Category Archives: What drives us on

Mike Ditka and the power of push

Every football fan who was around during the ’85 Superbowl knows of the hard-hitting coach Mike Ditka. “My grandmudder could tackle better den you guys,” is the kind of thing he would bark to his players. And they responded. The hard-knuckles approach of “Iron Mike” worked. Yes, he was a hothead. He did throw a…

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What puts the “Jack” in the beanstalk

For years and years, the story of Jack in the beanstalk seems nothing more to the average man than a child’s innocent fairy tale. And then one day, its real meaning stares him in the face like a roaring lion. It’s not just any man or woman who discovers this. It’s the person who has done something as audacious as…

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