keith bubalo

resilient leadership coaching, writing, & speaking; golf; KC Chiefs, Royals, & BBQ

[James DiNicolantonio @drjamesdinic]

A few things that get BETTER
when you take care of yourself:

Your STRENGTH when you lift.
Your STAMINA when you walk.
Your FITNESS when you run.
Your RECOVERY when you sleep.
Your NUTRITION when you cook.
Your MOOD when you get outside.

Start taking care of YOU.

[James DiNicolantonio @drjamesdinic]

Stop waiting for a HEALTH scare
to take your HEALTH seriously.

Start WALKING today.
Start LIFTING today.
Start eating BETTER today.
Start prioritizing your SLEEP.
Start spending time OUTSIDE.

Don’t wait until something goes
WRONG to start doing things RIGHT.

[keith bubalo @keithbubalo]

Leaders have to deal with formication - Part 1 https://t.co/IgRYHZcIRS

[keith bubalo @keithbubalo]

The Golden Rule in Leadership https://t.co/GHNn4rYLPo

[keith bubalo @keithbubalo]

George Washington and...Indefatigabilis? https://t.co/nPdfr8ypzC

[keith bubalo @keithbubalo]

Hit the reset button this summer.
Carve out time for rest, reflection, and recalibration.
The world will keep you running, so its up to you to get off the treadmill.
Will you regret doing this or will you regret not doing it?
https://t.co/ecQvLL5ZaZ

[keith bubalo @keithbubalo]

Rest, Recover, and Recalibrate https://t.co/ecQvLL5ZaZ

[נדב איל Nadav Eyal @Nadav_Eyal]

There is a moment in revolutions- a precise and historically recognizable sweet spot- when an old, brutal, and hardened regime still deploys its forces, yet something breaks in its resolve. You can sense it, and then the public senses it: fear has shifted sides.

The oppressors are no longer as certain as they once were in using force. They cannot compete with sheer numbers, with masses filling the streets. Crucially, their own men begin to hesitate. Security forces grow reluctant to shoot at demonstrators; many have family members among them, or doubt that the regime they are defending will survive.

This dynamic is well documented across revolutionary cases. In Iran in 1978–79, the Shah’s regime retained overwhelming military superiority, yet its paralysis came from fractured loyalty within the armed forces and police. In Eastern Europe in 1989, regimes collapsed not because protesters defeated the state militarily, but because security elites lost confidence that repression would restore control - most famously in Berlin Wall’s fall, when orders were issued but no one was willing to enforce them.

Similar patterns appeared during the early stages of the Arab uprisings, especially in Tunisia and Egypt, where the army’s refusal to fully suppress mass protests proved decisive.

That moment is also when regimes begin to change their language. They make offers. They issue statements acknowledging the “legitimate concerns” of protesters or opposition figures. They float proposals for dialogue or negotiations. Far from signaling strength, these shifts repeatedly mark the point at which a revolutionary situation reaches its peak. Such gestures often confirm what protesters already suspect: that the regime’s primary tools, fear and violance, are no longer functioning. That the state is dying.

Political science research on authoritarian breakdown supports this pattern. Revolutions rarely succeed because of popular mobilization alone; they succeed when coercive institutions fragment. Once uncertainty spreads within the security apparatus the regime’s collapse becomes a question of timing.

The Islamic Republic still possesses formidable repressive capacity. Yet the signals- hesitation, mixed messaging, demonstration of fear by cutting internet- suggest a leadership aware that it may no longer be able to rely on obedience.

Historically, that awareness is one of the clearest indicators that an authoritarian system is entering its most dangerous and potentially decisive phase.

It does feel very close.

[Shervin @shervin]

I have been waiting for this moment for Iran since I was six years old.

I woke up night after night to the sound of bombing sirens. I watched missiles tear across the sky. I remember running hand in hand with my mother down into the basement, lighting candles, seeing fear reflected in people’s eyes. I cried myself to sleep from the pain of missing my father who had been forced to flee under threat of execution by Khomeini. Because he dared to help others escape to freedom.

As a child of war, my drawings were not of playgrounds or dreams, but of airplanes and bombs.

Now, forty-seven years later, I stand before the same monuments in Washington, D.C. that greeted us when we escaped to freedom in America.

But more than 90 million of my brothers and sisters were not so lucky. They have lived for nearly fifty years in an occupied, open air prison. Their hopes and dreams have been snuffed out. Now they can’t take it anymore.

Do you feel their yearning for freedom echoing through the streets of Iran?

How could you not?

Even as the media looks away. Even as they ignore this historic chance for liberation. Even as they chant for democracy, for a free Iran, for the return of Pahlavi to lead the path forward.

Tonight, I cannot sleep. I pray that my childhood dreams finally come true, that we will welcome the Nowruz Persian New Year together again, in Tehran. Reunited. A free Iran, at peace with itself. At peace with Israel. At peace with America. At peace with the world.

A free Iran will transform the world. Its liberation will send ripples across the planet. A free Iran will unleash the greatest peace and economic dividend the world has ever seen.

What is happening in Iran right now is the most important story on Earth. The future of the world hangs in the balance.

Do not look away.
Do not look away.

Offer your support in any way you can. However you can. Please repost news about Iranian people’s final fight for their freedom. Because the media will not.

