Lloyd

I'm an avid sports fan, professional geek, husband, and a father of 2. - Vikings, Twins, Bulls, and the Iowa Hawkeyes.

[Lloyd @lloydbare]

@PhilMackey There is no other U.S. Metro cities that have a team in all 4 major sports that have not won a championship in the last 34 years....except the Twin Cities. It's comically painful at this point. Phoenix is closest and the Diamondbacks won in 2001.

[Lloyd @lloydbare]

@PhilMackey JJM is 6-4 in the NFL effectively as a Rookie with the injury year 1. Nothing to give up on. Just keep building around him and good things will come.

[Lloyd @lloydbare]

@Vikeologist Dick Bremer

[Minnesota Vikings @Vikings]

LIVE: Head Coach Kevin O’Connell talks to the media during OTAs https://t.co/zpqdyXiIiZ

[Lloyd @lloydbare]

@NiallOfficial It would be epic if you could give a shout-out tonight to all the birthday girls at The Show! #happybirthdayLilly15

[Lloyd @lloydbare]

Rocketman. Very impressive performance.

[CiscoLive @CiscoLive]

#CiscoLive 2024 truly decided to Go Beyond last night – thanks to the Rocket Man himself, Elton John! 🚀🎶✨ Thank you for sharing in the magical night – what was your favorite song he performed?

[Lloyd @lloydbare]

@CiscoLive Tom Brady is the 🐐. He is leveraging AI to help him put in the work as he prepares to dominate the TV booth. Cisco is enabling AI with a Unified Approach across the Cisco ecosystem. I'm excited to experience it in action!

[Lloyd @lloydbare]

@CoryProvus @glenperkins @trevorplouffe Two guys smiling for a picture and one guy contemplating if he remembered to zip his fly.

[Lloyd @lloydbare]

My favorite part of #CiscoLive is networking with industry peers. Sharing experiences and gaining insights from others on how they leverage many Cisco technologies.

[Lloyd @lloydbare]

Racing to see all of #CiscoLive!

[Teddy Mitrosilis @TMitrosilis]

Nick Saban was asked a question after practice once.

His response was 70 seconds of gold on what it takes to be successful in life.

Here’s Saban on the Illusion of Choice:

“These guys, they all think they have this illusion of choice. Like I can do whatever I want to do.

“You have a younger generation now that doesn’t always get told no. They don’t get told this is exactly how you need to do it. So they have this illusion that they have all these choices.

“But the fact of the matter is, if you want to be good you don’t really have a lot of choices. It takes what it takes. You have to do what you have to do to be successful.

“You have to make the choices and decisions to have the discipline and the focus to the process of what you need to do to accomplish your goals.

“All these guys that think they have a lot of choices are sadly mistaken. As we all have done with our own children, they learn these lessons of life as they get older.

“Sometimes the best way to learn is from the mistakes you make, even though we all hate to see them have to make them, and we don’t condone it when they do.”

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I’ve studied Saban for 12+ years, and the Illusion of Choice is one of the most powerful concepts I’ve come across.

Some key takeaways:

1. Excellence has a price. We can complain about that, but it’s a fact of life.

2. Most people don’t want to pay that price. They just haven’t admitted it to themselves.

3. Saying you want to be excellent is easy. Becoming excellent is hard.

4. There may not be one way to become great, but there are very few. And they all have discipline and consistency in common.

5. Every action we take is a choice. We’re choosing to make progress, or we’re not.

6. The formula for becoming successful: Your Daily Choices x Time. It’s simple, but we make it complicated.

7. Sometimes we learn more by making the wrong choices. Reflect on them, pull out the lessons and move on.

8. You have to choose what you do every day. Don’t follow your feelings. Choose to do what will make you better.

9. There are no long-term hacks. It takes what it takes.

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Hope this is helpful. Follow me @TMitrosilis for more writing.

I also write a weekly newsletter on the process of improvement → https://t.co/Akm89Spodg

[Ben Leber @nacholeber]

Some horse 💩 officiating but ultimately the Vikings missed too many opportunities #Skol

[Heavens! @HeavensFX]

RT if your team is averaging more punt yds than offense yds going into week 6! 🔥

[Pat McAfee @PatMcAfeeShow]

Tory Taylor… still a dawg

[Ari Meirov @MySportsUpdate]

This will always be the dumbest rule in football.

[Pat McAfee @PatMcAfeeShow]

Paul Allen is a REAL TALENT 👏

#PMSLive

[Lloyd @lloydbare]

@PatMcAfeeShow Minneapolis in the fall....don't wait until winter...cold AF

[Lloyd @lloydbare]

@triplewx I've never been calmer....

[Lloyd @lloydbare]

@triplewx Oh....and thanks for the invite...those brats look amazing AF.

[Lloyd @lloydbare]

@triplewx Thanks for your service and sacrifice Sir. We enjoy this way of life because of those past and present who served to ensure the freedoms that this nation was founded on.