mowers, so upon opening the large cardboard box after making the final purchase, my first step was to Read the Manual. Now, there are many items that once purchased, such as a …
Get Better
This pilgrimage to comprehend why some people flourish, even in difficult times, while others, who appear to have an easy path, seem to flounder, is generating more questions than answers. Although days exist when it would be enjoyable to uncover a one-size-fits-all approach to navigating relationships, careers, and life in general, in order to experience …
Sunglasses and Hearing Aids
If you find it impossible to see yourself in any of the content Eggerichs shares in Cracking the Communication Code, such as Michael and Tom’s hunting story, the misunderstanding in the airport terminal, or the hamburger question, then you have NEVER had a genuine conversation with a member of the opposite gender! Laughing out loud …
TransforMissional Leadership
Some people may call it coincidence, but I do not; I choose to believe in Divine Direction which is exactly what occurred when I uprooted the book Fit & Flourish from the bookshelf in my home office on a recent July day. Considering the book has been in my possession since before life changed with …
Listening Tour
In the world of education, we frequently discuss the importance of feedback to the learning process, but no one is immune to how vital feedback is in all areas of life, whether communicating with someone we love, acquiring a fresh skill, or mastering a new sport. Often that feedback is interpreted into some form of …
Gift of Failure
Regular visitors to this blog will be familiar with the concept of controlled floundering and the continuum that ranges from flourishing to failure; however, if this reading is your first visit to the blog, I encourage you to examine those ideas to provide a framework for this post on the Gift of Failure. Although Lahey’s …
Craftsman Mindset
Craftsman-what image fills your mind when you read, or even speak, this word? Is it seeing the transformation of raw wood into a stunning piece of furniture? Does your mind conjure up an artist compelling a breath-taking visual image from colorful globs of paint? Maybe you picture the Master Craftsman’s exquisite method of painting the …
Flourishing @ Life 