by Mack | | Get Better, Goal Setting, Growth, Personal Mastery, Professional Development
Some time ago, I spoke to a preacher about what it was like to prepare to deliver a memorial service. He told me the question he likes to ask the family as he prepares his remarks is simple: What defined them? Often he said, the answer is hard to come by. Family...
by Mack | | Always Compete, Gaining an Edge, Get Better, Go Full Speed, Growth, Motivation, Personal Mastery, Professional Development
Years ago, when my then 13-year old son’s tackle football team, the Rockville Wolverines began their summer training. Their head coach brought all the players and parents together and held up the game ball from their Superbowl winning performance from the...
by Mack | | Always Compete, Gaining an Edge, Get Better, Go Full Speed, Goal Setting, Growth, Motivation, Never Quit, Personal Mastery, Professional Development
If you know me, you also know I’m not a big math and science guy. In fact, back in my 7th Grade math class, I was in “Group 3” which was the group for all the math dummies. Interestingly enough though, I managed to get a “B” in my college physics class back in 1986...
by Mack | | Get Better, Go Full Speed, Goal Setting, Growth, Never Quit, Personal Mastery, Professional Development
Back during the Great Recession of 2008, I did quite a bit of outplacement work. It was ugly stuff, being paid by companies to lay off employees. I always felt bad for those on the list. In some cases they saw the signs and were already preparing. Others were a...
by Mack | | Always Compete, Get Better, Go Full Speed, Growth, Motivation, Never Quit, Personal Mastery, Professional Development
This past week I finished reading Pete Carroll’s book Win Forever. Now if you don’t know who Pete Carroll is, he is the head coach of the Seattle Seahawks football team. Before that, he spent nearly 10 years as head coach of the University of Southern...