The Teammate Tuesday Blog
Welcome to the Teammate Tuesday blog—Lance Loya’s collection of good teammate musings. These short, insightful pieces offer a unique glimpse into the art of being a good teammate. They are sure to improve teamwork and inspire you to become a better version of yourself.
Being an Agent of Change
(*If you read any of my blogs the whole way to the end, let this be the one. I promise it will be worth it. Hint: a celebration giveaway is involved.) This is my two hundredth blog entry. That I have written that many entries is almost...
Measure Twice, Cut Once
Shop class used to be a staple in high school curriculums. Students learned how to use tools and build projects with their hands. For some, the class was an introduction to basic carpentry. For others, it was training for a future vocation. The...
Sweetheart Appreciation
A degree of mystery surrounds the origins of Valentine’s Day. Historians can’t agree on how or when the holiday began, or even who its namesake is. Some believe the holiday was named after a martyred priest named Valentine, who in the third century...
Groundhog Dazed
Does any holiday possess a stranger premise than Groundhog Day? Celebrants gather in the cold, pre-dawn hours to watch a weather-prognosticating rodent be plucked from his burrow by a man wearing a tuxedo and top hat. If the furry fellow,...
Emancipate the Suck
Every subculture has a collection of epigrams—colorful, pithy expressions that are too informal to be considered jargon, yet too common to be labeled as slang. These colorful expressions offer outsiders a glimpse into the subculture. For example,...
A Little More Pixie Dust
This past weekend, I had the privilege of watching my daughters take the stage in Peter Pan. My oldest daughter played Peter Pan and my youngest played Tiger Lily. How well they and their castmates performed made my heart smile. I anticipated...
Connected Mates
On January 15, 1892, Triangle Magazine published an article titled “A New Game.” Written by a young physical education instructor from the Springfield School for Christian Workers (now Springfield College) named James Naismith, the article detailed...
A Messy Canvas
The beginning of a new year is often viewed as a prime opportunity to initiate change—a fresh start with a blank canvas. Got an undesirable habit? Make a resolution. Want to check something off your bucket list? Set a goal. Need direction in your...
The Year in Review
We’ve been fortunate to build a loyal following on social media and have seen that following grow again this year. Our “teammates” enjoy the inspirational thoughts we post each day, and we enjoy sharing the message. Many followers have found our...
10 Good Teammate Holiday Traditions
As has become our Teammate Tuesday holiday tradition, no heavy reading this week. Instead, we kindly offer you a lighthearted, good-teammate-themed Christmas list. Here are ten Christmas traditions with good teammate undertones: 1. Giving gifts...
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