Posts Tagged ‘The Ball’s In Your Court’
The Importance of Great Mentors
Throughout my life, I’ve been fortunate to have multiple mentors — enlightened teachers who taught me powerful lessons and changed my outlook. The first one was my speech and debate teacher in high school, Mollie Martin. As an educator, Mollie set high standards and was exceedingly demanding. Since we would travel by bus to distant…
Read MoreA Lesson in Handling Adversity with Bill Wennington
“When facing adversity, we should not ask, ‘Why me?’ but instead, ‘What am I supposed to learn from this?’” – Chip Conley What is Adversity? Merriam-Webster defines adversity as “a state or instance of serious or continued difficulty or misfortune.” Athletes are one group of people who experience this more often than the general population…
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