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So this summer I have coached for a volleyball camp at Bethel, I just got back from working with the ladies at MTU and Saturday I start back up with my team, St. Kates.
I am so excited to have the season start up again. I am the assistant coach for the team and this […]
I want to do a time check, and would urge you to do the same. How do you spend your time? Take a snapshot here is my yesterday:
5:45 am Woke Up / Made Coffee
6:00 am Picked out clothes for the day
6:05 am Checked email / Drank Coffee / visited:
http://www.nytimes.com
http://www.espn.com
http://www.chicagosports.com
http://www.chicagosuntimes.com/sports
http://www.my.yahoo.com
http://www.josephdworak.voxtropolis.com
6:30 am […]
1. One book that changed your life:
Now Discover Your Strengths by Donald Clifton
2. One book you’ve read more than once:
A Catcher in the Rye by JD Salinger
3. One book you’d want on a desert island:
The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald
4. One book that made you laugh:
Letters From a Nut by Ted Yancey (Probably Jerry […]
Today was such an interesting day - I guess I find every day pretty interesting but today was interesting. Nothing much happened today that rocked my world or something like that…. but I had a moment of perfect perspective. I was bouncing some thoughts off of those around me and I had some […]
So a few weeks ago my wife came to me and said, “I want to run a marathon.” I looked at her and was like, “Ok, lets do this.” Then came the search for the perfect race. I have run in two marathons, the 2001 Chicago Marathon and the 2002 Twin Cities […]
One of the things I do when I coach people is to have them go back to their StrengthsFinder results and constantly pay attention to if they are in a right fit based on who they are. This is not something that is easy to do, but every so often we need to take […]
Since I switched over to Voxtropolis I have not been updating much on what I am reading or listening to these days. There was an easy to use feature on Xanga that allowed me to do that. So, I now realize that I will just have to do the udpating in my posts. […]
Today - spent today working with the MTU Women’s Volleyball team. 18 players, 3 coaches - 8 hours of working together on their strengths and how they function as players and team. What a challenging day today was in a good way - when I get the privelege of leading groups through team […]
In life I do a lot of the opposite of what bugs me. I had a bad manager in DC, I do a lot of the exact opposite of what she did. My Dad struggled with and eventually died of alcoholism - I stay clear of that trouble.
It sometimes is tough […]
So much to say, so much to say, so much to say, so much to say
Open up my head and let me out little baby
-Dave Matthews
I have a lot to say and do not know where to start. Last week was crazy busy! This week will be even more busy! Just […]