Andre J. Carter

Author: Andre

  • Good Instincts

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    “Good instincts tell you what to do long before your head has figured it out.” – Michael Burke

  • Moving Week

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    I spent most of last week unpacking following the move. In the middle of it I got cheap gas and at the end there was a bottle of wine and a Christmas tree.

  • Happy New Year

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    Happy New Year everyone. Make it a great year.

  • In Review – December 2015

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    December has gone, taking 2015 with it. Here’s the news it left us: The Daily Reville published Former LSU Cheerleader and Cheerleading Coach Launches Organic Lifestyle Business. Athletic Business published In California, Cheerleading Faces New Limits. Missourian published Cheerleading Teaches Important Life Lessons. WKRN published ‘Cheerleading More Than a Sport,’ Says Varsity CEO. USA Today…

  • Right Track

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    You know you’re on the right track when you become uninterested in looking back.

  • Moving Realizations

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    I now feel settled in enough that it would be alright to have people over. Pretty much everything is unpacked. Exclusions are pictures, that may never be unpacked, and some home office stuff, that is sitting in a box next to my desk. I’ve taken out about 15 boxes worth of trash and washed about…

  • Eyes Be Opened

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    “If I had my life to live over again, I would ask that not a thing be changed, but that my eyes be opened wider.” – Jules Renard

  • Millionaire Who Said He ‘Tripped,’ Fell on Teen Cleared of Rape Charge

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    USA Today published the craziest headline I’ve ever seen, Millionaire Who Said He ‘Tripped,’ Fell on Teen Cleared of Rape Charge. It only took 30 minutes for the jury to deliberate prior to the acquittal. This falls firmly in the stuff I can’t make up category.

  • Speed

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    “The speed of the leader is the speed of the gang.” – Mary Kay Ash

  • Small Efforts

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    “Success is the sum of small efforts, repeated day in and day out.” – Robert Collier

  • Merry Christmas

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    Merry Christmas everyone. I hope you have a wonderful day, weekend, and week. The weather has been warm and rainy around here so it hasn’t felt like a typical December or holiday season, but I put up my blue and white Christmas tree to make it look like one.

  • Stillness

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    “In the midst of movement and chaos, keep stillness inside of you.” – Deepak Chopra

  • This is What Enduring Love Looks Like by Alec Soth and Stacey Baker

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    Alec Soth and Stacey Baker presented This is What Enduring Love Looks Like as a TED Talk.

  • The Day They Stop

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    “Don’t worry about people stealing your ideas. Worry about the day they stop.”

  • Moving Weekend

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    This weekend was moving weekend for me. I moved from a friends house to an apartment that’s a little under 10 miles away, so it’s not a significant change of location. Even though it’s only been a couple nights I’ve already noticed the increase of boredom due to living by myself. I’m still in the…

  • Personal Attacks

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    “I always cheer up immensely if an attack is particularly wounding because I think, well, if they attack one personally, it means they have not a single political argument left.” – Margaret Thatcher

  • Creative Life

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    “To live a creative life we must lose our fear of being wrong.” – Joseph Chilton Pearce

  • Chile 2015

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    Last week I was in Chile for CC Chile’s bid event. The cheerleading and event in general have improved each year of the 3 I’ve gone. Our hosts were as gracious as ever and I believe I became Oli’s favorite American. I also learned I look like an M&M, but that’s for another day. Hopefully…

  • Talent & Opportunity

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    “All of us do not have equal talent, but all of us should have an equal opportunity to develop our talents.” – John F. Kennedy

  • Macy’s Warranty

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    I recently ordered furniture from Macy’s and as just about every retailer does when you buy something worth more than $5, they asked if I wanted to add the extended warranty. My first thought was no because it seems like most of these offers are somewhere between useless and scams, but I listened. The price…

  • When to Take a Stand – And When to Let it Go by Ash Beckham

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    Ash Beckham presented When to Take a Stand – And When to Let it Go as a TED Talk.

  • Long Week Ahead

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    This is the beginning of a long week. Later tonight I fly home from Chile and go straight to the office for a couple meetings on Tuesday. Wednesday I have another doctor’s appointment then have to sign a lease. Thursday should be a normal day, then Friday is moving day. Moving isn’t fun, but it…

  • Perfection & Excellence

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    “Perfection is our goal, excellence will be tolerated.”  – J. Yahl

  • Anger & Fire

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    “Bitterness is like cancer. It eats upon the host. But anger is like fire. It burns it all clean.” – Maya Angelou

  • Grizzlies & Spurs

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    Last week Scott and I went the the Memphis Grizzlies and San Antonio Spurs game. The game wasn’t much of a game, but it was a good time.