April 2013
1 post
Béisbol Puro
The ball darts out of the Dominican’s left hand and is drilled into right field for a single, the first hit for the Americans in the game. The lefty sets and fires, oblivious to the base runner’s antics. The ball crosses the plate, and the runner takes off for second, hoping to jumpstart his team, losers of game one 9-4.
A recent game played in the World Baseball Classic? Nope. The...
January 2013
5 posts
When in doubt, find an entrepreneur
The best thing about living in the world today is the explosion of great new goods and services. It can be daunting to seek them out, but when you spend some time, it can really make a massive impact on your own life.
I’ve been tweaking my diet over the past six months, trying to find what will impact my body in the best way- every time I make a change, I despair a little bit, missing...
Chip Kelly!!!
OK, this is a bit away from my normal subject matter (me) and a diversion into football writing, so if you don’t care, no worries.
I’ve been a die-hard Philadelphia sports fan for about 40 years and in that time my teams have won 5 championships, two of which I don’t remember at all (73/74 Flyers). It’s a tough life, but at least I don’t live in Cleveland. The...
Christmas is over!
When I met my younger (by 11 months) brother, I leaned down into the crib and hit him.
When my son met my daughter for the first time, (january 10th), he started crying and cried out: “Christmas is over.”
That’s often our instinct. A new situation and we lash out. But in both these cases, the instinct was incorrect. My brother is a great brother and we’re great...
Weedwacker. Worst Gift Ever?
I have no idea where this post is going, so bear with me.
My father died 7 years ago yesterday. My daughter’s 7th birthday is tomorrow. Today is the day every year that I contemplate how that all bounces through my head. Today has me thinking of birthdays growing up and I remembered the worst gift I ever got. I was around 18 and it was a huge item wrapped in newspaper. (all of our...
Goals for 2013
Hi!
Happy New Year- In my pursuit of a 100% life, I have decided to publically announce my goals, major and otherwise for 2013. 2012 was a very interesting year for me- the biggest health issue I’ve ever faced personally, a ton of turmoil as well as tons of amazing stuff otherwise. Blogging (and writing) have been huge resources for me as I strive to get better. So here goes, my goals...
December 2012
2 posts
Some thoughts on Guns
As many of you know, my family is in the media business. We own newspapers and tv stations in PA, NJ, AL and FL. It’s a great business and I couldn’t be prouder to be a part of it. I learned from childhood that keeping your political beliefs private was a responsibility for the media (I know, an antiquated notion).
No more, not for me, not on the issue of guns.
While I am not...
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November 2012
8 posts
A tale of two Rockaways
I’ve now made four trips out to the Rockaways with supplies and I’m just now starting to understand the enormity of the logistical challenge facing NYC as we face this recovery. The challenge varies from neighborhood to neighborhood and the contrast is stark in the Rockaways.
It’s no secret that there is a vast income disparity in the Rockaways- The western end has an annual median income of...
Post Sandy Small Business Recovery
There’s so much to do after Sandy that it’s hard to know where to start. I have a post brewing on a broader explanation of my Weather Age thoughts, but I had to to get this out there too.
A have a few friends who run small businesses that were adversely impacted by Sandy. These are successful operations that don’t turn enormous profits $-wise, but give their owners a...
Go Pound Sandy
It feels like 9/11 all over again without the fear of everything overhead. Even the specter of an upcoming election is similar.
Sandy was a life-changing event for all of us and sifting through our new world (a new age) will take fortitude, intelligence, compassion and courage.
As near as I can tell, close to 400 miles of coastline were devastated; homes destroyed, lives upended and maps...
Happy Birthday Dad!
Yesterday, November 1st would have been my father’s 86th birthday if he was still alive. I was always amazed as a kid that my Halloween candy lasted all the way until my father’s birthday.
Of course I thought of him all day and wondered how he would react to Sandy- the newspaper where he was the publisher was without power for 4 days- I imagine he would have slept there if that...
October 2012
6 posts
100% Life: Time Management.
I got the best advice on time management on the first day of my professional career: “if you take 12 hours to do what should take 8 hours, what will you do when you have 12 hours worth of work to do?”
Excellent question. As I strive to live a 100% life, this quote resonates more today that when I heard it at Macy’s 23 years ago.
Prioritizing what is important in my life...
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September 2012
6 posts
Constructing a 100% Life
I’ve been thinking through two things recently and it dawned on me that they are actually closely related- I don’t have the entire concept grokked, but I’m going to try to write through it here in an effort to understand it better.
I’ve been fascinated for years about how to maximize effort, whether while managing people, coaching kids or in my own life. I’ve come to realize that the hardest...
Elvis posters for $10; my thoughts on angel...
The first time I was ever asked to invest in something, my college roommate wanted $300 from me to buy Elvis posters at the dollar store, mark them up to $10, advertise them in the back of some weird magazine and make $200. Of which I would get $20.
Interestingly, I ran through all of the same filters then that I have learned to do now when considering whether or not to invest: -Proximity. I...
