David Horne

A team at the NIH recently found that for every two pounds a person loses, for example, their brain unconsciously ramps up their hunger and causes them to eat about 100 more calories.

Why do you want your son or daughter to participate in sports? • What do you want your child to become outside of sport? • How much value do you place on academics? • How often do we discuss winning and expectations as opposed to the effort?

when individuals feel listened to, they tend to listen to themselves more carefully and to openly evaluate and clarify their own thoughts and feelings.

Being productive is about occupying your time—filling your schedule to the brim and getting as much as you can. Being effective is about finding more of your time unoccupied and open for other things besides work. Time for leisure, time for family and friends. Or time for doing absolutely nothing.

companies tend to grossly underestimate the benefit of simply meeting customer expectations. In a world in which customer expectations are significantly inflated and seemingly on the rise all the time, what we find is that customers are in fact quite happy to simply get what was promised them. If there happens to be a problem, just resolve it

The best sports parents seem to be behind the scenes, providing encouragement and a supportive environment. Appreciate the long-term, and depreciate the short-term.