Josh Benner

Tag: adversity

  • What baseball can teach us about life

    The second half of the 2019 baseball season starts today. Between now and late September, the regular season will feature over 1,000 games. One ting I love about baseball is that no matter how good or bad today’s game went, tomorrow is a new day. In baseball, you can get absolutely trounced one day. Pitching…

  • What the Alabama quarterbacks can teach us about life

    If you can get Nick Saban chocked up, you must be a pretty special person. I love the life lessons that can come to us from the sporting world. This weekend, Alabama was playing Georgia in the SEC Championship Game. The Crimson Tide were trying to continue one of the most dominating seasons in college…

  • America’s idol: the unhealthy obsession with sports

    Minnesota Vikings rookie kicker Daniel Carlson did not have a good game Sunday against the Packers. Carlson missed three field goals in a game which ended in a 29-29 tie. What made matters worse, two of those missed field goals came in overtime, including a lot second field goal that was basically a chip shot.…

  • Will Smith, Jordan Peterson and our responsibility in dealing with adversity

    Will Smith was imparting some wisdom on Instagram yesterday. In talking about fault and responsibility, the actor/rapper said, “It don’t matter who’s fault it is that something is broken if it’s your responsibility to fix it.”