Sometimes sports teaches us the simplest of virtues such as plain old toughness and the instinct to grind it out win or lose. That’s certainly what Shannon Eusey’s high school volleyball coach, Charlie, taught her. “When you hurt your left arm on a dig, Coach was the kind of guy who said, ‘Does your left arm hurt?,’ and if you…
It seems some stories will always maintain their place in the public consciousness; Michael Oher’s is one of them. Even though his NFL career is over and the film version of his childhood, The Blind Side, captured the nation’s heart, the man on whom this Academy Award-winning film was based is continuing to write his story. The next chapter will…
For Todd Ricketts, business is most definitely a family affair. Ricketts is a prominent businessman and investor who serves on the board of directors at TD Ameritrade, a company founded by his father, and a board member on another family venture that goes by the name of the Chicago Cubs, a Major League Baseball team of which the Ricketts family…
Some people are so good at what they do, and what they do is so important to so many people, that everyone wants to hear what they have to say. Jim Loehr is one of those people. His groundbreaking energy management training system has gained worldwide recognition and has been featured in prestigious publications such as Harvard Business Review, Fortune,…
Eleven million spectators experience the U.S. Navy Blue Angels Air Show each year. In 1971, one of those spectators was five-year-old Keith Hoskins. As the F-4 Phantom jets flew overhead, he told his dad, “I want to be a Blue Angel.” Nearly three decades later, that dream came true! His Navy career included serving as Commanding Officer for Naval Air…
Growing up in southern California as the daughter of a professional lifeguard, EY’s Kris Pederson learned how to swim against a strong current, a skill that also helped her gain confidence to keep her head above water and swim upstream in her career. On the podcast, Kris explaining that she worked her way up, said “But when I had a…
