We all dream of having our kids become more wildly successful than they even dream of being!

As parents, we want to help them down the path that empowers them to become the best versions of themselves. We want them to be 100% uniquely them while not feeling the pressure of conforming to whatever the world thinks.

This is a task that seems to be getting tougher and tougher each and every day with more and more distractions seemingly popping up as each day passes.

My brother Kyle is a recently promoted Captain in the Air Force, doing some amazing things to help this country. It is amazing to sit back and watch him as he has grown up into the man and leader that he is. We are blessed to have had the opportunity to steal some of his time as he was in town for our sister Shelley’s wedding.

When I asked him to come up with a Top Lesson Learned list, he without hesitation, boiled it down to 3 things.

So many organizations want to thrive and be the best, but often times fall very short. We have found that there are five common traps that many teams, organizations, families and businesses fall into that destroy their chances of becoming what they dream to be!

Take a quick read below to see if your organization, team, family or business is falling into any of these traps!

Man this time of year is always one to reminisce. Back in 2014, I was graduating from Concord university, a small Division II school located in Southern West Virginia. I was just coming off of a senior year filled with a lot of success. I batted .393 with 13 homers, a school record 21 doubles, and finished 1st in the nation with 71 RBIs in the regular season. At the end of the season, I was recognized to be on the top 50 of the nation's best player award (Tino Martinez Award).

The first thing I thought of this morning when I woke up was how I am beyond grateful for the life that I am living. Just like yours, it has been filled with ups, downs, sideways, crazy-ways and have been thrown more curveballs than I can count! But through it all, I am beyond blessed!

With most spring sports right around the corner, I have been receiving lots of questions on in-season training and whether it is a good idea or not.

 Short answer: IT IS IMPERITIVE to train during your season!

 If you wanting to be successful long term, you MUST train during season. With that being said, I see a lot of people drop all training once season begins.  I think this is for a couple of reasons.

 The first reason is time.

The second reason is parents trying to do the right thing, but with a lack of information.

Whenever I see high achievers in anything, whether it is business, sports, relationships, or life… I try and study it and learn what they are doing. I do this because I was to excel and thrive in all those same areas of my life as well! I realized I had to make a mindset change and begin to learn everything I could from them if I wanted to get to where they are.

So now when I see Tom Brady, Bill Belichick, Nick Saban, Geno Auriemma win another National Championship or Super Bowl, I smile. I smile because I know there are lessons that I can learn from them! 

Here are my Top 5 Lessons I learned from our most recent Super Bowl with the Patriots, yet again winning!

 I am a sucker for a good movie. I don’t know why, but I love sitting down and watching a story unfold, whether it be an action, comedy, thriller or even a great musical…