On a cool fall night in Lubbock, TX, Mike Leach’s Texas Tech Red Raiders football team had eight seconds to pull off the unthinkable. The year was 2008. On the opposing sideline stood Mack Brown – head coach of the number one ranked Texas Longhorns. Three seasons ago, Brown hoisted
Below is a question I received from a good friend that turned into a glimpse of how I believe skills should be acquired, blended, and tested so they can show up when the lights turn on. This process (and piece) is not a finished product, but I think it is
In 1974, Paul Slovic – Professor of Psychology at the University of Oregon – put a group of professional horse gamblers to the test. Slovic, a pupil under Nobel researcher Daniel Khaneman, designed a series of horse races. The gamblers – men and women who made a living off their
Back in 1956, the New York Police Department was desperate. Over the past two years, the city had become victim to 10 different bombing attacks. The events were recognized not as isolated incidents, but a series of interrelated crimes traced back to one elusive man. The man responsible became known
The fourth quarter of the 1991 NBA Finals was about to begin. Magic Johnson’s Los Angeles Lakers and Michael Jordan’s Chicago Bulls were deadlocked at 80 in a decisive game five. Jordan, over the first seven years of his career, had established himself as one of the most dynamic scorers
In the early 2000s, Michael Lewis was investigating a theory. In 1999, he published The New New Thing: A Silicon Valley Story. Born from his experiences working at Salomon Brothers – American multinational bulge bracket investment bank – Lewis detailed the growing entrepreneurial culture just south of San Francisco at the
The other day, I was working with a college pitcher. When I approached this young man, you could tell by his body language he was frustrated. He had thrown a bullpen yesterday. His feedback from the bullpen had been underwhelming. The three things he had been working on primarily in
The date was March 8, 1965. After careful consideration, the United States finally decided to make a manpower commitment to the growing escalation in Vietnam. Over the past decade, tensions between the North and South Vietnam – as distinguished by the demilitarized “17th Parallel” zone – had grown into guerrilla warfare.
Several summers ago, I was a young Boy Scout. I was probably around 14 years old. Every summer, our troop would go on a week long trip to summer camp. As part of camp, we would sign up to take specific merit badges. Some were required for the rank of
It was late in the 2009 NFL season. The Cleveland Browns – who hadn’t appeared in a playoff game since 2002 – were 1-11. At the end of week 17, twelve teams would be left to fight for football’s most coveted trophy. For the seventh consecutive year, Cleveland would not