Red Mike Messages

Red Mike Message: Build the Base First Wooden’s Pyramid starts at the base: hard work, joy, trust, loyalty & teamwork. Skip the foundation, and it all crumbles. Build it first. That’s where success lasts. #DrinkTheBourbon #building

Red Mike Message-Doing Your Best Is Success Coach John Wooden: Success is peace of mind from giving your best—not winning. Effort > scoreboard. Give all you’ve got today, and you’re already a winner.   ⁠#DrinkTheBourbon⁠   ⁠#TheRock

Red Mike Message: Angels in the Outfield Disney hid a loaded roster: McConaughey, Brody, Lloyd, Gordon-Levitt, plus two Oscar winners. Beneath the baseball? A story of faith & hope. ⚾️ #FunFriday #DrinktheBourbon

Red Mike Message: Put on Your Mask First Leaders can’t run on empty. Put your oxygen mask on first: Know your worth Set boundaries Share challenges Check in daily Strong leaders breathe life into others. #DrinktheBourbon #Breathe

Red Mike Message: Coaching Adages for Life Four lessons from the field that work everywhere Old coaching rules never go out of style. #DrinktheBourbon #Leadership

Red Mike Message: The Leader Skill Set—8 quotients, 8 fictional guides. From Picard’s calm EQ to Morpheus’ bold VQ, leadership isn’t mystery—it’s muscle. Build them all. #DrinktheBourbon #Choosewisely

Red Mike Message: “What If" vs. "What If It Fails” “What if this works?” sparks innovation. “What if it fails?” breeds fear. Edison, Musk, Churchill knew it: progress demands risk. Play to win, not just not to lose. #DrinktheBourbon #JustDoIt

Red Mike Message: Fiction Outselling Reality Fake bands, real hits. From The Archies’ “Sugar, Sugar” to Gorillaz and even Milli Vanilli, history proves you don’t have to exist to top the charts—you just need a great story and a killer hook. #DrinkTheBourbon #fakenews

Red Mike Message: Pay It Forward Some people treat helping like it’s optional. I see it as a debt you never stop paying forward. Be a voucher. #DrinkTheBourbon   #PayItForward

NOTE: Spotify has sounded 'scorched' for the last week or so. I use the same MP4 file for all uploads. This is the ONLY channel with the issue. Try FB, Insta, YTube, Rumble, LinkedIn, or any of the others. Red Mike Message: Quiet Cracking Quiet cracking isn’t burnout or quitting—it’s the slow fade of purpose. Leaders can stop it by listening, recognizing effort, and connecting work to mean...

Red Mike Messages: The Quiet Poison of Toxic Workplaces Toxic workplaces don’t always yell—they chip away at you. So Build confidence, don’t break it. #DrinkTheBourbon #Leadership

Red Mike Message: Campfire Truths and Boardroom Lies. Leaders need more campfire honesty—plain talk, deep listening, real trust. Swapping buzzwords for truth, posturing for solutions. #Truth #DrinkTheBourbon

Red Mike Message: Kid from a Trailer Park Leaders aren’t born—they level up. Even if you start in a small town with nothing, when your shot comes, you grab it… #DrinkTheBourbon #funfriday #thelaststarfighter

Red Mike Message: Taking Your Lumps Got de-cleated on a trap play. Ate it hard on a speed skate. Got grilled in a hearing for something I didn’t even do. Leadership means taking your lumps—some fair, some not. Get up. Learn the lesson. Don’t take the same hit twice. #DrinkTheBourbon #Leadership

Red Mike Message: The Goodbye You Could’ve Prevented Good people don’t just leave jobs—they leave bad leadership. Turnover is expensive, avoidable, and often silent. Fix it before they walk. Appreciate them now. #leadership   #DrinkTheBourbon

Red Mike Message: Words Mister Rogers Taught Us Mister Rogers' 5 most-used words—Know. Make. Go. See. Oh.—form a better leadership manual than most. Soft, yet strong, and scripted with purpose. #DrinkTheBourbon #WordsThatWork

Red Mike Message: The Upside-Down Pyramid Real leadership isn’t top-down—it’s upside-down. You don’t sit at the top of the pyramid like a pharaoh. You hold the whole thing up. Be visible. Be real. Don’t lead like you’re too cool for the room. #DrinkTheBourbon #leadfrombelow

Red Mike Message: Thicker Skin, Fewer Tantrums. Gen X didn’t cancel people—we quoted them. We laughed near each other and survived Archie Bunker and Mel Brooks. ⁠#DrinkTheBourbon⁠   ⁠#FunFriday⁠   ⁠#GenX

Red Mike Message: How to Disagree Without Getting Fired The word 'right' comes to mind. But not 'being' right. It's saying the right thing, the right way, at the right time. #DrinkTheBourbon   #ego

Red Mike Message: High Road Jesus said turn the other cheek. Buddha said let go of anger. Samuel L. Jackson said, “I’m tryin’ real hard to be the shepherd.” The high road isn’t about being soft. It’s about being strong enough to choose better. #Choose #DrinkTheBourbon

Red Mike Message: Leather and Boardrooms One wears makeup and spits fire. The other wears suits and closes deals. Both deliver the same message: Life doesn’t owe you a thing. Show up. Shut up. Earn it. #DrinkTheBourbon #noexcuses

Red Mike Message: Just Be a Cheerleader Damien Harris said Nick Saban benched him not for being late—but for not owning it. Own your mistakes. Or get told to “just be a cheerleader.” #DrinkTheBourbon #cheerleader #NickSaban

Red Mike Message: We're Off to See the Lizard(s) That's just wrong. #StarTrek #DrinkTheBourbon

Red Mike Message: The Popcorn Colonel (Kernel) In Cub Scouts, I told my boys: hit the popcorn goal, and you get to shave my head. 3 out of 4 years, they did. But one year, they fell short. #DrinkTheBourbon #scouting

Red Mike Message: The Stuff Suzy Didn’t SaySuzy Welch nailed it: Nerve. Elasticity. Soundness. Wonderment. That’s the new grit. But sometimes, showing those traits makes you a target.https://www.instagram.com/p/DMcvZp6q-wn/#DrinkTheBourbon @suzywelch