{"id":2425,"date":"2015-03-24T05:20:29","date_gmt":"2015-03-24T09:20:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/accelerateyoursearchnow.com\/blog\/?p=2425"},"modified":"2015-02-25T16:21:21","modified_gmt":"2015-02-25T21:21:21","slug":"mining-the-gap-giving-back","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/accelerateyoursearchnow.com\/blog\/2015\/03\/mining-the-gap-giving-back\/","title":{"rendered":"Mining the Gap &#8211; giving back!"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"fcbkbttn_buttons_block\" id=\"fcbkbttn_left\"><div class=\"fcbkbttn_like \"><fb:like href=\"http:\/\/accelerateyoursearchnow.com\/blog\/2015\/03\/mining-the-gap-giving-back\/\" action=\"like\" colorscheme=\"light\" layout=\"button_count\"  size=\"small\"><\/fb:like><\/div><\/div><div><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-2461\" src=\"http:\/\/accelerateyoursearchnow.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/gifts.jpg\" alt=\"gifts\" width=\"259\" height=\"194\" \/><\/div>\n<div>\n<p>Giving back, paying it forward, and sharing your gifts &#8212; these are all ways to of &#8220;<strong>Mining the Gap<\/strong>.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>During a time of unemployment, it is easy to stop giving and sharing. \u00a0I sincerely hope you won&#8217;t because the world benefits and so do you.<\/p>\n<p>In early February,\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/en.m.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Marsha_Sharp\">Marsha Sharp<\/a>, one of my favorite coaches and coach of the Texas Tech Women&#8217;s Basketball 1993 National Champions, spoke to youth at the Hale Center about selflessness and giving to others. \u00a0Her quote, &#8220;<em>I hope that young people realize that some of the best things in life are giving back<\/em>&#8221; resonates with me. \u00a0She shared similar thoughts when speaking about her work supporting cancer research via the\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/kayyow.com\/the-mission\/kays-story\/\">Kay Yow Cancer Foundation<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Coach Sharp has always inspired me. \u00a0She can share a vision, connect the dots and help others see the opportunities before them &#8212; on and off the court. \u00a0I hope her message inspires you to connect the dots and give of yourself.<\/p>\n<p>You don&#8217;t need to be a championship coach to make a difference. \u00a0Just step in, &#8220;mine the gap&#8221; and make a difference!<\/p>\n<p>You can join a <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ncaa.com\/TeamWorks\/community-outreach-101\">national effort<\/a> or you can tutor at a local school. \u00a0You can help a neighbor or share your talent with your local town.<\/p>\n<p>What do you want to do to give back? \u00a0 Step in and share your gifts and see the amazing gifts you get in return.<\/p>\n<p>How do you give? \u00a0Share below and inspire others.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Giving back, paying it forward, and sharing your gifts &#8212; these are all ways to of &#8220;Mining the Gap.&#8221; During a time of unemployment, it is easy to stop giving and sharing. \u00a0I sincerely hope you won&#8217;t because the world benefits and so do you. In early February,\u00a0Marsha Sharp, one of my favorite coaches and [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[26,7,94,20],"tags":[129,5,131,130,125],"class_list":["post-2425","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-action-tips","category-job-search-focus","category-mindset","category-resources","tag-final-four","tag-focus","tag-kay-yow","tag-marsha-sharp","tag-mining-the-gap"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/accelerateyoursearchnow.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2425","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/accelerateyoursearchnow.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/accelerateyoursearchnow.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/accelerateyoursearchnow.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/accelerateyoursearchnow.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2425"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"http:\/\/accelerateyoursearchnow.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2425\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2462,"href":"http:\/\/accelerateyoursearchnow.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2425\/revisions\/2462"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/accelerateyoursearchnow.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2425"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/accelerateyoursearchnow.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2425"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/accelerateyoursearchnow.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2425"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}