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Red Mike Messages

Red Mike Messages are Leadership and life lessons I've picked up from 25 years as a public servant, 16 years as a youth sports coach and Scouting volunteer, and 10 years as a mediocre athlete with far more heart than actual physical ability.Life is Short.Drink the Bourbon.No Politics.The Red Microphone is literally red.

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  1. 564

    Three Things Worth Carrying

    Red Mike Messages: Three Things Worth CarryingHeavy, but not a burden#purposeful #DrinkTheBourbon

  2. 563

    Flagged

    Red Mike Messages: FlaggedWhat Happened After the Penalty Is the Real Story #coaching #drinkthebourbon

  3. 562

    Throw Away Your Shot

    Red Mike Messages: Throw Away Your ShotSometimes Leadership Means Giving Someone Else the Opportunity#LinManuelMiranda #DrinkTheBourbon

  4. 561

    Finish What You Started

    Red Mike Messages: Finish What You StartedWhy One Thing at a Time Still Wins#VanHalen #DrinkTheBourbon

  5. 560

    My Office Isn't Decorated

    Fun Friday: My Office Isn't DecoratedIntentional, Not Curated#Memories #DrinkTheBourbon

  6. 559

    Simple Isn't the Same as Easy

    Red Mike Messages: Simple Isn't the Same as EasyWhy Good Advice Often Isn't Enough#miketyson #DrinkTheBourbon https://youtu.be/kgCRXvUDtas

  7. 558

    Strategy Is Choosing

    Red Mike Messages: Strategy Is ChoosingIt is not managing.#Failtoplan #DrinkTheBourbon

  8. 557

    Conditional Patriotism?

    Red Mike Messages: Conditional Patriotism?Strong institutions outlive temporary leaders.#NotJustWhenYouWin #DrinkTheBourbon

  9. 556

    The Bill Always Comes Due

    Red Mike Messages: The Bill Always Comes DueToday's Choice. Tomorrow's Bill#BobbyBonillaDay #DrinkTheBourbon

  10. 555

    Party Like a Founder!

    Red Mike Messages: Party Like a FounderI Want to Party With You, Cowboy.#GeorgeWashington #DrinkTheBourbon

  11. 554

    The Farmer Who Went Home

    Red Mike Messages: The Farmer Who Went HomeThe Unclaimed Throne#Selflessness #DrinkTheBourbon

  12. 553

    Still Under Construction

    Red Mike Messages: Still Under ConstructionThe Work Never Really Ends#SCOTUS #DrinkTheBourbon

  13. 552

    Losing the Vote

    Red Mike Messages: Losing the VoteThe best leaders don't always win the argument—but they often improve the outcome.#Gerrymander #DrinkTheBourbon

  14. 551

    Making Edits

    Red Mike Messages: Making EditsThe Long Road to a More Perfect Union#Declaration #DrinkTheBourbon

  15. 550

    Figuring Out America

    Red Mike Messages: Figuring Out AmericaWhat millions of visitors discovered when they finally saw it for themselves.#JohnDenver #DrinkTheBourbon

  16. 549

    The Evidence Is On Your Calendar

    Red Mike Message: The Evidence Is On Your CalendarBusy is a choice, not a strategy.#Urgency #drinkthebourbon

  17. 548

    The Hallway Test

    Red Mike Messages: The Hallway TestBody Language Often Screams#walkthewalk #drinkthebourbon

  18. 547

    It Has Never Been Done Here

    Red Mike Messages: It Has Never Been Done HereProgress is never guaranteed, but neither is stagnation.#growth #DrinkTheBourbon

  19. 546

    The Borrowed Book

    Red Mike Messages: The Borrowed BookThe task is rarely as difficult as carrying it around for years.#doityourself #DrinkTheBourbon

  20. 545

    Thoughts on Juneteenth

    Red Mike Messages: Thoughts on JuneteenthTexas Went National#Juneteenth #DrinkTheBourbon

  21. 544

    The Bright Line

    Red Mike Messages: The Bright LineRules Need to Matter#NCAA #drinkthebourbon

  22. 543

    When the New Wears Off

    Red Mike Messages: When the New Wears OffThe loss of novelty is not the loss of value.#bored #DrinkTheBourbon

  23. 542

    When You're Great, They'll Tell You

    Red Mike Messages: When You're Great, They'll Tell YouGeorgia On My Mind#CWS #DrinkTheBourbon

  24. 541

    The Bill Always Comes Due

    Red Mike Messages: The Bill Always Comes Due The weight gets your attention. You Sometimes Miss the Distance #NoPainNoGain #DrinkTheBourbon

  25. 540

    The Snow Globe

    Red Mike Messages: The Snow GlobeThe Gen X Paradox#ferrisbueller #funfriday #DrinkTheBourbonAttacking a sacred cow today...

