by Marc Mawhinney | Oct 20, 2025 | Blog
Here’s something that I pulled from Stephen A. Smith’s book “Straight Shooter”, when he recounted something that T.D. Jakes once said on Oprah: “A lion raised in captivity has never been in the wild … all of his experiences have been in...
by Marc Mawhinney | Oct 19, 2025 | Blog
Over the last few days I’ve been sharing lessons from Stephen A. Smith’s book “Straight Shooter” And here’s one from when he was fired by ESPN in 2009 … After that he bumped into Pat Riley, the legendary coach and executive in the hallway...
by Marc Mawhinney | Oct 18, 2025 | Blog
Yesterday I shared something I got from Stephen A. Smith’s book “Straight Shooter”, and here’s another lesson from it: Being on a sports debate show called “First Take” every day gave him lots of opportunities to have a bad take,...
by Marc Mawhinney | Oct 17, 2025 | Blog
I recently finished reading Stephen A. Smith’s book “Straight Shooter” … In it he wrote about being too modest when he was playing high school basketball, and how he got cut on the first day of tryouts: “I was heartbroken. But I also learned a...
by Marc Mawhinney | Oct 16, 2025 | Blog
A few months ago I introduced a lifetime option for The Coaching Jungle VIP for just $997, and some people said I was crazy … But I wanted to do it to give VIPs a long runway to get new clients and customers (with almost 30,000 potential clients) I just introduced the...
by Marc Mawhinney | Oct 15, 2025 | Blog
I recently chatted with a number of friends who have been burned by their Facebook (Meta) ads … Not to knock Meta, but my friends lost thousands of dollars! If you’re in the same boat, here’s an alternative: To reach more potential clients, for a lot less...