Golf: The Sport of Business. Build on it!
Ever wonder why so many salespeople play golf? What is it about the game that draws them? Could it be the opportunity to take a swing at an inanimate object and send it two or three times farther than Ryan Howard’s longest home run or Michael Vick’s longest pass down field? Or, could it be […]
Eight Essentials to Exciting, Successful Team Events!
If golf is such a great way to build business relationships, why don’t more business people use it to develop their teams? Perhaps their last event was missing one or more of the eight essentials necessary for successful, exciting team events. Our customers tell us that golf is truly a great way to grow their team. We’ve hosted over […]
“…life, liberty, and the PURSUIT of happiness.”
Happy birthday to the greatest country on earth! But, will what made us great keep us in our lofted position? The men who signed the Declaration of Independence in 1776 right here in Philadelphia were farmers, businessmen, preachers, and tradesmen. They sacrificed business pursuits to meet together and hack through the jungle of opinions, rumor, and just […]
Who Needs to Be Disciplined Here – Parent or Child?
Some people believe that child discipline is what happens when parents get angry at their child’s behavior. The truth is that discipline is NOT about punishment or anger; it is about teaching your child and helping him or her to learn and receive guidance as to what kind of behavior is and isn’t acceptable. Children […]
Stuck? Open your mind … and your options!
Do you always look to the same group of people in your organization to generate ideas and solve problems? Sometimes you’ve got to widen your view. At BigHeads Network, a think tank that advises major corporations, a diverse collection of designers, inventors, musicians, and artists helps organizations devise new solutions with an approach based on […]
Brief Confessions of a Father
It’s Fathers Day. By the way, is it supposed to be Father’s Day, Fathers Day, or Fathers’ Day? Hmm… Anyway, here’s another day set aside by well-meaning folks to sell you golf equipment we’re not trained to use, ties we’ll don’t want to wear, cards that retell the obvious, and a bunch of other stuff […]
Want your family to grow closer? Try Family Adventuring.
When I was 13, my folks took our family on an extended trip to the Seattle World’s Fair. My home state, the Commonwealth of Kentucky, was the beginning point of an adventure that would cover over 3,000 miles and last over a month. The story gets better. The adventurers included my parents, my brother, my three […]
Fore Fun: A Little Bumper Sticker Wisdom (?)
Sometimes the best entertainment during the morning commute comes from the bumper stickers on passing cars. Here are a few samples from the Internet: Have you ever stopped to think and forgotten to start again? Where there’s a will, I want to be in it! I don’t suffer from insanity. I enjoy every minute of […]
Who’s Going To Teach Your Children to Play?
Great introductory session Thursday evening with nine women. I started the session as I do and asked them why they want to invest time to learn the game. One by one each of the attendees shared their reasons. One wanted to enhance her career. Another came because her husband “pushed her into coming.” But, most of the […]
Fight for your relationship, not to win the argument! At Home and Work!
And they lived happily ever after . . .” is how most fairy tales end. In reality, every relationship, no matter how happy, suffers its share of conflict and argument. If it’s going to endure, both partners need to know how to fight fair. Follow these rules for arguments that don’t end in tears—or worse: […]
