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Know your strengths! 💪🏼 A few weeks ago we did a ⛳️ fundraiser to support Ascension Peyton Manning’s Children hospital with friends in the business community. It was my style of golf - a scramble. 😬 4 players hit. Find the best ball. 4 players hit from there. Rinse and repeat. All day. It made me wonder what it would be like if we worked in “scrambles” at our companies. Should we all be hitting each ball (sharing different ideas) then taking the best ball (best strategies/plans) and doing it again for the next step? Probably Collectively our team was 10 under for the day with skills ranging from scratch golfer to golf cart bluetooth speaker DJ (me🙋🏻♂️). Know your strengths and lean into others on your team with whatever may be needed for the situation - be it a 300 yard drive or a 90s Hip Hop playlist. 🎶 What role do you play in a scramble?? Scott Bove - Nicely done on a well organized event to help a great organization. Cheers! #growthmindset

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Are you maximizing the impact of your estate planning for your family and favorite charities? Proactive, strategic thinking about philanthropy and estate planning are crucial yet frequently overlooked aspects of wealth management.

"Where on the field is the $1 I'm paying for soda?" A famous scene from Moneyball where newly acquired DH David Justice asks why General Manager Billy Beane charges for soda in the club house. Jonah Hill's fictionalized character Peter Brand replies that "Billy likes to keep the money on the field" While the ownership of the soon to be Las Vegas A's is notoriously stingy, this scene was actually total creative liberty but it made a point that is relatable to many who work in the nonprofit world. When staff at nonprofits are forced to work with broken chairs, slow computers, and chronic understaffing, these things don't actually put more money into the program. They're symbolic sacrafices to demonstrate commitment to fans (donors) and more often than not management. There's a reason professional sports teams don't try and save money by having their players workout at local High School gyms. The reputational damage would make it more difficult to recruit players. What do we think it does to employee recruitment and retention in the nonprofit sector when the industry is defined by symbolic (and sometimes quite literal) vows of poverty? Great missions require great people and resources that allow them to perform at their best. Your soda money doesn't end up back on the field but it can pull money off of it if your badge of honor sacrafices conribute to employee turnover.

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One thing I have a lot of on my hands at the moment is time and so I do what I can to fill it (and with the help of U2’s One I might have a solution). I have two small children and they take up a lot of it but not all and so I do other things to stay active and alert. Otherwise, I will sit on my backside all day, looking at Instagram and Oddschecker to get the latest Leinster odds. I go to the gym, I go out on my bike, I try and meet more people to build a network and exposure, I volunteer my time and help out with local charities. And the one thing I’ve noticed is that to keep me fresh I need to change my routines. Please don’t get me wrong, routines have many many benefits, they help me to get things done, lessen anxiety, improve well-being and productivity. However, by doing the same things over and again, and engaging only those skills that get these things done, I am reducing the need for other skills and capabilities and if I don’t use them, while I might not lose them, they'll certainly weaken. They leave me if I don’t care for them. So embrace the change. As we know familiarity breeds contempt and habit leads to decreased marginal gains. If you jog in the morning change it to the afternoon, if you watch football on Saturday play chess instead, if you drink tea switch to water, if you check your emails first thing every morning change it to after 1030am. I know and appreciate that at the beginning it is hard to do new things, especially if I’ve found things that work and that get the job done but experience has taught me that the new will add to the old. And as U2 sang You say, one love, one life When it's one need in the night One love, we get to share it Leaves you, baby, if you don't care for it What do you do?

Many financial planners rely on tax-mitigation strategies to help their clients achieve their financial goals. However, there's a lesser-known estate-planning tool that can help high-net-worth individuals, professional athletes, and business owners meet their financial and philanthropic objectives. With optimized charitable lead annuity trusts, or OCLATs, you can potentially receive two to three times the initial invested sum at the end of its term, making it an attractive option for those looking to grow their wealth while also supporting charitable causes. It's an excellent way to achieve both financial and philanthropic goals simultaneously.

Playing sports, especially baseball, is one of the best teachers you will ever have in life. Baseball teaches you to be humble. The “Baseball Gods” don’t like when your head gets too big. The game will be sure to put you back in your place. Baseball teaches you to be a calm boat in choppy water. In order to be successful you must remain even keel in a game full of ups and downs. Baseball teaches you to control the things you can control, and forget the rest. Crush a line drive but right to the shortstop? Nothing you can do about it. Move on. Baseball teaches you that sometimes things just won’t make sense. 4-4 yesterday but 0-4 today? Yep, it happens. Move on. Baseball teaches you to keep moving forward even when all hope seems lost. 0 for your last 15 at bats? Move on, you have 4 more today. Baseball teaches you that you never know what each day will bring. Today could be the day you break the out of your slump, it just depends on your mentality. Baseball teaches you to do the things you don’t want to do. The early morning practices, the late night work outs, 12 hour days at the ball park and all the other cliché’s you want to throw in there. But it’s true. The toughest days often lead to the best ones. All of these situations run parallel to business and to life itself. #baseball #business #sales #sports