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Apr 29, 2019

Rehab, My Road To Recovery

When I was 16, I spent 6 months in a physical rehab facility after breaking my neck. Here's my blogumentary of the incredible lessons fr

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Apr 5, 2019

Motivational Speaking: Does it Work?

Do you believe in spending money on motivational speakers? A fellow educator recently asked that question on Facebook. My answer might surpr

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Jeff Eben - The How Many Wins Guy

Oct 8, 2018

Rehab, My Road to Recovery; A Final Thought (Part 10)

What a trip this was for me. I went to places I had never discussed before and it was cool and weird at the same time. I had put this o...

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Oct 3, 2018

Rehab, My Road to Recovery: Forty One Years Later, The Work is Unfinished (Part 9)

As I write this, yesterday was October 2nd. On this date 41 years ago, I made my dive into the rocks at Millerton Lake and obliterated th...

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Sep 29, 2018

Rehab, My Road to Recovery;Lessons from Little League (part 8)

Trying to win every day made sense. Hey, as a young athlete, I was all about the game. I would do anything to put myself in position to w...

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Sep 25, 2018

Rehab, My Road to Recovery; The Cavalry Came Dressed as a Football Coach (part 7)

I met Jack Bohan as a skinny freshman center who showed up late to my first weight training session with the high school. 4 or 5 of us g...

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Sep 19, 2018

Rehab, The Road to Recovery; (part 6).

When I was young, I remember seeing a dude in a wheelchair at a concert and thinking he was screwed. I certainly was no student of Spina...

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Jeff Eben - The How Many Wins Guy

Sep 19, 2018

Rehab, The Road to Recovery; The Fishman Cometh (part 5)

Being lost at life is a trip. The realization the wheels have come flying off and you have no idea or, scarier yet, desire to fix it lea...

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Sep 13, 2018

Rehab, My Road to Recovery: No doubt in my mind, rebuilding your life is a team sport (part 4).

In the first six weeks of my adventure, I learned a fascinating truth. The world is resilient and it just keeps turning. My life was sh...

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Sep 12, 2018

The Synergy of August in Schools

It's cool to be an educational speaker in August. Back to School month varies its dates around the country so if you play your cards rig...

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Jeff Eben - The How Many Wins Guy

Sep 11, 2018

Rehab, My Road to Recovery: Suddenly, I'm not in Kansas Anymore (part 3)

There was no magic about November 5th, 1977. I didn't pass any test, no recovery milestone occurred, and I wasn't feeling better. Regar...

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Sep 6, 2018

Rehab, My Road to Recovery: The truth about pain...(part 2)

I went head first into a boulder at 45 m.p.h. at Millerton Lake in Fresno County, California. It didn't kill me, but it sure as hell didn...

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Sep 6, 2018

Jostens and Yearbooks and Stuff

For the past 2 summers, I've been able to participate in a couple of camps put on by our friends at Jostens. In 2017, I attended a confer...

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Sep 4, 2018

Rehab, My Road to Recovery: This is a tale as old as time...(part 1)

It was forty years ago, but could have been yesterday. I can still smell the sterile rooms throughout the hospital and hear the beeps of ...

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Jul 3, 2018

Principals and UCLA

For 12 years, I've done the closing keynote for ACSA's Summer Institute for New and Aspiring Principals. It's my favorite job of the ye...

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May 17, 2018

Legacy . . . its so Important

Throughout my career, I've wondered about my legacy and how I would be remembered when I left the profession. I figured when I was done...

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Apr 28, 2018

Entering the CASL

First of all, huge props to the hundreds of educators who work to make this conference available for our young leaders. Literally, Sandra...

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Apr 28, 2018

What Happens in Vegas . . .

I am not a gambler, so I went to Las Vegas to speak at 2 schools and not venture any farther. The speaking part went very well. I had t...

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Mar 19, 2018

Glendora

Jeff Eben, of How Many Wins, speaks to Educators at Glendora Unified in California. Keynote and Workshops on Culture building were a succes

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Mar 19, 2018

The Islands; A Surreal Taste of Home

Jeff Eben takes How Many Wins to Hawaii and spreads the love to Kamehameha Faculty, Staff Students and Parents for 2 days.

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