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Star Power: Dr. Andrews' Patient List is a Veritable Who's Who of Sports

Andrews has treated thousands of athletes in his 35-year career. How many of the 62 Hall of Famers, all-stars, and up-and-comers did you recognize on pages 104 -- 105?READ»

Star Power: Dr. Andrews' Patient List is a Veritable Who's Who of Sports

Andrews has treated thousands of athletes in his 35-year career. How many of the 88 Hall of Famers, all-stars, and up-and-comers do you recognize?READ»

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How To Buy Them Wholesale

This will get into this sell you will have to do some work. These are not shameful tennis shoes, I can evoke as well as the tongue. The signature Michael Jordan shoes called Air Jordan persist to be trendy even after 20 living on ...READ»

High Profile Sports Patients of Dr. James Andrew

The good doctor has treated dozens of sports champions, record winners and star athletes. Here we present a few key cases of his careerREAD»

Kenan Samms

Leadership: What LeBron Teaches Us

LeBron James is good for the NBA and the game of basketball. With style, sizzle and a lunch-bucket work ethic, LeBron of the Cleveland Cavaliers is an upbeat spokesman for the league. He plays hard on the court, but disappears off ...READ»

Big Game Trophy Hunter

Dr. Andrews has changed sports history by treating, advising, or developing training programs for key players who led their teams to victory.READ»

It's Your Choice

The 21st century is upon us, and it's time to make some defining choices. A Fast Company-Roper Starch Worldwide Survey posed some stark trade-offs. Here's a report on your choices.READ»

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The NBA's most jealous superstar

Today's plucky boasts interesting names such as Kobe and Bulls would suffer again in 1989 and the Pistons, now famed, "Jordan Rules" cover simplified in once again eliminating the Bulls.In 1990 the Bulls emerging talent surrounding ...READ»

Bobble Mania: Malcolm Alexander

How Malcolm Alexander gets a-"head" in business.READ»

Micahel Phelps and Outstanding Peformance

If you want to become an outstanding performer, you need to do three things: 1) become a lifelong learner; 2) set and achieve high goals; and 3) get organized. Right now, I can’t think of a more outstanding performer than ...READ»

The Olympics, Michael Phelps and Self Confidence

Have you been watching the Olympics?  I have.  I’ve been blown away by several of the events and performances.  Let’s start with Usain “Lightning” Bolt who won a gold medal and set a world record in the 100 meter dash, ...READ»

Nothing of real substance

Just very intrigued with the FC article, Brand Obama and how this can be adapted to my work and life.  The development of a person as a brand is obviously nothing new (Michael Jordan, Tiger Woods, Bill Clinton), but the way in which ...READ»

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The emergence of Michael Jordan has all of these changed.

In 1984, when Jordanfirst became a professional player, the start of sports shoes advertising was optimistic. It was sincerely amazing. This excellent MTV made Jordan realized how to name this new brace of shoes, Nike knew that if ...READ»

Kenan Samms
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Careers: Lessons from LeBron James and Michael Jordan on Teamwork

In a previous entry, I talked about my rock star neighbor who, at the ripe old age of nine, has already started his own business specializing in lawn maintenance, pet sitting, auto detailing, and beverages/snacks. If you’re ...READ»

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Why Tiger Woods Doesn't Cheat

"First you get on, then you get honest, then you get honors." -- Lew Wasserman Q: Why doesn't Tiger Woods cheat? A: He doesn't have to. It would appear that rumors of Tiger Woods' career demise are premature. The former "Tiger" ...READ»

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Martha. Still Here. For Now.

Marthaphiles can sleep a little better tonight. As Heath mentioned last week, K-Mart has decided not to drop Martha Stewart from its latest ad campaign, "Kmart. Right Here. Right Now" -- despite the fact that the Empress of ...READ»

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Magic Johnson: Superstar in the Business Arena

What does a former L.A. Lakers point guard and five-time NBA champ do when he retires from pro sports? Why he gets an office with an assistant and a $700 portfolio of companies of course!READ»

Kenan Samms
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Leadership: Commissioners in Crisis

It is not often that you see three commissioners of three major sports make news within the same 24-hour news cycle. This time none of the three was promoting anything; each was responding to threats to the integrity of the games ...READ»

Leadership Is a Muscle

How is your attitude about your abilities affecting your success?READ»

A Leadership Failure: The Boston Red Sox

The on-field fracas at Fenway Park on Saturday showed that the Bosox have not one but at least two Albert Belles on their team: Pedro Martinez and Manny Ramirez. That should make it pretty hard for anyone to root for these punks and ...READ»

Kenan Samms
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Leadership: Lessons from the Hammer

The Babe had it easy, at least when it came to setting the all-time home run record. When he broke Roger Connor’s record of 139 homers in 1921, it caused barely a ripple of attention. Fifty-three years later, when Henry Aaron was ...READ»

Getting Religion

As I got to do some serious thinking about my multisensory branding hypothesis, I realized that the very best role model was religion. So as my travels around the world took me, I began visiting different regions where different ...READ»

Kenan Samms
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Leadership: Crouching Competition, Rising Tiger

“I’ve got holes in my game.” That’s one of the first things Tiger Woods told the media after his first victory of the 2008 PGA season in the Buick Invitational at Torrey Pines. “If you’re not getting better, you’re ...READ»

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The New Fight Club

Imagine being at the office with one minute and 15 seconds left in the day. Then imagine shoving one of your coworkers, and punching another in the face. What would your boss say? What would management do? I would probably be ...READ»

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Riding in Fast Company: Lance Armstrong and Team USPS

If you've watched the 2004 Tour de France, you've witnessed a command performance by Lance Armstrong, who has all but locked up an unprecedented sixth consecutive win in the world's toughest bicycle race. But the true story of this ...READ»