For fifteen years, part of my job was to come up with creative ideas, every week, under extreme time pressure, with about a million people watching. I was good at it. Really good. But I didn’t start out being good at coming up with creative ideas under pressure. I had to learn. In my case,…
Current Miami Dolphins fans, come on, you know you’re out there, they may know quite a bit about their favorite NFL team. But this knowledge may be limited to recent years, such as the Dolphins’ 2006 season record or which player they picked as their first draft pick. How much do you know about the…
While shopping for some games as gifts from Angel Tree, I realized that many games today are electronic games. It made me start thinking about my childhood days and the games we used to play. Because we were poor, many of our games were free or very cheap. I remember one of our favorite indoor…
Most successful negotiators recognize that the way people involved in negotiations behave does not always reflect their true feelings or intentions. Let’s take a look at the negotiation tactics that you or with you can use. Whether you choose to use these tactics or not, it is vital to understand: o Tactical work o They…
The first round of the NFL Draft receives much of the media attention, but every successful team finds productive players in the second round and beyond. Today more than ever the rookies and young players are counted in the NFL. The days of waiting three years for a young player to enter the starting lineup…
Vitamin D is essential to help your body absorb calcium, which increases healthy bone density and calcium levels in the bloodstream. A vitamin D deficiency can lead to rickets in children and osteoporosis in older adults. Many people take calcium supplements to help maintain healthy and strong bones. Without a good steady supply of vitamin…
Public attitudes towards the food we eat are constantly changing and evolving in unexpected ways. In an era of demanding jobs and 60-hour-a-week workweeks, we can rely more on frozen and canned foods than we want. Canned foods also provide an extraordinary variety of items that might not otherwise be available at all. You’ve probably…
As the Commissioner of your fantasy football league, your job is to make sure people play fairly and competitively, while having fun doing it. There are a couple of scenarios that really affect me when I do fantasy and can make me feel bitter at the end of the season. First of all, I can’t…
Superstitions have been a part of most people’s lives since ancient times. In modern times, the belief that a specific action determines the positive or negative outcome of a future event is more popular than ever. When you are looking for work, when you take an exam, on your wedding day, when you move to…
Bobby Jones published golf tips in various newspaper columns in the 1920s. Fifty of these columns were compiled and printed in a book entitled The Best of Bobby Jones on Golf, published in 1996. Jones was quoted: “Stay behind the ball is a splendid maxim. point in swing, it will certainly turn out to be…