Youth Soccer Primer
I’ve posted this before, but my daughter just came home from he first U-7 soccer game so I thought I’d post it again for this year. It is a list of the things I hear most at games that I absolutely HATE:
1. ”Spread Out”- The number one thing yelled at young soccer players- parents hate it when their kids all run to the ball. As a coach, I NEVER tell my players to spread out and...
The Talent Quadrant
A lot of the work I have done for startups has been directly related to hiring and I constantly go back to a quadrant that I learned about from a former boss of my wife’s at Coach. It divides potential hires/employees into four quadrants. I’ve listed them here in order of hiring preference:
1. Intelligent and hard working. Very, very rare. Think Michael Jordan. Steve Jobs. (and...
August 2012
10 posts
I want to see art, not artifacts.
Ok, the following is sacrilege.
I went to the Baseball Hall of Fame with my son and, gulp, I didn’t love it. We had a great time; but I left with a nagging feeling that it could have been way better.
It hit me a few days later- we saw lots of old baseball stuff, but there was hardly any baseball to watch.
Where was the video archive that I could search?
Why couldn’t I buy an app to queue...
Some stuff did actually work
This is another post about my health over the last few months. While I searched in vain form a diagnosis and treatment I did have some relief and learned a lot about various ailments. This post deals with acupuncture, counseling and biofeedback.
Acupuncture. . This was the first treatment that offered any real relief for my pain and I started to do 2 sessions a week. It is an incredible system...
Fair warning: child bragging in this post.
The setting: bases loaded, bottom of the 7th (extra) inning. 1 out. Game tied. My son playing catcher. Slow roller to the third baseman.
The background: My son is obsessed with baseball and works incredibly hard at it, especially considering that he is 8 years old. He loves his baseball camp and gets me outside for a catch every night- it’s not a normal catch- he has something he...
It's in your head!
Hello, hello.
This is the next post in my series looking at my health issues over the last six months that I started here.
The next steps in my diagnosis and recovery were trips to Physical Therapists and finally a neurologist. PT was very interesting. I was referred to, and eventually saw, a leading vestibular PT expert, but I started with a random PT who was not a balance expert. Bad...
Mantras
I’ve spent a lot of time in the last six months working on my mental outlook and have had great results with mantras and affirmations. Here’s my favorite mantra:
Lokah Samastah Sukhino Bhavantu
May all beings everywhere be happy and free, and may the thoughts, words, and actions of my own life contribute in some way to that happiness and to that freedom for all.
Pretty much...
I'm at a place called vertigo
Hello, hello-
Fair warning- this is going to be long, so I’m going to split it into a few posts. I’m going to attempt to document the pains of the last six months and the diagnosis/treatment options that I’ve used. This directly relates to # 4 in my post about what’s happening to me. I’ll break this down in 2 sections: Symptoms and diagnosis/treatment paths.
On...
Ya Gotta Believe
My best sport as a young kid was swimming- I was a very good freestyler and eventually got to be a pretty good all around swimmer. As a 12 and under I won the league championship freestyle- the event I geared up to win. I was also swimming in the backstroke and breaststroke that day, but didn’t think I had a chance to win either- my friends Todd Rose and Dan Levin were better than me in...
Trust, but verify
Hello, hello-
This is another post that goes through some of what I’ve learned in the last few months as I’ve dealt with a health issue (detailed here). One major learning for me has been the importance of a nutritionist when making major diet shifts. When I received a diagnosis from my neurologist of being “a migrainer” she told me that switching to a low glycemic...
July 2012
2 posts
Don't let it hang around
This is my first follow up post to the overview of what’s been going on with me over the past few months, specifically #4- if there’s a traumatic event in your past that you haven’t dealt with- deal with it. Mine is fairly simple to explain- much harder to actually address:
My amazing daughter, Josephine, was born on Jan 9, 2006. My amazing father had died on January 7, 2006...
What's been going on with me
Hi everyone-
it’s been a few months since I’ve posted and it’s high time that I gave everyone an idea of what’s been up with me. I’ve been struggling with chronic headaches (and myriad other pains) since the beginning of February and while I’ve had some optimistic patches along the way, I’ve just started feeling significantly better for the first time...
April 2012
3 posts
March 2012
4 posts
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Neil Young (Jimmy Fallon) & Bruce Springsteen - Sexy & I Know It (LMFAO)
Wiggle, wiggle, wiggle, wiggle
This is so good. Love that Bruce can parody himself like this. From Springsteen Week on Jimmy Fallon.
February 2012
3 posts
Super Bowl
I know you’ve all been waiting for my thoughts on who will win today, so here are my thoughts on the game:
1. The Giants pass rush is not as good as you think. 2. Nor is The Giants O-line. 3. The Pats secondary is worse that you think. 4. The Pats pass rush is better than you think. 5. The Giants can’t stop the run. 6. The Giants have the best receiving corps in football. 7. The...
