The Major League Baseball season stretches from April to October, and includes over 160 regular league games. And that doesn't include pre-season scrimmages or playoff match-ups. With each game lasting an approximate 2.5 hours, that's a lot of time on the diamond! What happens in...
In the classic baseball movie “Major League,” one of the players has taken to sacrificing chickens and rubbing mysterious voodoo tchotchkes on his bat in order to get a hit. Some of the other players belittle his efforts – until it appears to work. Superstitions...
A few weeks ago on one of my many trips to Atlanta, I saw a guy relieving himself on a side of the road. What caught me about this guy, is that he was 10 feet past the exit, and I could clearly see yeah...
Jacqueline Novogratz shares stories of how "patient capital" can bring sustainable jobs, goods, services -- and dignity -- to the world's poorest. htpp://www.churchbrandarchitects.com htpp://www.jrichardbyrd.com htpp://www.macyourministry.com...
At his day job, Steve Truglia flips cars, walks through fire and falls out of buildings -- pushing technology to make stunts bigger, safer, more awesome. He talks us through his next stunt: the highest jump ever attempted, from the very edge...
Architect Thom Mayne has never been one to take the easy option, and this whistle-stop tour of the buildings he's created makes you glad for it. These are big ideas cast in material form. htpp://www.churchbrandarchitects.com htpp://www.jrichardbyrd.com htpp://www.macyourministry.com...
When you watch a Major League Baseball game, it can seem like magic. The organ is playing, the crowds are madly cheering, the diamond is groomed just so, and the players are all in the zone. It seems impossible that they can miss a ball...
Today, as I looked through my newspaper clippings on the Internet. I came across an article from Facebook. This article was very interesting because it asked a specific question that got me thinking and thinking hard. The question although innocuous , pierced me to my...
How often do you check your email? Every hour? Every few minutes? Or is it every time that little “unread” number pops up? If you suffer from email overload, that little number can make you crazy – and plenty unproductive as well. But a little discipline...
Reading, writing, and arithmetic – the three basics of a traditional education. As an entrepreneur, you already know how important the writing and arithmetic are. But reading is just as important, and the end of summer is a perfect time to start (or finish!) a...