I just returned from my last Parents Weekend at Florida State University. My daughter is a senior and will graduate next spring. The FSU campus is beautiful, doubly so when the football team wins at home in front of 80,000 fans dressed in garnet and … [Read more...]
Why It’s Okay to Turn Gray
Nineteen years ago I founded the No Bats Baseball Club. It never dawned on me No Bats would evolve into a tightly-knit group of guys who have raised and distributed $1.1 million for a wide variety of baseball-related charities plus the Wounded … [Read more...]
Why Coaching Matters
It was a normal Wednesday. Hump Day they call it. I straggled home at sundown to see a police car parked in front of the house. A policeman was at the door; another stood against the wall, hidden out of sight. My neighbor had called and complained … [Read more...]
Workers in Transition: Why It’s Important to Reach Out
One of the great fruits of a life well-negotiated is being able to harvest a fair living doing whatever it is you love to do. Saying or writing that is easier than actually doing it, especially now. All of us have had jobs we griped about. Today … [Read more...]
Why Chaplin was Right
Late in Charlie Chaplin’s life he was interviewed by longtime CBS reporter Morton. This was a dream interview for Dean — he idolized the great British filmmaker. A lifelong fan, the interview enabled Dean to ask things of Chaplin he’d always wanted … [Read more...]
Optimism vs. Pessimism
Since each of us has a spectacularly unique set of personal attributes, I don't like to generalize but in one important area of life and business -- optimism versus pessimism -- it is important to understand how each of these behavioral choices … [Read more...]
Why Silence is Good … and Bad
I was in a client meeting this morning, the only one born early enough to understand the significance of Neil Armstrong’s July 20, 1969 walk on the moon. The moon really isn’t that far away—only about 240,000 miles—and many business travelers fly … [Read more...]
Why Steamboat?
Kim Filler is my friend and property manager in Steamboat Springs, Colorado. She asked me to consider writing about why I decided to get a place Steamboat and name it "Bonita Vista." Here's what I wrote: I am a storyteller. My stories are built … [Read more...]
A Recent Interview with Jacksonville University
These five questions were asked of me during an interview prior to a recent Florida appearance. Readers often like these type of things, so I thought I'd post this particular Q&A. http://dolphinnetwork.blogspot.com/2010/02/five-questions-with.html … [Read more...]
News Fit for a Monday
Dog Eats Man. In a story that makes us all feel extra special about the bond between man and dog, a Jack Russell terrier in Michigan saved his owner’s life by gnawing off the guy’s big toe. The toe was infected and about to become gangrenous; and … [Read more...]