What we can all learn from American Ninja Warrior — and even the Olympics
If you aren’t familiar with American Ninja Warrior, it is not a person dressed in black, silent as a snail but faster than a hummingbird. It is a TV show, and it is good. Now if you are a regular reader, you know that when I say “good” I don’t mean that in the “good […]
Them’s fightin’ words!
I learned the phrase that is the title of this post back in the 60’s on TV westerns. But it was already in use in 1917, and maybe earlier. “Fightin’ words,” I learned, were words spoken to someone that provoked them to respond physically. Usually it a was a good guy saying, “You’re a crook” […]
Lean in to win
Noah Lyles was running a race in Paris, France. It was the 2024 Summer Olympics, so the race was kind of a big deal. Overflowing with confidence, Lyles had predicted victory. When I say predicted, I’m talking Muhammad Ali style. Ali would even tell you which round of the fight would be his opponent’s last. […]
