Born and raised in Ohio, it was bred into me to love the Ohio State Buckeyes – especially the football program. Throughout the years, Buckeye football taught me many life lessons.

This is a follow-up post to It All Matters posted by Marmy Kodras that touched on an event where we had the great pleasure of bringing Viliami Tuivai to Phoenix for our 16th Annual Student Recognition.  This emotional uplifting video depicts the essence of what our Kids at Hope programs represents th

Blueprint Education and Hope High School Online practice the “Go Giver” philosophy (great book to read by Bob Burg and John David Mann). During the month of May, I had the pleasure of visiting several 8th grade classrooms in the Phoenix, Arizona, area in order to share with them little pieces of information that they should know before they transition to high school.

I have followed Sir Ken Robinson for a few years when he presented at TED in 2006 on the topic Schools Kill Creativity, it is worth watching the 19 minute presentation.  In 2009 he published a thought provoking book titled The Element – How Finding Your Passion Changes Everything which made one of my top five books in 2009.  You can see this list here<

Picture yourself extremely thirsty in front of an empty 12oz glass where you can pour from a pitcher only 6oz of silted water, now add a fresh lemon and the ability to drink or sell the liquid, what choice(s) do you make?  There are a number of answers:  you could satisfy your immediate need to quench your thirst by drinking cloudy water; wait until the particles in the water settled to the bottom and drink; or you could squeeze the lemon in the clear water, sell it to someone interested in lemonade allowing you to buy a gallon of water for you and your friends.  How does