TOM TIME

In the course of doing my job as a performance coach and mentor for young racers and athletes (and serving as a volunteer in my church’s youth ministry), I encounter many situations where I see highly intelligent and talented young people who are unwittingly paying the price for our increasing lack of attention to teaching [...]

We all experience fear at different times in our life.  But few of us know what “fear” really is, or where it comes from. Fear, as defined in the dictionary, is “a distressing emotion aroused by impending danger, evil, pain, etc., whether the threat is real or imagined; the feeling or condition of being afraid.”  [...]

I was watching a video of legendary musician Buddy Rich the other day, and it got me thinking.  Buddy, for those of you who don’t know, is considered by many in the business to be the greatest drummer who ever lived.  An experienced drummer for 40 years myself, I sometimes show a clip of Buddy [...]

I’ve had several occasions lately where I’ve been involved in discussions with people who were telling me that they were very disappointed with where they’re at in their lives or their careers.  It always seems that they have a reason for not reaching their goals, and often that reason involves everyone or everything else but [...]