The Iranian people will never forget your courage, your kindness, and your solidarity.

من از شش‌سالگی، در انتظارِ این لحظه برای ایران بوده‌ام.

شب‌ها، پی‌درپی با صدای آژیرهای بمباران از خواب می‌پریدم. موشک‌ها را می‌دیدم که آسمان را می‌شکافتند. به یاد دارم دست در دست مادرم به زیرزمین می‌دویدیم، شمع روشن می‌کردیم و ترس را در چشمان مردم می‌دیدیم. با گریه به خواب می‌رفتم؛ از دردِ دوری از پدرم که زیر تهدیدِ اعدام، مجبور به فرار شده بود.

من کودکِ جنگ بودم. نقاشی‌هایم نه از زمینِ بازی و رویا، بلکه از هواپیما و بمب بود. در کودکی خیال‌پردازی می‌کردم که هواپیماهای کنترلی بخرم و با آن‌ها خانهٔ خمینی را بمباران کنم تا پدرم را نجات دهم.

اکنون، چهل‌وهفت سال بعد، در برابر همان بناهای یادبودِ واشنگتن دی‌سی ایستاده‌ام؛ همان‌ها که وقتی به آمریکا گریختیم و به آزادی رسیدیم، به ما خوش‌آمد گفتند.

اما بیش از نود میلیون از برادران و خواهرانم چنین بختی نداشتند. آنان نزدیک به پنجاه سال است که در یک زندانِ باز و اشغال‌شده زندگی کرده‌اند. امیدها و رویاهایشان خاموش شده است. و حالا دیگر تابِ تحمل ندارند.

آیا اشتیاقِ آزادی را که در خیابان‌های سراسر ایران طنین انداخته، حس می‌کنید؟

چگونه می‌شود حس نکرد؟

حتی وقتی رسانه‌ها روی برمی‌گردانند. حتی وقتی این فرصت تاریخی برای رهایی را نادیده می‌گیرند. حتی وقتی مردم فریادِ دموکراسی سر می‌دهند، فریادِ ایرانِ آزاد، فریادِ بازگشتِ پهلوی برای هدایت مسیر آینده.

امشب خواب به چشمانم نمی‌آید. دعا می‌کنم رؤیاهای کودکی‌ام سرانجام به حقیقت بپیوندد؛ اینکه نوروزِ فارسی را بار دیگر در کنار هم، در تهران، جشن بگیریم. دوباره به هم برسیم. ایرانی آزاد، در صلح با خود. در صلح با اسرائیل. در صلح با آمریکا. در صلح با جهان.

ایرانِ آزاد جهان را دگرگون خواهد کرد. رهاییِ آن موج‌هایی در سراسر سیاره خواهد انداخت. ایرانِ آزاد، بزرگ‌ترین سودِ صلح و شکوفاییِ اقتصادی را که جهان تاکنون دیده است، آزاد خواهد کرد.

آنچه امروز در ایران می‌گذرد، مهم‌ترین داستانِ روی زمین است. آیندهٔ جهان در ترازوی سرنوشت قرار دارد.

روی برنگردانید.
روی برنگردانید.

هر طور که می‌توانید، هر اندازه که می‌توانید، حمایت کنید.

مردم ایران هرگز شجاعت، مهربانی و همبستگیِ شما را فراموش نخواهند کرد.

[keith bubalo @keithbubalo]

@drjamesdinic How long (minimum) should the morning sunlight exposure be to get the reset effect?

[Gregg Re @gregg_re]

Mayorkas 3 months ago: FEMA is "tremendously prepared" for hurricane season

Mayorkas today: FEMA is out of money and can't make it through hurricane season. "We do not have the funds"

Look at this. 3 months apart:

[Kristian Gumminger @kgumminger]

Travis Kelce has played the equivalent of a full regular season with Mahomes in the playoffs (17 games).

133 receptions, 1,516 yards, 18 touchdowns.

Against the best competition with elimination a possibility, Kelce has been the best consistent playmaker in the NFL.

[keith bubalo @keithbubalo]

Q: Whats one word for what @PatrickMahomes and @Chiefs do with all their Super Bowls?
A: one word - bundle.

[keith bubalo @keithbubalo]

@EWRairport @AskTSA It turned into almost 40 min. Pre check, Clear, and every EWR employee going through 1 line. Probably 7 other general boarding lines open with no line. No one empowered to make an obvious decision? I’ve talked to others who frequent this terminal who said similarly. Why so hard?

[keith bubalo @keithbubalo]

@CarlosACollazo Meaningless list concerning the Royals

[keith bubalo @keithbubalo]

@SamMcDowell11 Basic science: young men in amazing physical health had virtually no risk from getting Covid, w potential myocarditis side effect from the vax. 10 players made a different decision for their own health in a complicated situation. Bad pitching is the problem - not vax status.

[keith bubalo @keithbubalo]

@vgregorian The Royals have their problems to deal with…10 unvaccinated players missing 4 games in Toronto is not one of them. Their viewpoint has been well known by the team. Part of a good culture is respecting peoples individual rights in a very complicated time.

[Matt Smethurst @MattSmethurst]

A Ukrainian family sings “He Will Hold Me Fast.”

HT: @donald_cline