  26. 539

    Birds and Captain Morgan

    Red Mike Messages: Birds and Captain MorganShifting the Crap Isn't a Solution#poop #DrinkTheBourbon

  27. 538

    Die, Scum!

    Red Mike Messages: Die, Scum!Waiting for Karma Keeps You Looking Backward#Schadenfreude #DrinktheBourbon

  28. 537

    Rent Free

    Red Mike Messages: Rent FreeBe a Duck#Ignore #DrinktheBourbon

  29. 536

    Just The Facts, Ma'am

    Red Mike Message: Just The Facts, Ma'amFeelings Aren't Facts#truth #DrinkTheBourbon

  30. 535

    Red

    Red Mike Messages: Red ThingsWichita Falls' Greatest Export#Red #DrinkTheBourbon

  31. 534

    Rules of the Road

    Red Mike Messages: Rules of the RoadThe sidewalk wasn't the issue.#Grace #DrinkTheBourbon

  32. 533

    Ted Lasso Lesson

    Red Mike Messages: Be Curious, Not JudgmentalAssumptions Will Wreck You #barbecuesauce #Drinkthebourbon

  33. 532

    Fifteen Years

    Red Mike Messages: Fifteen YearsThat's all most of us really get.#FCancer #DrinkTheBourbon

  34. 531

    The Open Tabs Problem

    Red Mike Messages: The Open Tabs ProblemWhat drains your energy isn't always what you're doing.#Finish #Drinkthebourbon

  35. 530

    The Pros from Dover

    Red Mike Messages: The Pros from DoverMovie Quotes on #FunFriday#DrinkTheBourbon

  36. 529

    The Only Perfect Person

    Red Mike Messages: The Only Perfect PersonHint- It ain't me...and it ain't you.#grace#drinkthebourbon

  37. 528

    Praise in Public

    Red Mike Messages: Praise in PublicFear and Intimidation is no way to motivate.#praise #DrinkTheBourbon  ⁨@RedMikeMessages⁩ 

  38. 527

    The Cactus and the Pot

    Red Mike Messages: The Cactus and the PotYogi Berra was right. It's not over until it's over.#perseverence #DrinkTheBourbon

  39. 526

    Some Gave All

    Red Mike Messages: Some Gave AllIt's more than a day off.#MemorialDay #DrinkTheBourbon

  40. 525

    The Cheap Seats

    Red Mike Messages: The Cheap Seats The fans were loud, the tickets were affordable, and everybody understood the assignment. #texasrangers #DrinkTheBourbon

  41. 524

    A Raised Hand

    Red Mike Messages: A Raised HandAbusing Authority#letthemplay #DrinkTheBourbon

  42. 523

    Elevator Dad

    Red Mike Messages: Elevator Dad The Lost Art of Talking to People#networking #DrinkTheBourbon

  43. 522

    One Minute Late

    Red Mike Messages: One Minute LateStandards Matter.#GarrickHiggo #PGA #DrinkTheBourbon

  44. 521

    The Hole in the Boat

    Red Mike Messages: The Hole in the BoatThe Small Things That Save Lives#details #DrinkTheBourbon

  45. 520

    Raiders of the Lost Parts

    Red Mike Messages: Raiders of the Lost Parts When Systems Only Work After Executive Intervention #funfriday #DrinkTheBourbon

  46. 519

    Guardrail Damage Ahead

    Red Mike Messages: Guardrail Damage AheadWhen Systems Create Noise Instead of Clarity#tesla #signs #DrinkTheBourbon

  47. 518

    Just the Facts, Ma'am

    Red Mike Messages: Just the Facts, Ma'amWhen Journalism Became Activism #bias #DrinkTheBourbon

  48. 517

    Delay Tactic

    Red Mike Messages: Delay TacticThey want you on that page. They need you on that page.#Metrics #DrinkTheBourbon

  49. 516

    Free Speech Got Unalived

    Red Mike Messages: Free Speech Got UnalivedAlgorithms, advertisers, and the slow rewriting of human language.#murder #DrinkTheBourbon

  50. 515

    Different Stakes, Same Job

    Red Mike Messages: Different Stakes, Same JobThe Court Gets Bigger. The Fundamentals Don’t.#hoosiers #DrinkTheBourbon

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Red Mike Messages are Leadership and life lessons I've picked up from 25 years as a public servant, 16 years as a youth sports coach and Scouting volunteer, and 10 years as a mediocre athlete with far more heart than actual physical ability.Life is Short.Drink the Bourbon.No Politics.The Red Microphone is literally red.

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