The Inspire WV blog

Words worth sharing.

Lessons on belief, effort and perspective, written by Tim and the Inspire WV crew. Newest first.

Checking the Box

Last night I got to see one of my favorite bands, Metallica in concert.  I had a chance to see them when I was in high school, but decided to pass because I had a baseball game. ...

read more...

Living Your Life

The expression you will only live once is one I grew up hearing.  As I got older that changed to you only die once but live everyday.  We can look at both of those expressions...

read more...

The SnowBall Effect

As a child I used to love snow, watching it, playing in it, snowball fights, the works.  I remember my Dad and other adults not being as fond of it, as an adult now I understand...

read more...

Leave No Doubt!

One of the greatest pregame speeches came from Coach Bill Stewart before WVU played Oklahoma in the 2008 Fiesta Bowl.  "Leave No Doubt" still brings me goosebumps every time I...

read more...

Uninspiring Inspiration

These last couple of weeks has brought about a lot of emotions and lack of inspiration.  I feel like we are all on our own rollercoaster.  Enjoying the excitement of the ups but...

read more...

Practice

Yes, Alan Iverson, we are talking about practice.  I like so many during my playing career took practice for granted.  My senior year in high school was when the realization...

read more...

The Blank Wall

Over the last week we have had some painting done at our house.  This morning while I was getting ready for work I looked at the blank wall above my bathroom sink.  For years...

read more...

We all run

Everybody runs, even those who say they hate running.  We run from, run to or run for something.  The problem is often we run from what we should run to.  We run to what we...

read more...

Being Lost

Yesterday was like most of my days, I was running from one event to another and during a quick stop at home I lost my keys.  I had them was on a call and trying to rush to get to...

read more...

How do you measure Success?

The definition of success states, the accomplishment of an aim or purpose.  It also mentions, there is a thin line between success and failure.  I've been thinking about this...

read more...

Being Johnny Lawrence

I'm a big fan of movies and characters.  It has always been part of an escape for me to lose myself in film.  Like many, I loved The Karate Kid.  I was four when the original...

read more...
Prefer to listen?

The podcast picks up where the blog leaves off.

New episodes with guests from around West Virginia. Follow along so the next one finds you.