The best way you can respect another human being is to communicate honestly with them. In professional and personal relationships, communicating messages quickly and directly is a solid way to demonstrate respect for another’s time. More importantly, both you and the receiving party will be better off.As a player, I clamored for honesty from my coaches. It did me little … [Read more…]

E-cigarettes sparked a couple years ago and have reached a fervent smolder recently. These electronic devices don’t burn tobacco, so smoke is absent. You’re “vaping” (inhaling vapor), and there’s no smell. Perhaps that’s better for the folks around you, but e-cigarettes are still exceptionally unhealthy for you. From sciencenews.org: Electronic cigarettes, marketed as safer … [Read more…]

I fully recognize that I maintain somewhat restrictive dietary habits. I also have two teenage sons (almost; my younger son turns 13 in November). I encourage their love of food by preparing things they’ll thoroughly dig eating. Eating rules.One of the many advantages of this arrangement is gleefully experiencing indulgences through my young men. I normally dodge pasta as … [Read more…]

I dig the comments section of this blog. Not only do I get to interact with readers, but plenty of posts are inspired by people asking for assistance I feel I can provide.In this case, Evan Longoria’s guest post about the state of youth baseball here at Kaplifestyle prompted numerous comments. Reader Ben, with sharp self-evaluation skills and authenticity that I respect in … [Read more…]

Young men and women are in complete control of very few elements in their life. What they ingest is one of them.We’re all aware of the childhood obesity issue in the United States. Independent of this as a concern for the moppets in our lives, we can unite in the desire for our country’s children to become more nutritionally aware. Manifesting that outcome is no easy task. … [Read more…]