In Defense of Executive Time

Axios News has obtained a copy of President Trump’s private schedule and people are shocked to learn that he spends as much as 60% of his time in what his schedule refers to as “Unstructured Executive Time”. While I am in no going to make an endorsement, one way or the other about our President, I will fully endorse the idea of executive time. Here’s why:

It’s Been Proven Effective

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“I mean, listen, we’re talking about practice, not a game, not a game, not a game, we talking about practice. Not a game. Not, not … Not the game that I go out there and die for and play every game like it’s my last. Not the game, but we’re talking about practice, man. I mean, how silly is that? … And we talking about practice. I know I supposed to be there. I know I’m supposed to lead by…

Stop Asking Stupid Questions

“The only stupid question is the question you don’t ask.”

What a stupid phrase. There are absolutely stupid questions that people ask of one another every day. It doesn’t mean that the people asking the questions are stupid, but that they have fallen victim to doing what everyone else does and conform. I’ve found as I coach leaders at seminars around the country that this principle is universal…

When I was a kid, I was obsessed with Cincinnati Reds Baseball. Because I grew up in what seems like a different world, they were hardly ever on TV and so I spent most of my summer evening listening to them on the radio. It’s not just nostalgia that makes me think that it was a magical time, because it really was. The Reds were good and they had the phenomenal combination of Marty Brennaman and…