COACH MAHR's BLOG
Coach Mahr's Blog started May 2017 out of the desire to continue to share latest content that was being developed in his role as character coach. A simple expression will catch Coach’s ear and upon reflection and discernment the Holy Spirit gains a greater foothold in his consciousness and guides his words to create a woven thread.
A new blog is typically posted every 10 days.
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Stairway to Heaven
This week I had the pleasure, and I do mean pleasure, of attending the funeral of my 45-year-old cousin whose body finally gave in after a 4-year […]
Downstream
Several years ago, I was about to remove a vine like weed from our mailbox garden area. The ‘weed’ had started to coil around our street sign. […]
Pursuit
The word pursuit is a noun that is the action of following or endeavoring after someone or something. When I hear the word pursuit, I immediately picture […]
Be A, Not A (Part 2)
When I was developing content for my role as a High School Football Coach and Character Coach, I built about 50 separate lessons around the “Be A, […]
Confusion is the Step Before Clarity
There is the expression that “confusion is the step before clarity.” What happens in that step? What is the aha moment? I am currently confused about a […]
Timing is Everything
If I can hold a door open for someone, I always do. I learned that at a young age from my Dad. When people say thanks, I […]
It Can Always Be Worse
I have used the line, “it can always be worse,” many times in my life. I use it to gain perspective on my current reality. To me, […]
Solitude
My wife and I spent a recent weekend camping at Solitude Farmz in upstate New York. We spent time watching the wind create a burst of ripples on […]
Chaos
I remember going to a hockey game with my Dad back when the Mario Lemieux led Penguins were rolling. My memory is that it was a great […]
Communication and Dribbling
In coaching girls’ basketball, I had a lesson that discussed how communication was like dribbling, everyone must be able do it to play the game and the […]
Trees Don’t Grow to the Sky
“Trees Don’t Grow to the Sky” is a popular German proverb. Most often used in financial sectors to describe the dangers of maturing companies with high growth […]
Nobody Fights for 12 Rounds
‘Nobody fights for 12 rounds; some rounds you just survive,’ is a boxing analogy shared with me by my boss. We were discussing the handling of a […]
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