Tip of the Week

At the Grammy Awards on Sunday night Adele won every major award: Song of the Year, Record of Year and finally Album of the Year.  However, she stunned everyone when she came to receive her final Grammy and said (looking at Beyoncé),  “I can’t possibly accept this award.  The Lemonade album was just so monumental,…

So, why did the Patriots win?  Was it: 1. Because Tom Brady is a great quarterback who led his team to victory? 2. Because Matt Ryan, this year’s MVP, was only able to lead the offense to three points in the second half?  3. Because the Patriots’ defense shut down the Falcons’ offense in the…

Roger Federer and Rafael Nadal, the two greatest tennis players of this period of history, played an epic five set final in the Australian Open, with Federer winning his 18th Major Championship against his greatest nemesis. What the world saw was not only two great champions making the supreme effort, but two gentlemen, athletes who…

We hope all coaches care more about their players as people than they do as athletic performers, and would like to be remembered by their players as Tim Tebow remembers his high school coach who died last week: “More than a coach, he was a mentor and a father figure.  He changed my life and…

Dabo Swinney is the head football coach of the National Champion Clemson Tigers.  Prior to the championship game last week he said to his players, “Let the light that’s in you shine brighter than the light that’s on you.”  What does that mean to you?  Who is he talking to?  Is the “you” each individual…

Clemson fans are celebrating Deshaun Watson’s stellar performance as the quarterback of the National Champion Tigers.  The only thing that is as important in Deshaun’s opinion is the work that he does for Habitat for Humanity.  As a child he grew up in public housing surrounded by crime and drugs, but when his mother Deann…

In case you haven’t heard, Mariah Carey’s live television appearance on New Year’s Eve fell completely apart because her earpiece apparently didn’t work.  Interestingly, we read by chance that one of Prince Harry’s favorite quotes is from Stevie Wonder: “It takes teamwork to make the dream work.”  Whether we’re on a musical team, a sports…

There is nothing more important than setting goals for ourselves.  John Wooden said, “Nothing will work unless you do.”  Most of us do not take goal setting seriously enough.  We say “I would like to be the best…”  Having a goal is easy!  But how do we get there?  To set a goal is to…

Christian McCaffrey has announced he is dropping off the Stanford football team so he can prepare for the NFL draft.  What does the Code say about this?  “I will place team goals ahead of personal goals.”  This is not the first time a football player has quit the team, in order to prepare for the…

What does the “holiday spirit” mean to you?  For some it means family, for others a spirit of giving, for others a time of faith, for others still other things.  For many people it is also a sad time, for it brings back past happy memories that are now gone; for those out of work…