One weekend I skied the entire time without falling down! This was my first time skiing without failing (falling down) and I wanted to tell the world. Everyone I told was excited for me, except one person…Coach M!
His reaction shocked me! He was in my face and spit was flying, his eyes and left temple vein were bulging as he yelled:
Mr. Carcarey, if you ever play for me the way you skied this past weekend I will cut you. You quit on yourself and that’s why you did not fall! I would rather you try and […]
WORLD CLASS FAILURE!
Follow Your Yellow Brick Road!
Lions, Tigers and Bears…Oh my! Dorothy and her crew from the Wizard of OZ chanted this mantra over and over as they were entering the forest. They were following the Yellow Brick Road in their quest to find courage, heart, mind, and a way home for Dorothy and her dog, Toto.
I was thinking about this movie and how closely it resembles our quest to find our Passion. As we start to pursue our Passion or at least what we think it is, we run smack into our fears: Lions, Tigers and Bears! When confronted by those fears, we […]
Treasure Map
I love watching the old black & white movies on AMC, especially the swashbuckling pirate movies in search of treasure! There is always a map involved that everyone is fighting for and willing to die over—a Treasure Map that will lead to untold riches and exciting adventures.
In every pirate movie, there is only one map and one treasure, but in real life everyone has his own map that leads to treasure! We were all born with a built in map; it is imprinted in our DNA, and if we follow the clues, it will lead us to treasure […]