by Brooks Mendell | Aug 24, 2026 | Leading/Managing, Communication Skills, Forestry, Learning
Introduction It’s said that the two most important decisions you ever make are, one, whom you choose to marry — or choose not to marry — and, two, whom you choose to work with. As an adult, you will likely spend more time with your colleagues than with...
by Brooks Mendell | May 27, 2026 | Thinking/Analysis, Communication Skills, Leading/Managing
When it comes to making choices and decisions, I think we overvalue “best,” we underappreciate “good” and “effective” and “better,” and we fail to purge “dumb.” This idea rooted itself into my brain years ago after reading a financial report that included the...
by Brooks Mendell | Nov 28, 2025 | Leading/Managing, Communication Skills, Learning, Thinking/Analysis
Introduction I have been thinking about processes, habits, and routines after, once again, incinerating hours of my life watching videos online. Two situations account for most of why or when I get offtrack and surrender my attention. Fatigue. I’m tired and sit at the...
by Brooks Mendell | Oct 31, 2025 | Communication Skills, Leading/Managing, Learning, Sports
Years ago, my younger brother, Loren, and I traveled to Uruguay to study Spanish and eat grilled meat. Our return home included a troublesome and frustrating connection in a regional Brazilian airport. Previously, Loren had worked at CAA as a talent agent assistant,...
by Brooks Mendell | Jul 31, 2025 | Thinking/Analysis, Leading/Managing, Learning, Sports
T-H-I-N-K Often, it’s not until years later, after you’ve had a chance to manage or motivate people, lead a project, start a business, or navigate a challenging series of events that you recognize the power and impact of lessons learned years before from parents,...
