Goals are infectious in the best way possible. When I was in college I put “22-year-old millionaire” on my screensaver. I read that every day for four years because that's what I wanted to accomplish. That’s what I could accomplish. When I started playing in the...
This particular game we won by 2 touchdowns. That’s huge in the NFL. The next day we walked into our meeting and saw everybody’s worst play on the screen. 40 players. 40 bad plays. What kind of leader calls out 40 bad plays after a...
What's the character of your team? Five and a half weeks into our Super Bowl season we had a guy “join up” to replace a player who we all really liked. Do we treat the new player with disdain because he came in and disrupted our...
All successful people have ‘away games’ in their lives. Their away games aren’t EVERY week. That’s not how they work. They’re once or twice a month. They’re the times when you put in your headphones, take a nap, or catch up on a favorite TV show. They’re the...
22 years old. I was practically still a kid. I was spending my first Thanksgiving alone. There’s no going home for the holidays when it’s the middle of the season and you’ve got practice. A buddy invited me over to his home for Thanksgiving. I remember...
Everyone’s looking for a shortcut, and this one shortcut will creep into your business if you’re not actively monitoring it. It’s more of a psychology-driven behavior disguised as a survival tactic. Don’t let it fool you. Is sandbagging ruining your business? Listen up, because you’ve got to...
It was week 11 of the 2015 season and we were playing the Chicago Bears… There was a classic Chicago-style blizzard and we were the only flight landing that night. Time was scarce, so when we finally got to our hotel, Coach Kubiak changed things up on...
If this doesn’t define team success, I don’t know what does...
Make a Money Win A teammate of mine had just started his second year in the NFL on a $550,000 contract. We were talking about buying expensive cars. Yeah, we all want one. I warned him against large purchases that he could not pay for in cash....