"Life Lessons to Share" with Tom
Tom Kontak
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About This Podcast
“Everyone has a story...” & “If you really knew me...”
I am your host, Tom.
...62 years old
...42 years as husband & dad
...34 years of teaching and coaching
This is where I hope the podcast goes!
I share my story.
You really get to know me.
You are inspired to reflect on your own story.
We share our life lessons.
And, the journey begins of "Life Lessons to Share…"
LET’S GET STARTED!
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EPISODE 28 / LIFE CHANGING DECISIONS TO MAKE (archive)
Hi, thanks for being here. Today, I look back on an episode I did one year ago, "Life Changing Decisions to Make". As you know, this is my audio diary. If you ever get a chance, it's a great idea to…
EPISODE 27 / TYSON SMITH... GIRL DAD, FITNESS GURU
This month marks one year since I started doing my podcast. This is the 27th episode. I've shared with 17 guests in the first 26 episodes. Today, I share life lessons with my 18th guest, good friend…
EPISODE 26 (Part 1) / LIFE WITH LYNNE... A TRUE LOVE STORY
In Episode 26 (encore), I get to share with you stories with the one person who has been the biggest part of my story, my wife, Lynne. Lynne, and I look back on our life together over the past 45…
EPISODE 25 / TEAM ARNOLD… FAMILY DYNAMICS IN SPORTS
In today's episode, I talk to Steve Arnold, Morgan Arnold-Slone and Dr. Madison Arnold... a dad and his two daughters. We talk "Family Dynamics in Sports".What made it work? Was it all worth it?...…
EPISODE 24 / KEVIN KATAFIAS... IT'S ALL ABOUT RELATIONSHIPS
My guest today, Kevin Katafias, is someone I've known for over 30 years. He was my principal in the school district where I taught, a fellow high school basketball official and someone I'm fortunate…
EPISODE 23 / NOAH ROUNDY… A STORY SHARED FOR THE FIRST TIME
Today my guest is young, Mr. Noah Roundy. What's unique about this conversation with Noah is, as we were talking, I suddenly realized this was literally the first time he had ever taken the time to…
EPISODE 22 / YOU ARE THE ONE... SUZANNE McCAULEY
"In the end... YOU are the one you've been waiting for!"You may or may not know my guest today, Suzanne McCulley, but after you listen to her story of life lessons, I promise, you'll want to be the…
EPISODE 21 / YOU CAN'T CHEAT THE PROCESS... DREW GRAHL
As you travel on your journey in life, there are times you meet people who just make a major impact on your life. My guest today is one of those people, my friend, Drew Grahl. Drew was my athletic…
EPISODE 20 / GRANDKIDS, SPORTS & LIFE WISDOMS... WITH JOHN CULLEN
In today's episode, I talk with my very first guest on the podcast, John Cullen. When you listen to my conversation with John, you're going to hear and feel the wisdoms of John's words.We share our…
EPISODE 19 / MATT HOILES… FROM RIVAL TO MUTUAL RESPECT
Did you get your 3-wins to start your day?Jack, the Cart Guy, makes a visit. In today's episode, I'm sharing a story with one of my all time coaching rivals, Matt Hoiles. My story with Matt begins as…
EPISODE 18 / MY JOURNEY WITH ARTY
Did you get your 3 wins in today?Jack, the cart guy, asks us... "Did you put your cart away?" In today's episode, I talk with my very good friend, the one and only, Art Eli. This is a story of two…
EPISODE 17 / DEAR TEACHING FRIENDS…
Did you get your 3 wins in today?Jack, the Cart Guy, makes a visit!Dear Teaching Friends (and, all Friends), as the school year starts...I miss you allBe sure to take care of yourselfThe most…
EPISODE 16 / THEN & NOW... DO THINGS REALLY CHANGE?
Did you get your 3 wins in today?Did you put your cart away?My original plan when I started to edit this episode was to start with the "Then and Now" segment. But after my life lesson experience this…
EPISODE 15 / TAKING CHARGE... DESPITE THE PAST
In today's episode, I'm going to bring out four life lesson topics to share with you and see if we can make a connection. I suppose they could be considered a little deep, but just give me a chance…
EPISODE 14 (Part 2) / LIFE WITH LYNNE... A TRUE LOVE STORY
Doing this Part 2 with my wife, Lynne, sure brought us many laughs and great memories! We hope you are able to relate to some of our short-stories and have some laughs too!We travel back in time over…
EPISODE 14 (Part 1) / LIFE WITH LYNNE... A TRUE LOVE STORY
Episode 14 is finally here! I have been looking forward to this. I get to share with you stories with the one person who has been the biggest part of my story, my wife, Lynne. Lynne, and I look back…
EPISODE 13 / FIGURE IT OUT, MY GRANDKIDS ELI & ELLA
Did you get your 3 wins to start your day? In today's episode...I'm going to ask you, the listener, questions from life lessons my youngest daughter, Allie, and I talked about in Episode 12.Two very…
EPISODE 12 / A BEAUTIFUL SOUL... MY DAUGHTER, ALLIE
Today I have a very special guest with me, my daughter, Allison. She is 28 years old and youngest of my three children. Allie and her husband, Mike, are the parents of our grandchildren, Eli, seven…
EPISODE 11 / WINNING & SUCCESS WITH CHRIS
I spent time talking with one of my longtime friends and assistant coaches, Chris Rawski...We started coaching together nearly 30 years ago in 1996, with a 9-year-old house baseball team that had his…
EPISODE 10 / MY WHY
Today's Episode 10 has two parts...PART ONE / MY WHY:I talk about...- why I started this podcast- how I put the parts of an episode together- some challenges producing an episode PART TWO / LIFE…
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