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Assumptions are a common cause of mistakes. In any workplace, we often make the best decision that we can at a given moment. But when a lack of knowledge is replaced with assumptions… that decision might turn out to be a bad one. So it’s important to recognize when we… Read More "ESPN’s Michael Kay’s Bad Assumption: Misjudging NY Giants Coach Brian Daboll Explained"
As seen on the Huffington Post: Patrick Mahomes Accidentally Tweets Mean Note About Aaron Rodgers After Injury Last night, new New York Jets quarterback (and future Hall of Famer) Aaron Rodgers suffered a season-ending torn Achilles tendon injury in the first few minutes of the game. Fellow quarterback Patrick Mahomes,… Read More "For the Want of a Comma, Patrick Mahomes Mistakenly Slams Aaron Rodgers"
I appreciate when a leader is willing to admit a mistake — whether that’s entrepreneurs or CEOs who do so in the “My Favorite Mistake” podcast or my book. So this caught my eye the other day, as reported in many outlets: Shanahan admits 49ers selecting Lance was a ‘mistake’… Read More "49ers’ Head Coach Kyle Shanahan Acknowledges Mistake in Trey Lance Trade Decision: An Analysis"
Friday night, in St. Louis, New York Mets’ first baseman Pete Alonso made a mistake that angered the home team St. Louis Cardinals and their fans, as discussed in this video: The announcers were probably right in assuming that Alonso made an honest mistake – human error. There’s habit and… Read More "Pete Alonso Accidentally Throws Masyn Winn’s First Career Hit Ball into the Crowd: An MLB Mistake"
There’s chaos in college sports as universities switch conferences left and right (and east and west). George Kliavkoff’s biggest mistake as Pac-12 commissioner is beyond dispute What happened? ESPN offered the conference $30 million per school each year, and that’s even with UCLA and USC bolting for the Big Ten… Read More "The Financial Mistake That Could Doom the PAC-12 Conference"
Perfection in Major League Baseball is extremely rare. The 24th-ever perfect game was thrown recently by Domingo Germán, of the New York Yankees, on June 29th And there would have been a 25th perfect game if not for an umpiring mistake (something I wrote about but didn’t include in my… Read More "The Umpire’s Mistake That Ruined a Perfect Game in 2010"
