Here is a great Father’s Day story, yet not about my Dad. This story is about my first experience in buying a car with Ken & Kevin Spainhour. I’ve known the Spainhour family for almost 25 years now and love them dearly. Ken & Diane have been like pseudo-parents, caring for me in so many…
How do some people keep going every single day? How do they continuously have this great energy, and how do they always seem to be at their best? I’d like to share with you a few things that I have found that have helped me in my journey has a school leader. First, have that…
Tom Mapother was an amazing wrestler in New Jersey. All-County, All-State, and had a really bright athletic career in front of him. Yet he always wanted to play football. His parents, however, would not let him because they were afraid he was going to get hurt. Heading into his senior year, he begged and pleaded…
One of the things that my family and I have I have enjoyed doing during this pandemic is watching movies together. We’ve watched classics, new releases, series, etc. We recently watched “Yesterday”, which is a great story about the Beatles music, and the impact it has on people. We highly recommend it! Without giving away…
I visited the Goshen (NY) Central School District in the spring of 2019 to watch the Ted Talk these two awesome guys set up in their school district. I have loved Ted Talks for a log time, and to see one up close and personal was amazing. It was a great, professional production organized and…
Another great story from Dan Spainhour’s collection of stories in his book, Leading Narratives. You can learn more about Dan and subscribe to his journal, The Coaching & Leadership Journal, at LeadershipPublishingTeam.com. If you use the code Marotta20, you can save 20% on the annual subscription. I love this story for so many reasons. It goes for…
My sister, Suzanne Carbonaro, is an energetic and enthusiastic educator who works as the Director of Academic Partnerships at AEFIS Inc. an assessment management platform. She recently did a virtual workshop on best practices while presenting online. It was a big hit and I found her points very useful and spot on. I asked her…
Being out of school during this time really makes you miss the great people you work with. Sure, there are some headaches that you don’t miss, yet it always goes back to the people in the relationships. This story reminds me of just one of the many great people I am fortunate to work with,…
I received great feedback from last week’s blog regarding the University Basketball Camp and so many of the lessons learned there. That blog focused on my job as a “gofer” and the lessons I learned blowing up so many of those basketballs to give to the kids as they registered for the camp. Well, eventually…
When I was around 12 or 13 years old I got one of the most important jobs in my life: I was a “gofer” (as in go for this and go for that) at University Basketball Camp in Staten Island. This legendary basketball camp was run by Greg and Gela Mikalauskas. Held in Staten Island, New…