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Professional athletes require unique financial planning due to the amount of compensation and timing of the earning career. Athletes, with their families, should create a financial plan that spans the playing career, transition to post-play career and long-term life goals.
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The Middle East Post World War I
100 years ago, the end of World War I brought turmoil to the Middle East. The aftershocks can still be seen today.
Tune in to our videos looking at the impact of the Great War. Here's episode one. pic.twitter.com/kWLyU3g3gJ
— DW News (@dwnews) November 10, 2018
“Previous record-holder Karl Meltzer suggested Sabbe ice his shins each evening.”
The Belgian dentist averaged 50 miles a day to shatter the old record by 4 days. pic.twitter.com/3IRGrewEZq
— Runner's World (@runnersworld) October 28, 2018
On Excellence
“I think it's on us to try to teach kids what excellence looks like and feels like,” –@kobebryant. Adults should give youth the tools to help them chase their dreams and "along the process they will learn what excellence looks like." https://t.co/rzOFhdkuJS #ProjectPlay pic.twitter.com/VD2clEahbi
— Aspen Inst Sports (@AspenInstSports) October 16, 2018
Imagination play
“Imagination is key. You have to be able to envision and dream it first. –@kobebryant on the role imagination plays in sport and kids staying in the game.
Watch live: https://t.co/RVZYmPjtoG #ProjectPlay pic.twitter.com/9Z5qefAYcx— The Aspen Institute (@AspenInstitute) October 16, 2018
“I set out to make positive thinking a practice.” Deena Kastor
“That’s as good as I am in that moment and then I get to challenge it. Then I get to see, alright what else are you made of here?” Deena Kastor
This Olympian’s running career was completely changed thanks to one simple tweak pic.twitter.com/vP5FRaS5VB
— Women's Health (@WomensHealthMag) September 12, 2018
“A slump is a period of adjustment.” Dave Winfield
Just downloaded, ‘Life As Sport’, by Dr. Fader on Audible.com.
A slump is a ‘statistically acceptable aberration’ pic.twitter.com/yUHt0YVGOf
— Business Insider (@businessinsider) September 13, 2018
Grande Armee invasion of Russia
Charles Minard’s graph follows Napolean’s Grande Armee thru it’s march to (tan color) and back from (black color) Moscow. Napoleon who understood the ‘friction of war’ started the campaign with approximately 600,000 soldiers. The black line shows the severity of the forced retreat with 20,000 some of his initial 600,000 troops eventually making it back to France.
Which brings me back to thinking about General Lee at Gettysburg, with his Calvary commander Jeb Stewart’s location unknown, all culminating in Pickett’s Charge.
Graph source: Wikipedia
Lions can get trapped.
"Masculinity is about power. It is about the projection of power and the projection of strength. That projection is false, and it is killing us."
– @michaelianblack, during the #MIGlobal discussion on "How to Be a Man in 2018." #Equality https://t.co/hHBCcjSIL9 pic.twitter.com/oAItRiJ1LS
— Milken Institute (@MilkenInstitute) August 16, 2018
On Grand Strategy
“It was in our strategical thinking, in the strategy of peace, that we made our mistakes. It was because our strategy was wrong that our tactics, whatever they were—and they were various—never worked out. And if now we do not develop a grand strategy of peace, we shall be wrong again—and we shall have another war.”
Richard Law, Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, March 1942
KCL Grand Strategy @KCL_CGS Apr 12
Introducing our #SecurityExperts: @JohnBew on #GrandStrategy. Watch the full interview here: https://t.co/D3FxZH3m5s.@KCL_CGS @DefenceResearch @warstudies @KingsCollegeLon pic.twitter.com/UN3Ie2bOWj
— Security Studies (@KCLSecurity) December 15, 2017
How to manage with Ben Horowitz
Mr. Horowitz’s book, The Hard Thing About Hard Things, is available on Audible.com. Within this book are battlefield lessons on managing an organization during extremely turbulent market conditions.
Two sides of pain.
“There’s another side of pain. It’s called effort. It’s called glory. It’s called if you can find a way to push through pain there’s something greater on the other side of it. And if you never tap into it, it’s because the first time you felt it you backed off.”
Minute 6:44
Authentic self.
.@salesforce’s @tony_prophet makes the case that businesses benefit when their employees can be themselves at work.#MIGlobal #Equality pic.twitter.com/wavtG7Fg97
— Milken Institute (@MilkenInstitute) August 13, 2018
“Embrace it, change it, improve it, make your mark upon it.” Steve Jobs | Silicon Valley Historical Association
Own it.
Here's how this CEO worked her way to the top — despite not having a plan after college: https://t.co/v4ct0CDP2Y pic.twitter.com/Fg9vRDhowV
— CNBC Make It (@CNBCMakeIt) August 16, 2018
Hack Your Learning with Tim Ferriss
How underdogs can succeed with Malcolm Gladwell
How Phil Sanderson hacked an ultramarathon by thinking like an entrepreneur.
1. Have a great support team.
2. Have a malleable business plan.
3. Focus on KPIs (Key Performance Indicators).
4. Have fun with your BHAG (Big Harry Audacious Goal).
What is stagflation?
Create a budget and make adjustments.
NFL Players get paid their salaries over 17 weeks of the year. They need to make sure to budget for their off season living expenses.
Why a star linebacker took his high school car with him to the NFL: https://t.co/4ecvFt7Hdk pic.twitter.com/ULq2rR2fCd
— CNBC Make It (@CNBCMakeIt) August 8, 2018