Tag: Life Lessons

Antwaun Thompson – Teaching the Life Lessons within the Game

Antwaun Thompson – Teaching the Life Lessons within the Game

by | May 31, 2024 | , , , | 0 |

Coach T is the founder and executive Director of JLT Fieldhouse, a 501c3 nonprofit youth coaching and mentoring organization, dedicated to “Coaching and Mentoring the Leaders of Tomorrow”. This organization is named in honor of his late father, Sgt. Maj. Joe Lewis Thompson, USMC, who adopted Antwaun and his older brother after their mom and Joe were married.

He is also the CEO of Coach T’s Corner, an online mentoring academy that is designed to “Educate, Motivate and Support” our future leaders of tomorrow through personal growth and development and personal relationship development programs.

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Jerry Moyer – Time to Fly

Jerry Moyer – Time to Fly

by | Jan 19, 2024 | , , , | 0 |

Jerry is one of my friends from back in our old hometown of Berks County, Pennsylvania.  He is an author, former professional soccer player, college soccer coach, and current performance coach to top level athletes.

Jerry graduated from Penn State University where he majored in Business and later continued his studies in Sports Management at the University of Maryland.  He was a Starter on the PSU Men’s Soccer Team and was a Regional All-American, Captain, and MVP during his senior season.

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Vince Burruano – Coaching the Life Lessons

Vince Burruano – Coaching the Life Lessons

by | Jul 14, 2023 | , , , | 0 |

Vince is an avid reader and enjoys volunteering his time to his community.  He has served as a first responder and firefighter, a football and baseball coach, and as a board member for various professional associations and charitable organizations. He relishes his role as a father and grandfather, and lives in Mount Pleasant, South Carolina with wife, Elizabeth.

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Dave Houser – The Financial Nomad

Dave Houser – The Financial Nomad

by | Mar 24, 2023 | , , , | 0 |

Dave grew up with great parents and a loving home right outside of DC on the Maryland side.
From a child though he never wanted to fit in or be like everyone else.
He spent twenty years as a college coach helping people achieve things that were once thought to be impossible.
However, he neglected facing his financial situation and became overwhelmed with everything so he began learning as much as he could how to take back control over where his money was going.

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Nick Chroscinski – Applying the Games Lessons in Life

Nick Chroscinski – Applying the Games Lessons in Life

by | Feb 24, 2023 | , , , | 0 |

Nick is another one of my former players who Sandy and I were blessed to be able to get together with on our travels.  Now living and working in Dallas, we were able to get together with Nick in late January.  We had to reschedule our initial time to get together due to a freak ice storm in the Dallas area, but fortunately, we were able to get together with him to grab lunch a few days later.

In the past, I had made it a habit to do a podcast with the players that we got together with during our visit.  Recently, I rethought that philosophy because I felt that it took away from our time together.  As I have mentioned so many times in the past, I have really started to understand the importance of being in the moment and felt that carving out time to do a podcast during our visits was taking time away from that moment of just being present and catching up.

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Mike Latona – More Life Lessons in Action

Mike Latona – More Life Lessons in Action

by | May 20, 2022 | , , , | 0 |

Just like last week’s guest, Collin Fesi, we were able to reconnect with Mike in Maryland.  What a blessing that night was to not just see one of my former players, but two in the same night.  Mike and Collin played for our organization a few years apart, but it was neat to see how they connected immediately knowing that they had that Berkshire Baseball experience in common.  I hope that they stay in contact now that they know each other.

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Collin Fesi – Teamwork in Corporate America

Collin Fesi – Teamwork in Corporate America

by | May 13, 2022 | , , , | 0 |

Collin talks about how the game of baseball taught him how to be a good teammate with both his clients and co-workers in corporate America.  He also reflects on the fact that some of his best life lessons from the baseball field were taught to him most during the seasons in which he was part of a team that struggled.  Similar to life, our greatest growth moments come more so in the valleys as opposed to the mountains.

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The Power of One

The Power of One

by | Jan 13, 2022 | , | 0 |

We can’t change what other people are doing in the world, good or bad.  We can change how we approach the world and those that we interact with on a daily basis.  That’s where we can change the world for those around us.  Just by being kind, doing good, volunteering, surrounding yourself with others who are trying to make a positive difference in the world as well.  Just be out there planting seeds of goodness and grace everywhere that we go.

There are times that you may see the fruit of your labor instantly, but we just need to make sure that we’re always going out and planting those seeds.  Regardless of whether or not we get to see the harvest, we just need to keep planting the seeds of love and kindness.

Help other people in any small way that you can.

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Joe Barth – Teaching Life Lessons through the Game

Joe Barth – Teaching Life Lessons through the Game

by | Nov 19, 2021 | , , , | 0 |

Joe and I have known each other since the early 2000’s.  For over twenty years, we were competitors on the field and friends off of the field.  Joe and I share the same coaching philosophy of teaching life lessons through the game of baseball.

Joe coached MLB All-Star, Mike Trout from the time that he was 13 years old throughout his high school career.  He not only remembers the quality of player that Mike was and his incredible work ethic, but more importantly, he remembers the quality human beings that he and his family were.

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Isaac Wenrich – Bigger than Baseball

Isaac Wenrich – Bigger than Baseball

by | Oct 29, 2021 | , , , | 0 |

Isaac played for me in the Berkshire Baseball organization when he was 15 and 16 years old.  He spent a total of five years in the Berkshire organization and came back as a guest speaker at the Berkshire Baseball and Softball Awards banquet in 2017.

We talk about his experience in the Berkshire organization and the impact that the organization had on his life both on and off of the baseball field.

One of the best things that Sandy and I have been able to do on this journey is reconnect to old friends and family.  However, when those connections are with my former players, I must admit, they are extremely special for me.

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The Power of a Hand Written Note

The Power of a Hand Written Note

by | Sep 29, 2021 | , | 0 |

When I was in the lumber business, the majority of my customers were first- and second-generation Italians.  They were straight forward no-nonsense business people.  They demanded my best performance, but were very fair.  They weren’t into playing games with pricing.  They wanted me to give them whatever our best and fairest pricing was first, no back and forth, just what was the best that we could offer and then make sure that we delivered on the service end.  That second part was always the most important thing for all of them.  Service, service, service.

If we made a mistake, they didn’t want to hear excuses, they just wanted us to own it and make it right.  It wasn’t the mistake that would potentially cost us future business, it was our reaction or non-reaction to it that would cost us future business.

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