1st National Championship in a New Era

As a dedicated and crazy football fan, I am very excited about tonight's 1st National Championship game under the new playoff system.  

We have an Oregon team that is very exciting and dominating on offense.  The Ducks have a very talented and refreshingly humble quarterback in Marcus Mariota.  They are playing Ohio State.  It feels like lots of people have been rooting against the Buckeyes.  They have lost 2 quarterbacks this year and by the way both were heisman trophy candidates when they went down.  The current quarterback, Cardale Jones,  has not only won the Big Ten Championship game but also the playoff semifinals and finds himself in the National Championship game.  

Everyone in the sports world are focused on Dallas, TX tonight and Oregon vs Ohio State.  Here is hoping for a great game that lives up to the hype.

My prediction ... Oregon 42 Ohio State 24

Expect to Win!

--Jim

Always have your mind open to new prospects

I am really looking forward to this College Football Saturday.  There are many great games on the schedule today.  I will be spending time with friends and their friends today as we enjoy the games and all that goes with them.  I hope you have a great weekend and enjoy the great weather that we in Texas will enjoy today.

I just want to remind you to keep your ears open for opportunities to help others.  Someone may ask what you do ... do you have a less than 60 second answer to that?  Someone may voice some concern or pain about a situation that you and your business can assist with.  You may not address it right now, but you need to have a plan to make note of the details so that you can address it with them, later in the day or Monday.  They will be impressed that you remember the details and cared enough to get in touch with them.

Have a great day today and keep your prospecting radar on!!!

Expect to Win!

--Jim

The Harbaugh Boys

I love the Super Bowl.  I really enjoy the week leading up to it, especially now with the NFL channel and the Dan Patrick show that broadcast from the Super Bowl site throughout the week.  They interview current and former Super Bowl stars and tell the stories of the Super Bowl.  My favorite story this year is the Harbaugh brothers.  What a great story!!!  There are only 32 NFL head coaches at any one time and only 2 of them each year make the Super Bowl.  It is almost unreal that the 2 coaches this year are brothers.  

John and Jim Harbaugh are the sons of Jack and Jackie Harbaugh.  Jack was a very accomplished coach in his own career.  The 2 coaches grew up only 15 months apart as any 2 little boys do.  I am sure that they ran around the house and drove Mom nuts.  I am sure that they scared Mom and Dad to death with their "just being a boy" ways.  They played little league ball and went to school and had friends and problems.  Their parents watched them succeed in high school and college and then began a career and a family.  Sounds very normal.  I wonder at what point that Jack & Jackie saw this coming or if they ever did. Do you think when Mom was trying to corral those 2 little boys that she thought they would be coaching the 2 teams in the biggest sporting event in the world? I am sure that her feelings were very much like yours are when your kids are seemingly out of control and maybe your frustration level is at it's apex.

So how did these 2 boys from this normal home and life end up at the pinnacle of their field at the same time?  Why not?  They evidently had a theme of doing your best ingrained in them from a very early age.  They took that theme into their lives and applied it and now they both are coaching and teaching young men the same thing.  

Take this example from the Harbaughs and please tell your children today that they can make a difference, that they can make an impact, all they have to do is to do the right thing and do the very best that they can!

Expect to Win!