This week we were in Florida for the Plastic News Executive Forum. While we were here I wanted to see my friend, Al, who is fighting cancer. We spent an afternoon with him and his wife in January. Unfortunately he was in the hospital and we couldn’t visit. I’m glad we spent the time in […]
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One of the things typical in sports is trash talk. You can see it in any NFL game. Players say things to try to get into their opponents head. If the opponent isn’t strong the trash talk creates emotions taking them off their game. We teach our players to ignore trash talk and focus on […]
The Butterfly Effect is a hypothesis presented to the New York Academy of Science in 1963 by Edward Lorenz. His theory simply stated is; A butterfly could flap its wings and set molecules of air in motion, which would move other molecules of air, in turn moving more molecules of air—eventually capable of starting a […]
My friend Jon Petz is a business inspirational speaker, conference emcee and magician who lives in the Columbus area. His magic amazes me. I’ve been a few feet from him when he performed magic and have no idea how he does it. One of my favorite illusions is when Jon steps into a box in […]
Last week I was interviewed on the America’s Talking podcast with a national following. The focus was on energy and manufacturing. Austin, the host, knew I coached high school soccer said, “This is my last question. Can you tell me the single most important leadership lesson you have learned from coaching youth soccer?” I responded, […]
