Tag: leadership
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Miracle on the Hudson – 10 years later
I had just graduated from college and was driving back home to Columbus to take care of a few things. I heard a breaking news story on the radio that a plane had gone down over the Hudson River. “That’s really tragic,” I thought to myself. A little bit later, I heard another update that…
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What great coaches can teach us about life
Relentless effort (not talent or intelligence) is the key to achieving great things in your life. Struggle is part of the process. It is hard and often painful. But it’s also necessary, because it’s in the struggle that great things are achieved. -Urban Meyer, in Above the Line Tonight, one of the greatest college football coaches…
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Life Lessons from Shark Tank
My wife and I are huge fans of the show Shark Tank where entrepreneurs make pitches for businesses, products, and technologies to a group of five wealthy investors (sharks). New season started last night. One of the things I appreciate about when entrepreneurs go into the tank is that the sharks don’t tolerate excuses. People…
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Leadership comes in a thousand little moments
In our society, when we talk about “leadership,” I think we often think of a general, leading people into battle, someone who’s decisive. And to be fair, there are obviously times where that’s necessary. But as I think about leadership, those types of situations can be relatively rare. To illustrate this point, think about marriage. There…
Josh Benner 