by Brooks Mendell | Apr 14, 2023 | Leading/Managing
After watching then New England Patriot quarterback Tom Brady at practice, former Indiana basketball coach Tom Crean, in a 2018 Sports Illustrated article, observed: “Everything Brady does, he does with purpose… bag drills, footwork drills, the dropping back,...
by Brooks Mendell | Mar 19, 2023 | Forestry, Leading/Managing, Thinking/Analysis
As leaders, parents, investors, and coaches, we often make decisions with imperfect and incomplete information. Therefore, we benefit by having an approach or philosophy for dealing with uncertainty. When screening and evaluating analysis, I start by confirming that...
by Brooks Mendell | Feb 15, 2023 | Communication Skills, Leading/Managing, Sports
My baseball coach at MIT, Fran O’Brien, reminded us that we will all make errors. The ball will go between our legs. A pop fly will get lost in the sun and fall safely to the ground. But he did not tolerate mental errors. If you missed a sign or failed to hustle,...
by Brooks Mendell | Jan 22, 2023 | Communication Skills, Thinking/Analysis, Writing
This post introduces an essay on improving the clarity and power of blogs, essays, and articles. My go-to resources for writing advice include books such as The Elements of Style by Strunk and White and On Writing by Steven King. (My two-phrase summary...
by Brooks Mendell | Jan 1, 2023 | Writing
In mid-2017, I started submitting and tracking my fiction writing, and have since posted updates in 2018, 2019, 2020 and 2021. How did it go in 2022? In 2022, I submitted versions and revisions of 26 stories 74 times to 46 different outlets. This included three...
