Seth Godin, Linchpin

I was fortunate to receive an advanced copy of Seth Godin’s latest, Linchpin. I had a very hard time writing an appropriate review on Amazon.
What others reviewers are raving about is how this book is about doers . . . kind of, but not really. This book is about people who fancy themselves single-handedly able [...]

Sports Stat of the Week: Old Guns, Young Guns

Sports Stat of the Week
It’s all in the numbers….
Never mind what happened Sunday afternoon . . . I turned off the second display in my office and focused on teaching our Advanced Quant class. The students didn’t have to know the Boys were being destroyed by Future Rapper Favre.

(Pants on the Ground? Really? What the [...]

Mastery – how to know when to get back to basics

What do you call it when a defender “bounces” a puck into his own goal?
Ready?
. . .
Heart Breaking.
Actually I can’t believe I have yet to find the term . . . surely there is a term for this phenomenon given what my beloved Robi had to say about it,
“I hope he doesn’t worry too much [...]

Sports Statistic of the Week: Cowboys versus Giants

Brett Favre is looking royal in purple. Hard to believe he recently crossed into 40. Though they lost to the Cardinals . . .
“I’m anxious to go watch it on the news because I’m pretty sure everybody is going to talk about what Brett Favre did wrong, and not talk about how our defense stood [...]

Mastery – Semper Fi

Happy 234th Birthday to the United States Marine Corps!
A big thank you to those who have served and those who will serve. Bob Parsons, the Chief Nutty-Nut at GoDaddy.com creates a rousing tribute to the Marine Corps each year in celebration of the evening at Tun Tavern in Philadelphia, November 10, 1775.
https://www.godaddy.com/gdshop/holiday/usmc2009/default.asp?isc=gdr1162a
The Few, The Proud.
I [...]

Earn 59% more Just by making one switch….

So you’re a lefty and life is tough?
Stop your whining.
Look at the numbers . . . you’re in pretty good company . . . if you can survive adolescence.
This week we compare the salaries of left-handed pitchers with the average salary of all pitchers over the past 20 years.
I can be the first to admit [...]

Excellence versus Mastery

Mastery is a path, not a destination so I thought I would clarify a few things that have come up in comments . . .
You can be better than 95% of all other people after you have persevered for 1000 hours in one area.
So if you are a runner, does that mean you have to [...]

Super Stars Mini-mite Hockey

If you haven’t seen the latest in mini-mite super stars, check out this video of a 9 year old. Now this trick is a learned trick and wouldn’t fly in the NHL (puck must be moving forward at all times – this one doesn’t), but come on, it’s pretty cool to watch.
Fair warning, this video [...]

When Free is too Expensive

I am writing from Newark, New Jersey, which is not my new favorite place. But this is not a post about that. On the flight here I noticed the airline magazine and spent a few minutes going through the puzzles. Across from one of the puzzle pages was a full-page glossy ad for FRE*E Hotel [...]

What is Talent?

Talent is one of those things we talk about all the time, but very rarely define. How often do you refer to someone doing something incredible: Tiger Woods, Tom Brady, Michael Phelps, Dara Torres, Usain Bolt as a Natural Talent?
Since that often feels a bit like a cop-out, let’s dive in to the science of [...]

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