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FOLLOWING ORDERS WITH FELLOW FOLLOWERS

March 6, 2025 by

Following orders seems simple at face value: Someone tells someone what to do and the second someone does it. Done deal? Not so fast.

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EXCITABLE BOY, THEY ALL SAID

March 5, 2025 by

An excitable boy at age eighteen is a good thing. I had a great year at that age. Graduated from high school, got a summer job, hitch-hiked to Iowa and back. I left town for college, then turned nineteen and joined the Army the next fall like it was school. That’s where I saw older […]

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EXTRA EFFORT, BUT HOW MUCH?

March 1, 2025 by

Extra effort is the rule, or so we hear. “If you want to be somebody, it will take more than you’re doing.” “If you want to succeed, work harder.” But some people are born lucky. Clint asks, “Do you feel lucky? Do you, punk?”

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HAPPY PLACE? KEEP LOOKING

February 12, 2025 by

They say you’ll know your happy place when you get there. Who are ‘they?’ Happy people, that’s who ‘they’ are. Are they happy all the time? No, but . . .

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ACCEPTABLE LOSSES WITH EXCEPTIONS

January 23, 2025 by

Acceptable losses come with a line. Whether losses are acceptable or not usually depends on which side of the line you’re on. If friends and family are on one side, and you’re not? Either they’re on the loss side, or it’s you. Then what? Since I’ve been around a while, here’s a few ideas:

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OLD YEAR, NEW YEAR, GOODYEAR

December 31, 2024 by

With the old year out, the new year in, why not plan a road trip on a set of Goodyears? What else sounds  better than Goodyear? A new year deserves a slice of goodness to balance what comes next. But that’s still to come.

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TALKING DOWN TO SOMEONE? WHY

November 23, 2024 by

How can you tell when someone is talking down to you? It might be the clarification questions you ask that gets them annoyed to the point of explaining everything a few times, very slowly. Or it might their regular way of communicating. Which leads to more questions, like, “Why be a jerk?

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ON VETERANS DAY 2024

November 11, 2024 by

Veterans Day is for the old folks who remember their youth and those who were young with them. They remember the young people who didn’t have the chance to get old. My Dad got a chance to get old. He out-lived his Dad, just like I’m out-living him.

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COACHING STAFF FOR THE WORLDWIDE WIN

October 24, 2024 by

A coaching staff starts at the top with the head coach. From there it’s a bunch of coaches for the specialties, the offense, defense, special teams, quarterbacks, the works. The smart head coach hires people who are qualified and ready to go. How can they tell who they want?

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THE WAY YOU DO ANYTHING IS THE WAY YOU DO EVERYTHING

October 17, 2024 by

Agree or disagree, but the way you do anything explains a lot. If you have an identity crisis do a quick review of the past day to see who you are. What you did yesterday is who you are today. Actions speak louder than words, so what did you do yesterday?

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