Essays on Positive Psychology, talent development, and what it really takes to perform at your best.
I can’t remember when I first heard the phrase “voting against their own interest”. I believe that politics are incepted at a...
Today, while I was pushing my way through some 200 repeats in the pool, I asked the question we all ask when...
I don’t know if Brendan Hansen will be a good National Junior Team Director. His tenure at USA Swimming up to this...
Earlier this week I posted a podcast with three-time US Olympic coach Greg Meehan. It’s worth listening to. There’s two things I...
One of the many advantages of working for yourself is that you can change directions fast. Last spring, I reached a point...
Before I had kids, I thought I couldn’t comment on parenting. What did I know? Now that I have kids, I often...
Ask any coach what their proudest accomplishment is. Then ask them what achievement by one of their athletes they’d feature on a...
I heard a statistic secondhand in early 2023 that, while dramatic, probably won’t be shocking to you. I was speaking with a...
It’s not fair to say that I hate “fake it til you make it”. It’s not because, as people say “hate is...
“That sucked” If coaches got a nickel for every time they heard that, there might still be Coin Star machines in front...
Let’s ask the (literal) 1 million dollar question: who should run USA Swimming? Late into my vacation, when I was knee deep...
I’ve often said that coaches are destined to be tortured by the challenges they could not overcome as athletes. And so it...
