Red Mike Messages

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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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    Guardrail Damage Ahead

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

  2. 543

    Just the Facts, Ma'am

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

  3. 542

    Delay Tactic

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

  4. 541

    Free Speech Got Unalived

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

  5. 540

    Different Stakes, Same Job

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

  6. 539

    The One Who Knows Too Much

    Red Mike Messages: The One Who Knows Too Much“We can’t lose you” is not always a promotion speech.#CareerGrowth #DrinkTheBourbon

  7. 538

    Spinning Plates Eventually Crash

    Red Mike Messages: Spinning Plates Eventually Crash Burnout does not always come from doing too much. Sometimes it comes from doing too many things at once. #reset #DrinkTheBourbon

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    Why Do You Even Post?

    Red Mike Messages: Why Do You Even Post?When the scoreboard doesn’t look like you think it should…#storytime #DrinkTheBourbon

  9. 536

    The Turnback Moment

    Red Mike Messages: The Turnback MomentWhen the Dream Has to Be Bigger Than the Fear#steveharvey #DrinkTheBourbon

  10. 535

    Same Edge. New Game.

    Red Mike Messages: Same Edge. New Game.Winning got you here. Knowing when not to win is what keeps everything that matters.#Partnership #DrinkTheBourbon

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    Watch Me

    Red Mike Messages: Watch MeSay I can't. I'll prove you wrong.#RyanExpress #DrinkTheBourbon

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    The $5 Birthday

    Red Mike Messages: The $5 BirthdayPerceived generosity vs. actual intent#jefffoxworthy #DrinkTheBourbon

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    Pennies on the Table

    Red Mike Messages: Pennies on the TableMalicious compliance makes a point. Ownership changes the narrative.#DrinkTheBourbon #Nice

  14. 531

    The Second Moment

    Red Mike Messages: The Second MomentWhat you do after the loss is who you are.#ownit #DrinkTheBourbon

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    A Target Run, CVS Receipt, and the Weekend Gauntlet

    Red Mike Message: A Target Run, CVS Receipt, and the Weekend GauntletYou went in for one thing… and somehow ran an obstacle course to justify everything else.#funfriday #DrinkTheBourbon

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    The Door That Never Opens

    Red Mike Message: The Door That Never Opens Some opportunities aren’t closed… they’re just never real. #talkischeap #DrinkTheBourbon

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    Win the War First

    Red Mike Message: Win the War FirstSan Jacinto didn’t just end a war—it proved the kind of leadership that holds up under pressure. #Texas

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    Crabs in a Bucket

    Red Mike Message: Crabs in a BucketThe bucket pulls. A team climbs.#kickthebucket #DrinkTheBourbon

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    One Thing

    Red Mike Messages: One ThingClarity Isn’t Complicated—It’s Chosen#BillyCrystal #DrinkTheBourbon

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    Old Guy Crap (and the Guys Who Pretend It Isn’t)

    Red Mike Messages: Old Guy Crap (and the Guys Who Pretend It Isn’t)You don’t pull a hamstring tying your shoes by accident.#plethora #DrinkTheBourbon

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    The Look

    Red Mike Messages: The LookADHD means we are not nearly as good at listening as we look like we are.#listening #DrinkTheBourbon

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    The Boy Who Cried Internet

    Red Mike Messages: The Boy Who Cried InternetBe skeptical, not cynical.#TedLasso #DrinkTheBourbon

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    Sizzle or Steak?

    Red Mike Messages: Sizzle or Steak?“When the legend becomes fact, print the legend.”#truth #DrinkTheBourbon

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    The Line

    Red Mike Messages: The LineJust because you’re right doesn’t mean you get to lose control.#breathe #DrinkTheBourbon

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    The Signs After the Storm

    Red Mike Messages: The Signs After the StormFind a reason to smile.#faith #DrinkTheBourbon

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    Same Facts. Different Conclusions.

