2025 blew up my life. Not in a unique way, but in a visible one. I wrote this for leaders navigating seasons where certainty disappears and rebuilding happens quietly. The Year the Foundation Shifted 👇 open.substack.com/pub/leadonthee…

So the party goers will start to those resolutions a little later today. 😎

6 miles under the first full moon of 2026 - The Wolf Moon 🌕 🐺

Start with relying instead of reverting to trying.

Keep showing up and doing the work Eli Cox - Watch List: 2027 TE Eli Cox on3.com/sites/edgy-tim… via Derek Leonard @RocketNation1

Rochester Rallies From Down A Dozen For Wild Win Over Sacred Heart Griffin channel1450.com/2026/01/09/roc…

This one ended up being the game of the night in the Central State Eight - Rochester shoots just 6 of 21 from the free throw line and rallies from down 11 in the fourth quarter to beat Sacred Heart Griffin Highlights from the entire game here: channel1450.com/2026/01/09/roc…

Eli Cox and Khordell Gregory each scored 16 and Kai Bruce added 12 Rochester gets healthy finally for the first time this season and beats SHG in CS8 action Highlights here: channel1450.com/2026/01/09/roc…

One of the quietest leadership wins I’ve been noticing lately isn’t a breakthrough idea or a faster solution. It’s restraint. open.substack.com/pub/leadonthee…

Most leaders don’t need more tools right now.They need fewer decisions pulling them away from what matters.

Snow day workouts are some of my favorite. ⚔️🤙🏻

Lately I’ve been sitting with a posture I’m not naturally wired for. Surrender. Not quitting. Not disengaging. But releasing the urge to force clarity. Discernment doesn’t come from urgency. It comes from alignment. Surrender is strength open.substack.com/pub/leadonthee…

Any school without athletic periods needs to rethink their approach.

Packed house for the 2A regional championship - The Foot & Ankle Center of Illinois Game of the Week Rochester beats Williamsville for the title and a spot in the Plains sectional channel1450.com/2026/02/27/roc…

Rockets Out-Shoot Bulldogs In Sectional Slugfest channel1450.com/2026/03/04/roc…