Colby B. Jubenville — Go Your Own Way
Colby B. Jubenville
Millennials want blank canvases and coaching
Millennials want to have freedom and, ironically, want coaching at the same time. They want that blank canvas and also want to be given feedback.
Millennials prefer authenticity
Millennials make up a trillion-dollar demographic, according to a 2014 study by Accenture. Their estimated spending is close to $600 billion, and they possess more than 20 percent of consumer discretionary purchase power.
Millennials’ catch-22: Meaningful not menial jobs
I'll never forget during my early years as a college professor when I was told in no uncertain terms that I had been brought there to teach, not to raise the standard, and that I had better learn the difference between the two.
Mentoring millennials the Nick Saban way
Developing young people is an art and I think Nick Saban, head football coach at the University of Alabama, is one of the best in the country at doing it. His team is undefeated again and again he has a cast of characters that all play a role in his "process."
Millennials in the workplace
I recently spoke on the campus of Florida State University and it hit me. I'm a misplaced millennial. I admire this new generation. I think they are getting the chances that we older generations wanted.
Millennials are like free agents
When it comes to inspiring millennials, the right questions can lead to something more.
The millennial mindset
A good friend of mine worked in the pharmaceutical sales industry throughout the '80s and '90s. Through those years, he hired hundreds of college graduates to their first real professional jobs. Suddenly these kids used to making $7 an hour waiting tables were making $50K annually.
Colin Kaepernick and millennials
Witnessing 20-something professional athlete Colin Kaepernick divide the country by sitting or taking a knee during the pre-game singing of America's national anthem has made one fact about our society abundantly clear: People fundamentally misunderstand the mindset of millennials.
Are Hillary Clinton, Donald Trump the best we can do?
The race between Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton is without a doubt one of the most highly dramatized presidential elections to date. Due to each candidate's opposing promises and bold views, our nation has found itself polarized and, ironically, unified by asking is this the best we can do.
Straight outta somewhere
We are all born into families, situations and places not of our choosing, and it's those things that mold who and what we become and the life we live. As powerless as this reality may seem, there is a stark difference between choosing to be shaped by an experience or defined by one.
COLBY JUBENVILLE: Motivation and inspiration
Motivation is simply defined as seeing an idea through to its logical conclusion.
COLBY JUBENVILLE: Because of Winn-Dixie (pun intended)
There's a children's novel and movie that tells the story of a girl and her journey with a dog she adopts and names Winn-Dixie, like the grocery chain. The central message of the story is that while there were challenges in her life, when "good" things happened, they happened because of Winn-Dixie.
COLBY JUBENVILLE: Karma: Know what matters
I recently traveled back to my hometown of Mobile, Alabama, to accept the 2015 Distinguished Alumni Award at my high school and as I traveled to Mobile from Murfreesboro, Tennessee, (where I sit on the other side of the desk as a coach and teacher), I asked why me? Why, out of the hundreds (if not thousands) of graduates was I selected?
COLBY B. JUBENVILLE: A press conference about you
It's a special time of the year. It's football season and the cooler weather is here. Just last week we saw many games with many upsets.
COLBY B. JUBENVILLE: Lessons from in-school suspension
Rarely do we have large blocks of time to reflect on or process information.
COLBY JUBENVILLE: When danger lurks
My son, Jack, and I were recently discussing going whitewater rafting. He had seen a family going down some rapids on TV and jumped up with excitement yelling, "Man, that looks awesome." And then he got quiet and followed up with, "But, is it dangerous?"
COLBY JUBENVILLE: Self-help: What do you really want?
Potential is energy that is stored until utilized. We all have it and some of us don't ever tap into it.
COLBY B. JUBENVILLE: Walk the walk, not the line
In the movie "Walk the Line," there is an exchange between record producer Sam Phillips and then-unknown Johnny Cash that truly illustrates what can happen when someone decides to go their own way.
COLBY JUBENVILLE: Self-help: Ask yourself tough questions, answer them
Asking and answering three basic questions can help you find your own way.
COLBY B. JUBENVILLE: Self-help must: Stay in your own lane
If you ask people about their life, most will tell you it's been a crazy journey. Mine certainly has and because of that I have created my own way. My own way of thinking, feeling, doing and communicating.