    Red Mike Messages: Same Facts. Different Conclusions. You don’t see what is—you see what you expect.#ScottAdams #DrinkTheBourbon

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    Build Your Bench

    Red Mike Messages: Build Your BenchFind your Brady before you need him.#Succession #DrinkTheBourbon

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    The People Who Show Up

    Red Mike Messages: The People Who Show UpBe worthy.#Impact #DrinkTheBourbon

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    The Fuse

    Red Mike Messages: The Fuse Close your fist—and watch it all fall away #revolution #DrinkTheBourbon

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    Three Crosses, Two Choices

    Red Mike Messages: Three Crosses, Two ChoicesMake the right one.#goodfriday #DrinkTheBourbon

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    Where Do You Need Me, Coach?

    Red Mike Messages: The Plug-InWhere Do You Need Me, coach?#reliable #DrinkTheBourbon

  32. 513

    April Fools!

    Red Mike Messages: April FoolsDon’t Believe Everything#DrinkTheBourbon#trust

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    Earned, Not Given

    Red Mike Messages: Earned, Not GivenEqual Opportunity. The Result is Up to You.#earn #DrinkTheBourbon

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    When Belief Shows Up Loud

    Red Mike Messages: When Belief Shows Up Loud Sometimes belief doesn’t whisper—it yells in your face.#believe #DrinkTheBourbon

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    Leaf on the Wind

    Red Mike Messages: Leaf on the WindWatch me soar.#firefly #DrinkTheBourbon #funfriday

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    The Sentence That Opened the Gate

    Red Mike Messages: The Sentence That Opened the GateA Crisis Exposes What's There#berlinwall #DrinkTheBourbon

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    The Power of a Little More Honesty

    Red Mike Messages: The Power of a Little More HonestyWalking the fine line between cold and too much.#Judgment #Drinkthebourbon

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    Don’t Confuse a Crack with a Collapse

    Red Mike Messages: Don’t Confuse a Crack with a CollapseCalm down, Francis. #kneejerk #DrinkTheBourbon

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    Good Enough to Move

    Red Mike Messages: Good Enough to MoveMomentum Matters More Than Being 100% Right#justdoit #DrinkTheBourbon

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    The Grudge Chair

    Red Mike Messages: The Grudge ChairSit Somewhere Else.#FunFriday #DrinkTheBourbon

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    No Coattails. No Excuses.

    Red Mike Messages: No Coattails. No Excuses.When nobody’s coming to save you, you have to do it.#NoExcuses #Drinkthebourbon

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    Do Your Homework First

    Red Mike Messages: Do Your Homework FirstThe scoreboard on Friday is decided by what you did on Tuesday.#BePrepared #DrinktheBourbon

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    Be a Duck

    Red Mike Messages: Be a DuckCalm on the surface. Working like crazy underneath.#TedLasso #Goldfish #DrinkTheBourbon

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    Foundations

    Red Mike Messages: FoundationsThe things that quietly shape who you become.#whoami #DrinkTheBourbon

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    Same Tune, Different Lyrics

    Red Mike Messages: Same Tune, Different LyricsTwo years of stories later, the melody keeps resolving the same way — encouragement, warning, and perspective.#DrinkTheBourbon #leadershiplessons #funfriday

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    The Trust Pyramid

    Red Mike Messages: The Trust PyramidThree Layers Build Trust.#leadership #DrinkTheBourbon

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    The Fear of the Stallion

    Red Mike Messages: The Fear of the StallionLet em Run#Fear #DrinkTheBourbon

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    Cancel Culture Is Timeless

    Red Mike Messages: Cancel Culture Is TimelessA senator warned about it in 1950. Most people have never heard the speech. #standup #DrinkTheBourbon

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    Lou Holtz Said Leadership Comes Down to Four Questions

    Red Mike Messages: Lou Holtz Said Leadership Comes Down to Four QuestionsAre you confident enough to answer truthfully?#Holtz #NotreDame #DrinkTheBourbon

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    Canceled for Good

    Red Mike Messages: Canceled for GoodWhy getting canceled is sometimes the best career move you never made.#Dallas #FunFriday #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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