Terry Starbucker

APRIL 8, 2018

At the time Cooke was a very successful serial entrepreneur, in the media and sports arenas. Over my career I figured out that too much complexity in an organization, and too much data, can hamper the doers. “My boy, there are two kinds of people in the business world, doers and thinkers. Which one will you be?”.

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Terry Starbucker

JULY 8, 2012

So, at 5, I already was trying to imitate my parents, “playing house”, imagining myself behind the wheel of my Hot Wheels sports car, putting on one of my dad’s ties, and even sampling a couple of spirits from the liquor cabinet (that didn’t work out too well!). And not just in my personal life.

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Terry Starbucker

JUNE 5, 2016

It was 29 years ago, and I was just starting my leadership career. Balls (and no, I’m not talking about the sports kind). Get “can’t” out of your vocabulary, your life, and your leadership. It’s useless. I was lucky to have a person who literally drummed “can’t” out of me. A boatload of common sense and keen business intuition.

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Terry Starbucker

MAY 3, 2015

I addressed the ball not with the relaxed, limber and calm posture that the sport demands, but with great tension and trepidation. It taught me a lesson about anger I have never forgotten, a lesion that I’ve taken with me throughout my life and leadership career.

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Terry Starbucker

FEBRUARY 13, 2014

Earlier on in his career, Adams uttered this famous quote: “Facts are stubborn things; and whatever may be our wishes, our inclinations, or the dictates of our passion, they cannot alter the state of facts and evidence.”. There was no choice but to stand up to the tyranny and declare independence. And who does not enjoy being a winner?

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Terry Starbucker

OCTOBER 9, 2011

Recently a survey was conducted that asked preteens about their long term career aspirations - the top three were sports star, pop star and actor. The distinction of famous vs. infamous has been blurred, and recognition for recognition sake is now the norm.

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Terry Starbucker

DECEMBER 20, 2009

How I dealt with this reality formed the basis of an entirely new approach to my career, and to my life. I quickly rose through the ranks in my accounting role, and in 5 years I was in a prime position to make it to partner and “lock in” the rest of my career. Way different – a professional sports team. I took that offer.

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