Busy ≠ Successful Life lessons through sports. 3.27.23 | by Coach Mike Deegan In Tim Ferriss’ book, Tribe of Mentors, one of his studies is Debbie Millman, founder and host of Design Matters. In the book, Tim asks Debbie, “If you could have a gigantic billboard anywhere with anything on it, what would it say […]
Get in the arena Life lessons through sports. 3.20.23 | by Coach Mike Deegan “We have two options: We can be critics or we can be performers. But, we can’t be both.” – Author and Public Speaker, Michael Port No one wants to labeled as a critic or judgmental. But that used to be me. […]
Running Your Own Race and Focusing On Your Inner Space Life lessons through sports. 3.13.23 | by Coach Mike Deegan Shane Battier vs. Elton Brand: Who did it best? Shane Battier Played all 4 college seasons #6 pick overall 13-year NBA career, earning $56,569,622 Won each an NCAA Championship and NBA Championship Elton Brand Left […]
Staying neutral out of hand, Jim Valvano’s epic speech, and SF Giants Kai Correa’s interview Life lessons through sports. 2.27.23 | by Coach Mike Deegan The Opener Later in this article, you’ll get to know San Francisco Giants Bench Coach, Kai Correa better. For now, I’d love to share a phrase he taught me: Neutral […]
New beginnings, handling failure, and controlling the controllable Life lessons through sports.2.20.23 | by Coach Mike Deegan The Opener “You look forward to it like a birthday party when you’re a kid. You think something wonderful is going to happen.” – Joe Dimaggio Friday marks my 20th opening day as collegiate baseball coach. There’s something […]
2.13.23 | by Coach Mike Deegan Lessons on Life, Leadership & High Performance Playing your best players, how to be your best, and James Clear on Tim Ferriss The Opener “What should I do? My daughter isn’t getting any minutes for her high school team. Should I talk to her coach?” This question came from […]
The Rule of Thirds: Have a bad day recently? If so, consider the rule of thirds. Olympian Alexi Pappas was frustrated with her lack of improvement in training. Her coach gifted this advice: When you’re chasing a dream you’re meant to feel good a third of the time, ok a third of the time, and […]
This summer, Mark Bradley passed away from cancer. Mark possessed a larger than life presence- he had the look of a GQ model plus charisma. I met Mark when I was a student-athlete at Marietta College. He participated in the community fall baseball league while climbing the ladder at Peoples Bank. A former Academic All-American […]
Parable of a Chinese Farmer Is it possible, the tragic event is actually an opportunity? Could a run of good fortune actually lead to something negative? The answer to both of those questions is “maybe.” This two minute video from Alan Watts encourages us to stay neutral. Life events happen and we never really know […]
Get the Meeting Right Getting meetings right is one of the most important responsibilities of a leader. Corporate jargon/coach speak isn’t effective communication. As leaders, we often leave a meeting feeling like we crushed it; meanwhile, the attendees are less than impressed. Have you fallen into the trap of using buzz words and phrases? A […]