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"The gap between average and elite is effort on bad days."
That’s where winners live.
#Grit
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‼️ High School Football Reality ‼️
Most people, don’t really understand what it means when a senior football players season ends. They don’t understand the true finality of it for 95% of these young men. You can play baseball/softball/basketball in rec leagues forever. You can always play a game of pick up basketball. You can play golf and tennis as much as you want when you get older. You can run Track and enter a 5K or marathons till you die. But most high school football players will never ever put on a helmet and play the same game again. You go from being totally and completely immersed in a game you love to being totally and completely shut out from it. That is incredibly difficult. Football is not a lifetime sport… but high school football IS a once in a lifetime experience.
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Are you building men, or breaking kids?
The answer to that question will determine the value of your program.
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Former NFL head coach, Marc Trestman, shares the moment he realized he was coaching transactionally and decided to stop chasing approval from others.
“I realized I wasn’t feeling fulfilled in my job. And the reason why I wasn’t, I was coaching transactionally...My purpose was peer group adulation, salary, title, statistical excellence, and all that was there, but at the end of the day, I wasn’t feeling fulfilled.”
There are two scoreboards that shape how we coach and lead.
Society’s scoreboard tracks what other people can see. Wins, titles, salary, rankings, notoriety, and the respect of your peers.
Your personal scoreboard tracks what you’ve decided matters. Why you coach, how you want to treat people, and whether you’re living the values you ask others to uphold.
This doesn't mean you can't pursue success on society's scoreboard, but if you keep putting wins on it and still feel empty, take a look at what's being neglected on your personal scoreboard.
What would count as a win on your personal scoreboard this week?
🎥: Win More, Live Better Podcast (Ep. 315)
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The numbers are truly staggering.
Floridians voted to basically defund their local governments.
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We have no idea what healthcare costs to buy or costs to provide in this country. None.
States cover Medicaid at some level, but not all offer the same care. Nor do they all receive federal support in the same way.
Traditional Medicare requires supplemental and drug coverage. All of which differ by plan, and are offered by mostly huge conglomerates we should break up and are Too Big To Care
Medicare Advantage is all offered by those same Too Big To Care conglomerates. Every contract with a provider differs and while those contracts have pricing that is transparent, the fees and other charges are not.
67 pct of employees that get coverage from work get it from a self insured employer. I can tell you with absolute certainty that most get it from the same conglomerates as well. As a results they have zero idea how much they are paying for medical care or medications (even with recent legislation)
Every thing that is covered and paid for in this country has an actual cost, across the direct costs and indirect costs, that is hidden by the Too Big to Care conglomerates that should be broken up.
Market Dominant hospitals and most non profit hospitals are not innocent. They play along when they have to, use their own leverage when they can. Increasing the cost of care.
And the PBMs that are owned by the conglomerates have bastardized the cost of brand and specialty drugs in a way that should be investigated by the DOJ.
Put simply , HUGE dominant distributors are forced by PBMs to pay RETAIL Price for drugs that make them unaffordable to everyone.
If we want universal care, we can say the Feds will negotiate , but the information asymmetry is so insane, they will be negotiating blind.
The first thing a bi partisan legislation should do is require that all healthcare contracts be made public with no redactions other than personal information
AND
All claims be de-identified and available exclusively to state and federal researchers to determine what care and medications COULD cost.
Then we can start to extrapolate what care we need to provide and then determine what it costs and whether it will save or cost us money.
In parallel we can determine how we will deal with the technology and processes to handle implementation of some version of universal care
What would Medicare for All look like if it were funded through a payroll tax?
CBO’s broadest illustrative coverage scenario requires approximately $3 trillion in additional annual federal funding in 2030, including dental, vision, hearing, and expanded long term care.
On an assumed $14 trillion payroll base, funding that gap would require approximately 21.4% in additional combined employer and employee payroll taxes, while existing federal health funding continues.
Split equally, with no cap on taxable wages, that means 10.7% from you and 10.7% from your employer:
• $50,000 salary: $5,350 more annually from each.
• $100,000 salary: $10,700 more from each.
