David Berkeley

Business coach and consultant, leadership developer, mentor, personal communication expert

[Luke McCown @luke_mccown]

I absolutely love this.
Have one in college and one just graduated HS.. but I have 4 still in the house and we’re definitely implementing!!!
Wished I have done this sooner

[David Berkeley @dbberkeley]

❤️❤️

[Lemma the Optimist @DoctorLemma]

19 years ago, a high school basketball coach put his team manager into a game for the final four minutes. The kid had never played a single minute of competitive basketball in his life. He scored 20 points.

Jason McElwain was diagnosed with severe autism at age two. He didn’t speak until he was five. He couldn’t chew solid food until he was six. He wore a nappy for most of his early childhood. As a baby, he was rigid, wouldn’t make eye contact, and hid in corners away from other children.

He tried out for his school basketball team every year and got cut every time. Too small. Too slight. Barely 5’6 and about 54 kilograms. But he loved the game so much that his mum called the school and asked if there was any way he could be involved. The coach created a team manager role for him. For three years, McElwain showed up to every practice and every game. He wore a shirt and tie on match days. He ran drills, handed out water, kept stats, and cheered every basket like he’d scored it himself.

On 15 February 2006, the last home game of his final school year, the coach let him suit up in a proper jersey and sit on the bench. With four minutes left and a comfortable lead, the coach sent him in.

His first shot missed. His second missed. Then something shifted.

He hit a three-pointer. Then another. Then another. His teammates stopped shooting entirely and just kept passing him the ball. He hit six three-pointers and a two-pointer. 20 points in four minutes. The highest scorer in the game. When the final buzzer went, the entire crowd rushed the court and lifted him onto their shoulders.

His mum tapped the coach on the shoulder, in tears. “This is the nicest gift you could have ever given my son.”

McElwain won the ESPY Award for Best Moment in Sports that year, beating out some of the biggest names in professional sport. He’s 36 now. He works at a local supermarket, coaches basketball, has run 17 marathons including five Boston Marathons, and travels the country speaking about never giving up.

When asked about that night, his coach still gets emotional. “For him to come in and seize the moment like he did was certainly more than I ever expected. I was an emotional wreck.”

[Proudofus.uk @ProudofusUK]

Every football club on earth exists because of this island. 🇬🇧

Kings banned it. The richest schools in England claimed it. They wrote the rules and locked the gates.

Then the working class stole it back.

In 1850, Parliament passed the Factory Act. Work stopped at two on a Saturday. Working men had free time. And they chose football.

Churches formed clubs to keep men out of pubs: Aston Villa, Bolton, Everton.

Factories formed teams from their own workers: West Ham from the Thames Ironworks, Arsenal from a munitions factory.

The FA Cup Final. Blackburn Olympic: weavers, spinners, a plumber. They beat the Old Etonians 2-1. No private school team ever reached the final again.

Then British workers carried it everywhere they went ⚽🌍

Scottish miners in Spain founded its oldest club. A Nottingham lace trader gave Juventus their black and white stripes.
A butcher's son from the same city founded AC Milan. British railway workers in Uruguay named their team after Stephenson's Rocket.
Cornish miners founded Mexico's first football club. A schoolteacher from Kent taught the game to his students in Argentina. His school produced Lionel Messi.
A boy from Southampton brought two footballs to Brazil. They call him the father of Brazilian football.
Real Madrid are said to wear white because of an English amateur team.

From Lancashire cotton mills to every continent on earth.

Three and a half billion people watch football. The most popular sport ever created. And it was created here. By the British people.

Every Saturday, three o'clock. That kickoff time exists because of the Factory Act of 1850. The moment working men were given an afternoon off.

They chose football. And the world followed.

No owners. No sponsors. Just supporters.

Be part of us. 👉 https://t.co/rih7iKwnvf 🙏

Be Proud Of Us. 🇬🇧

[Proudofus.uk @ProudofusUK]

In 1838, only one in seven men could vote. Not women. Not workers. Not the poor.

So ordinary people wrote a charter. Six demands. The right to vote. Secret ballots. Pay for MPs.

They collected 1.2 million signatures. Parliament rejected it.

They collected 3.3 million signatures. Parliament rejected it.

The government arrested their leaders. Transported them to Australia. Soldiers opened fire on a march in Newport. Twenty-two killed.

They collected 5.7 million signatures. Parliament rejected it.

Three petitions. Ten million signatures. Three rejections.

They didn't stop. Over sixty years, five of the six demands became law. Working men got the vote. Secret ballots. MPs paid.

Every time you vote, that's them. Ordinary people who refused to be ignored.

If you think this should be taught in schools, help us reach more people: https://t.co/rih7iKwnvf

Be part of us

Be Proud Of Us 🇬🇧

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[YouSceneThis? @YouSceneThis]

All Dogs Go to Heaven(1989)

It took Burt Reynolds (Charlie) 63 takes to get this scene right because he kept tearing up, knowing that Judith Barsi, the voice of little Anne-Marie, had already passed away, tragically murdered by her father, József Barsi...

[MLFootball @MLFootball]

#TEXANS OWNER CAL MCNAIR WITH ONE OF THE FUNNIEST TIKTOKS OF ALL TIME AFTER CJ STROUD IGNORED HIM.

🤣🤣🤣

CRYING OF LAUGHTER WATCHING THIS. HE DID THIS ALL DAY LONG.

[Anticommie @QueenAnticommie]

Wow I like him even more now!

[No Farmers, No Food @NoFarmsNoFoods]

Cameron, a farmer from Somerset, opens up on Big Brother.

[Kevin W. @Brink_Thinker]

After 9 long days in isolation, this little girl’s face lights up as she’s reunited with her big brother 💝

[Looking for Growth @lfg_uk]

LFG cleaned graffiti off the tube.

TfL smeared us as criminals.

They claimed they had evidence. But we discovered the secret emails that prove they never had evidence.

Lying is bad. Say sorry, Andy.

[no context the west wing @LemonLymancom]

26 years ago today, 'THE WEST WING' pilot aired on NBC.

[HLTCO @HLTCO]

Fantastic from Brighton, this. A massively important message delivered very well.

[Puppies 🐶 @Puppieslover]

Getting your dog a sibling might be the greatest upgrade of all time.

[England Cricket @englandcricket]

🗓️ On This Day in 2015…

Broady took eight in one of the greatest spells in Ashes history 😱

[England Cricket @englandcricket]

🗓️ On This Day in 2005…

𝗧𝗛𝗔𝗧 Freddie Flintoff over 🚀

Iconic.

[Laura Kirk-Francis @LauraKirk12]

*runs to LinkedIn*

WHAT CHRIS WOAKES BATTING WITH ONE ARM TAUGHT ME ABOUT B2B SOFTWARE SALES

[David Berkeley @dbberkeley]

@WG_RumblePants Tough pitch to play on though!!

[David Berkeley @dbberkeley]

Amazing!!!

[Wholesome Side of 𝕏 @itsme_urstruly]

This American dude on his way to his Japanese fluency decides to talk to a local Japanese grandpa, and it turned out to be the most wholesome convo ever 🥹