Critical Thinking in Sports and Life: How to change lemons into pink lemonade?

August 13, 2013
Hosted by Ida R. Muorie

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Episode Description

Critical thinking in life can lead to powerful thinking in sports. Shoddy thinking can lead to poor judgment and disasters. Shoddy Thinking have been costly to Sports and to America. Many teams, athletes, corporations and individuals have lost money, reputation, careers, health, peace of mind and dreams. What solution? Critical Thinking. The ideal critical thinker is a powerhouse thinker that is habitually inquisitive, well-informed, reasons well, open-minded, flexible, fair-minded, honest and free from biases, Critical Thinkers are typically prudent in making judgments, willing to study the issues and the impact in an orderly manner that produces reasonable results. Our panel will address the issue of the lack of Critical Thinkers in America and how you can turn your team, school,,home, neighborhoods, region and your workers into powerhouse thinkers. Ida R. Muorie, Host of the Sportsmavericks Show welcomes Special Panel Guest:Retired Colonel Nate Sledge Phd; Dr. Teresa Behrend Fletcher, Author, Counselor & Associate Professor of North Georgia, Dr. Harold Shinitzky, Sports Psychologist, Sports Agent Angelo Wright, Sam Puryear, Director of Intermediate College Golf Program and Keith W. Babb III, GCNM. MPA,, Executive Director of 2nd C.H.A.N.C.E. Center 4 Boyz in Tampa, Florida. .:.

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Tues 5 PM PT on VoiceAmerica Sports Network

The Sportsmavericks Show redefines the elite athlete by bridging the gap between parents, athletes and the community. Host Ida Muorie, a.k.a. The Oprah of Sports brings to the VoiceAmerica Network original programming - balancing the pursuit of academic excellence and sports participation. The Sportsmavericks Show airs every Tuesday evening at 5 PM/PST, 8 PM/EST on the VoiceAmerica Sports Channel. Listeners will be engaged in straightforward talk, spontaneous and unscripted by the experts. Ida and her guests will explore the challenges of success and failure in sports, and will help athletes and their parents navigate the transition from high school, college and then on to the pros. We put “fun” back into sports, and recognize role models in sports through our “Sportsmavericks All-Star Award” program. Tune in Tuesday evenings at 5 PM/PST with Ida Muorie and The Sportsmavericks Show, right here on the VoiceAmerica Sports Channel.

Ida R. Muorie

Ida R. Muorie, JD is a sports advocate, author, college professor, renowned speaker, personal coach, financial strategist, international spokesperson, lawyer and the President and CEO of Sportsmavericks, Inc. Sportsmavericks is a Community Education and Sports Network company that offers services in life coaching, consulting, diversity training, publishing, community events and video conferencing workshops for sports professionals, student athletes and parents of athletes. In 2004, Muorie combined her experience in sports education with 20 years of financial experience, to launch the first sports talk show on The VoiceAmerica Network. She is also the host and producer of the audio series-- Laying The Foundation For Excellent: “Survival Guide IV Student Athletes,” the DVD, “Finding The (Sports) Woman In You,” and the author of “The Pro-Ready Impact Principles,” and “The Financial Playbook For Athletes.”

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