Super Sky Point to Davey Lopes, who had a big role in my formative years as a baseball fan. As with many other stars of the era, I pretended I was him in Wiffle Ball games and gleefully pulled his 3-D cards from boxes of Frosted Flakes. A multi-faceted, winning ballplayer. #RIP
Footage posted by United States Central Command (CENTCOM) on March 5 shows missiles striking hangars at an Iranian military airbase in Shiraz. Strikes were reported in the area of the airbase on March 1 and in the early hours of March 4. Later on March 4, Israeli officials said their forces had targeted sites in Shiraz overnight, according to Israeli news reports.
Coming out of school, I turned down an agate job at the L.A. Times. Needed to write, see? Figured I’d get there soon enough.
Twenty-six years later…
I’m writing sports columns for the L.A. Times. Surreal.
I love L.A. and I love sports. Let’s rock:
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@champagnennuts@OleTimeHardball Love Klay for sure (and boy did I want home to be a Laker), but I got to got to hi five Magic as he exited through the tunnel at the Forum when the Lakers played the Knicks. It was always Magic. Wishing you and your family well.
Who is your all-time favorite NBA player?
1. Michael Jordan
2. Larry Bird
3. Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
4. Magic Johnson
5. Charles Barkley
6. Kobe Bryant
7. Kevin Durant
8. Steph Curry
9. LeBron James
10. Write in another player
@alwayspreparing@BowTiedSalesGuy 💯. Know their business. Tell them why you are calling and if you give you the go ahead, which they usually will, tell them in one or two short sentences and ask if they'd like to continue or schedule a convenient time
@BowTiedSalesGuy Both scenarios assume you make the call.
What if you're not ready?
What if your opener needs more testing?
What if the prospect isn't properly researched yet?
I prefer a third path:
🎯: you prepare to cold call.
Forever.
🤡:
you cold call a prospect.
they sound cagey and defensive.
you think: “I’m bothering them.”
so you try to justify yourself, rush, and seek approval.
they get more defensive. you feel rejected.
Belief confirmed: “Cold calling annoys people.”
🐲:
you cold call a prospect.
they sound cagey and defensive.
you don’t take it personally. you think: “of course they’re guarded, they don’t know me yet.”
you remain calm and behave like someone who might actually be useful.
they relax and are open to talking with you.
False belief challenged and replaced with new productive belief: “people want to meet other useful people”
@DaveEDanna Same thing happened to me, lol. Lost it when we were on a camping trip with 5 families and I offered the kids a $20 reward. It was not found.
EARNED.
The UCLA women are Final Four-bound.
From Spokane, where the Bruins beat LSU on Sunday to book their ticket to Tampa. Hard-won, hard-fought, really tough, inspired stuff.
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@MirjamSwanson Heart broken in the moment. But, I will repeat the words that one of my son's cross country teammates said to me when he was coming back from taking care of his mental health: "I'm excited to be around (him) for the comeback". Prayers for JuJu and all her supporters
Last night’s in-the-moment column on everything JuJu Watkins means to USC, to L.A. … to women’s basketball. Sigh.
Much love to JuJu, so fascinating and fantastic a competitor. So tough. The best college player in America — and the coolest.
I’m so sad.
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Shit just got real because I wanna know your favorite Steely Dan track. I’ll start us off by saying they got a name for the winners in the world, call me: