September 8, 2019
The Energy Drain of PMS – Post-Modern Sports
My poor illiterate immigrant Italian father Antonio hated pro sports. Not disliked them, hated them. I thought he was crazy. Turns out he was right. Watching pro sports is the biggest waste of money, time, and energy. One reason why I don’t waste money, time, and energy watching pro football is The Superstar Favouritism that contradicts my fundamental coaching beliefs for the past 40 years of ...July 27, 2019
Scary Boss Syndrome
Here’s what I commented on another Linkedin article about scary bosses: If your boss is scary, you allowed it. Fear of boss is the equivalent of junior high fear of the vice-principal. Stand up for yourself and don’t be a human tackling dummy or punching bag. I left two high paying jobs to start my own business to get away from 90% of bosses and constant conflict with them. ...June 11, 2019
Business advice 101
Business advice 101 – giving away for free makes you go broke. I was blessed to have 2 public sector jobs for 35 years. I was a police officer for 15 years and then a college law enforcement professor/program coordinator for 20 years. I never worked for free. No one asked me to work for free. And I couldn’t work for free even if I wanted to. The moment I started a business, we were ...
May 11, 2019
Rich Coach, Poor Coach – part 8
The New York Jets head coach canceled rookie on-field minicamp and replaced it with classroom rookie orientation to teach the rookies how to pay bills and buy food, and, to prevent injury because they haven’t done anything since November. The head coach is being applauded for passing up reps to teach university graduates how to do what the rest of the world has had to learn on their own. Here ...March 3, 2019
Never fear the competition
Here’s Real-life Lesson #10,716 that I’ve taught football players for 40 years and college law enforcement students for 2 decades – never fear the competition. The competition looks tough, sounds tough, acts tough but the competition is governed by the 10-90 Rule – sound like fun until it has to get done. Over 90% will never stick it out fully. Over 90% will never invest the reps, ...February 25, 2019
The effects of your transformation
The effect of your transformation makes an impact in the world, whether you are aware or not. Personal transformation positively impacts people in your environment through your strength and energy, whether you know them or not, whether you are aware or not. It’s very easy to be unaware of the effect your transformation has. Its easy to ignore the impact you are capable of making and have ...February 23, 2019
Evolution of Self
We are all a work-in-progress. No human is a finished product. There’s no finish line as long as you’re alive – dual meaning. Officially and functionally. The Evolution of Self is a journey premised on Impact Decisions – choices that impact who you become and what becomes of the world around you. I’ve coached and taught over 25,000 athletes and students to choose ...February 22, 2019
#1 cause of losing
View this post on Instagram The #1 cause of all failure, all losing is broken focus. The #1 cause of broken focus is Distracted Driving that happens when you stop paying attention to what drives you and pay attention to what stops you. The #1 cause of Distracted Driving is Theft Conspiracy – allowing The Unfocused to steal your attention. The #1 cause of Theft Conspiracy is the ...#1975
View this post on Instagram The best way to celebrate a life is to keep its spirit alive. Phil Morin died earlier this week.This map shows King St. & 5th St, Welland, where his gym – Phil's Health Center – was located. Phil's was the first gym I joined in 1975, at 18 when I was a rookie cop. I was in year 6 of my workout streak. Had only worked out in my ...February 12, 2019
The #1 force that holds you back
The #1 force that holds you back is not the competition, it’s not the weight on the bar, it’s not what happened yesterday, it’s not what didn’t happen the day before, it’s not what you’re waiting for, it’s not what someone said, it’s not what someone didn’t say, it’s not getting what you didn’t deserve, or not getting what you ...February 8, 2019
STFU + GTFU
If your mind runs away from you, your body follows. Every day is a fight to keep your mind from running away on you. Someone says something. Someone does something. Something happens when its shouldn’t. Nothing happens when it should. Then you choose – fight or flight. You choose to be a #streetfigther or be a #runner. The choice depends on what you let you mind do to you – ...February 7, 2019