The Beijing Olympic games were a mixed bag for the United States. There were many more failures than anticipated. Why do some competitors meet the moment and others fold?In a recent NY Times article, Sian Beilock (President of Barnard College) states that humans are hard-wired...
When you look at Los Angeles Rams wide receiver Cooper Kupp, he isn’t that impressive: 6’2” and 208 lbs. Why did he win the Most Valuable Player for Superbowl LVI? Because nerds rule!Kupp’s determination to be the best is nothing short of miraculous. He turned...
For Olympics fans, the unthinkable happened. The alpine racer, Mikaela Shiffrin fell in both of her first two races, the Giant Slalom and Super G. Both times she posted a DNF or did not finish.Mountain conditions are precarious, where a wind shift, cloud shadow, or...
Joel Cohen directed Denzel Washington in the recent film The Tragedy of Macbeth. He harped on Washington to harden his R’s. Cohen wanted Macbeth to project power and knew that precise speech would deliver that quality. And without a regional accent, Washington’s Macbeth could be from...
David recently recorded an audio version of the book The End of Burnout by Jonathan Malesic. The author is on to something. Last year, over 38 million workers left their jobs in the U.S. This poses a huge problem for businesses that need to continuously...
We were inspired by a recent CBS 60 Minutes piece featuring The Ritchie Boys. They were a World War II German-Austrian unit, many of them Jewish, who had immigrated to the U.S. prior to WWII. Because of their knowledge of European languages and German culture,...
At the risk of sounding like The Sports Channel, we are breathlessly awaiting the opening of the 2022 Winter Olympics. For us, there is no greater thrill than watching elite athletes compete on the world’s largest and oldest stage. The first Olympics took place in...
John Madden was a Hall of Fame NFL Coach who led the Oakland Raiders to 8 playoffs and their Super Bowl win in 1976. On December 28th he passed away.After he quit coaching, Madden was an unlikely choice for a sportscaster. He would frenetically gesture...
One thing the space missions of 2021 have reaffirmed is that anyone who travels beyond our planet and looks back is changed. They express wonder at the earth’s spectacular beauty and fragility. May we all appreciate the brief moment of time we have on this...
During this difficult year, two things have become startlingly clear—life is precious and evanescent. There is much to fear: COVID variants, politics, climate instability and more. Great challenges focus the mind, so why not direct your attention to what you have to be grateful for?...