This week's Pep Talk: Perseverance and Principle

It was a Saturday morning, a buddy who takes care of my lawn sprinklers and yard lights is making a few minor adjustments to each, I'm chatting with him while picking weeds when the conversation turns to John Wooden. The legendary basketball coach, who won ten national titles with UCLA, had died the day before. "Do you realize Wooden did not win his first national title at UCLA until his 16th season?" my buddy suggested.

I paused with the pulling and pondered that fact. "Really?" was my surpri...