• $150,000 salary: $16,050 more from each.
• $250,000 salary: $26,750 more from each.
• $500,000 salary: $53,500 more from each—$107,000 combined annually!
Everyone with taxable wages contributes, while coverage extends to children, retirees, and people who aren’t working.
Covered insurance premiums would disappear. Some workers and employers would save overall. Others would pay more. Employer contributions also affect the cost of employing someone and can influence wages and hiring.
This is an illustrative calculation using CBO’s spending estimate, not a CBO-scored tax proposal. Exemptions, changes in wages and employment, and other funding sources would change the required rate.
Replacing premiums with taxes changes how we pay for healthcare. It does not eliminate the cost of providing it.
This 💯
Principals are often encouraged to visit classrooms because that's how they provide instructional leadership.
And that's true.
But I think there's another reason principals should spend time in classrooms.
To remind themselves just how difficult teaching really is.
Last year, I wrote an entire book on instructional leadership. I get it. Classroom visits provide valuable opportunities to observe instruction, engage in meaningful conversations about teaching and learning, and support teacher growth.
But there's something else that happens when principals spend time in classrooms.
They are reminded of the challenges teachers navigate every single day.
The challenge of providing individualized support to a struggling student while keeping 25 other students engaged.
The challenge of responding to disruptive behavior without derailing an entire lesson.
The challenge of capturing the attention of students who are accustomed to the constant stimulation of their phones.
And the challenge of doing all of this while trying to deliver a meaningful learning experience for every student in the room.
Classroom visits shouldn't just make principals better instructional leaders. They should make them more empathetic leaders.
More supportive.
More understanding.
More gracious.
And more appreciative of the incredible work their teachers do every day.
So here's a shoutout to the principals who make classroom visits a priority.
Not just to observe instruction.
Not just to complete feedback forms.
Not just to identify areas for improvement.
But to stay connected to the work of teaching… and to the people doing that work.
Rock on,
Danny
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There is now a record $1.3 trillion in total credit card debt in the US - at an average interest rate of 21%. This is the #1 wealth killer in America by a landslide.
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126 years of market history tell a simple story...
Stocks and earnings move together with a 98% correlation.
The short run is all about noise.
The long run is all about profits.
Speculators chase noise. Investors follow profits.
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It only takes ONE.
One teammate to bring the glue.
One teammate to set the tone.
One teammate to step up and lead.
One teammate to raise the standard.
One teammate to be the missing piece.
One teammate to change everything.
Why not YOU?
#CultureWins
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FEEDBACK IS NOT AN ATTACK 🗣️
It's information about the gap between where you are and where you want to be.
😡 Defensive athletes protect their egos.
😤 Driven athletes seek and embrace the truth.
If you want to be your best,
become easier to coach,
not harder to correct.
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Made a vid about QB Sneaks. I discuss different versions, benefits of running them (besides the obvious), and show examples. It ended up being longer than I expected but I connect it to the Chiefs Short Yardage woes of late, show clips, and explain why:
youtu.be/14ch0Q4i9F0
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“If you tell them the truth, they’re going to hate you for a day. If you lie to them, they’re going to hate you forever.”
Great leaders tell people what they NEED to hear, not what they WANT to hear.
Honesty builds TRUST.
Jim Leyland’s advice to Don Kelly. GOLD. 🥇
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THE LABOR DEPARTMENT JUST DROPPED NEW WAGE DATA AND IT'S BRUTAL.
Corporate profits up 47% since 2020.
Worker wages up 12% in the same period.
Meanwhile groceries up 35%, rent up 40%, utilities up 28%.
Your paycheck grew 12%. Your bills grew 35%.
The math is simple: you're getting poorer every year even when you get a raise.
You can't budget your way out of this. The system is designed so your income can never catch up to your expenses.
That's not an accident. That's policy.
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NO ROLE IS TOO SMALL
But your commitment to it might be.
Every role impacts winning when it's performed with energy, enthusiasm, and pride.
Championship teams aren’t filled with athletes who love every role.
They’re filled with athletes who make every role matter.
