After 30 years of family and work life, I've added one of my athletic passions back to my weekly routine: Tennis.Played it in high school, and could have played it in college, but didn't. What I love about any sport, but tennis especially, is what a difference proper mechanics mean to the game. …
The Broken Leg Question
by Paul Nemetz-Carlson, Tudor Collegiate Strategies When prospects begin to ask for advice on selecting a college or university, they’re sure to run into someone outside of the college athletic world that presents them with a …
Tiger Woods’ Comeback & Your Recruiting Story
On the night Tiger Woods won his first tournament in five long years, following his very public personal setbacks and injuries, I was at the airport.Every television was tuned to his final few holes, and crowds of people were clogging the aisles, gathered around to watch Tiger finish off his …
I’m Avoiding Telling the Other Car Salesperson I’m Not Buying
Which means, I'm just like your prospects.The quick back story:A few weeks ago, before we sent our daughter off for her freshman year at college, she got in an accident and totaled my wife's car. She was fine, the car was not (and the Utz Potato Chip truck she rear-ended on a rainy day …
I’m Glad That Happened, Mr. Customer
"I'm glad that happened, Mr. Customer."That was one of several borderline-cheesy lines I was taught close to 30 years ago when I was in sales training for a large national business sales organization.The company I was starting work for regularly had us demonstrate these rather large, complex …