Iredell Health System was recognized as one of the 35 healthiest employers in the Charlotte area by the Charlotte Business Journal in its 10th annual Healthiest Employers of Greater Charlotte Awards.

Assigned a score based on surveys about its health and wellness program, Iredell Health System ranked seventh among employers with between 500-1,499 employees.

Iredell Health System is continually working to promote a healthy lifestyle among its employees, said Cindy Smale, Iredell Health Systems human resources director. As a healthcare organization, it is our job to inspire wellness in the community and be a guiding light for our citizens health. As we model those behaviors in everything we do, it is undeniably important for us to inspire wellness within our team members, and that is exactly what we do.

After the Charlotte Business Journal received nominations for the program from organizations across a variety of industries, nominees were evaluated based on company culture, leadership, strategic planning, communication, and programming, among other topics.

As other health systems have been forced to lay off or eliminate staff during the COVID-19 pandemic, Iredell Health System has not only kept its entire workforce but has implemented innovative ways to keep them healthy and engaged.

Nominated before the onset of the pandemic, Iredell Health Systems award reflects the preparatory importance of wellness programs focused on physical, financial, mental, emotional, and social health of employees. Iredells offices have remained open; its staff has remained employed; and its patients have continued to receive the care they need.

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Garrett Lowe pulled off his own version of The Double on Tuesday when he raced at Charlotte Motor Speedway and Indianapolis Motor Speedway in two different series.

Normally, The Double is when a driver competes in the NASCAR Cup Series Coca-Cola 600 and the NTT IndyCar Series Indianapolis 500 on Memorial Day. Lowe, on the other hand, was a part of the U.S. Legend Cars Internationals Summer Shootout at the real Charlotte Motor Speedway and then the eNASCAR Coca-Cola iRacing Series Round 9 at virtual Indianapolis later in the evening.

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Come to think of it, I never thought about that being an option, tying it into the real world with the Coke 600 and the Indy 500, Lowe told NASCAR.com. But thats actually even cooler for me to think about it like that. Thats cool not only from the real world and the virtual world standpoint, but to go from Charlotte in a Legend car to Indy in a Cup car, thats pretty big. It was a lot of fun.

And it was a big success.

Lowe finished third in the Summer Shootout race and then fourth in the Coca-Cola iRacing Series event. With completely different teams, too. His Legends car was with Stillwell Racing, and his iRacing car was with Wood Brothers Racing.

Logistical planning took forever, Lowe said. I think me and my parents spent a total of about a week. We talked about it every day. Wed sit down and ask, Whats the game plan now? Any time we got a schedule update or anything, it was, OK, what do we have to change to accommodate this?

Lowe actually moved his iRacing simulator from his home, which is about 45 minutes from the Charlotte track, to a fellow Stillwell Racing members house in surrounding Concord, North Carolina. He even borrowed a wheel and pedals from another Legends driver.

All that prep ended up paying off more than Lowe could have imagined since the start of his Summer Shootout race was delayed due to weather. It was supposed to begin around 6 p.m. ET but pushed closer to 7:15 p.m. ET. He remembers it being 7:50 p.m. ET when all done. Lowe had a minor time buffer then before the Coca-Cola iRacing Series race went live at 9 p.m. ET.

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Once we got rolling, I was pretty confident we were going to be fine, Lowe said. The stressful part was making sure I got everything good to go once I got back. But I was rather, I guess, calm more than I expected to be. I expected to be a little hyped after running a 25-lap race.

It took Lowe a couple minutes to get acclimated to his simulator again, having just been in a real car. He had 10 minutes to run a couple qualifying laps before the real deal. Then, it was race No. 2 time.

As far as the experience goes, Lowe said, it was little stressful and a little crazy.

Must have been worth it, though, considering Lowe is already mentally prepared to try to work double duty again.

The Coca-Cola iRacing Series next race is July 14. There will be no overlap then. But on July 28, when the Coca-Cola iRacing Series takes on virtual Michigan International Speedway, theres another Summer Shootout race.

Im really competitive at both, and Im committed to running both, Lowe said. So, if we can do both, were going to make it happen.

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Syracuse athletics director John Wildhack looks to the Syracuse bench. Mandatory Photo Credit: Brad Bierman.

Item: With John Swoffords recent announcement that he is retiring as ACC Commissioner at the conclusion of the 2020-21 academic year, we have two predictions about the next ACC commissioner: The individual will come from a current position at an ACC institution (and not the ACC office), and the hire will have a personal and/or professional Southern cultural background.

Yesterday, we took a look at the first half of each ACC schools athletic director (in alphabetical order). Here is the second half of the leagues athletic directors, and thoughts on who might succeed John Swofford:

North Carolina State Like father, like son? NCSU AD Boo Corrigan is the son of the late longtime Virginia and Notre Dame AD and former ACC Commissioner (1987-1995) Gene Corrigan, and served eight years as Armys AD and had other ACC stints before arriving in Raleigh. Hes uniquely qualified.

Notre Dame One month after Kevin White went to Duke in the summer of 2008, Notre Dame turned to career lawyer Jack Swarbrick to take his place guiding Irish athletics. For the prominent alum and longtime Indiana resident, it was a dream come true after missing out on jobs as AD at Indiana, Ohio State, Stanford, and as the Big 12 commissioner. We see Swarbrick, at age 66, eventually retiring at Notre Dame.

Pittsburgh In just over three years, Heather Lyke has made dramatic changes among Pitts head coaching ranks with the hiring of eight newcomers, including prying Jeff Capel away from Duke basketball in 2018 for his third stint as a head coach. Her most sartorial move, spearheading the rebranding of Pitts logo marks and official uniform colors to their 1980s mustard yellow and light blue look.

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Syracuse Of course Cuse fans are going to label John Wildhack a no-brainer candidate, and he certainly seems like a natural choice with his ESPN pedigree and now entering his fifth year running Orange athletics. It was huge for Wildhack to make the career move back to his alma mater (with a lot of pulling) after three decades and so much success at ESPN, we simply do not envision him as the next ACC Commissioner.

Virginia In a year in which weve seen unprecedented attention paid to promoting racial equality around the country, the hiring of a successful female African American athletic administrator such as Georgia native Carla Williams as the ACC Commissioner would be, to use the term attributed to her approach in leading UVA athletics, forward thinking. In under three years of her tenure, the Cavaliers have won national titles in basketball and lacrosse, and football played in the Orange Bowl. Not too shabby.

Virginia Tech When he was hired six and a half years ago, Whit Babcock highlighted his Virginia heritage and understanding of building the culture needed to sustain winning in Blacksburg. The hiring of Justin Fuente is on course for football, but basketball has been an enigma with just two NCAA appearances since 2007.

Wake Forest The least-tenured current ACC AD is John Currie whos been at Wake since March 2019, but he enjoyed great success at Kansas State (2009-17) winning Big 12 titles in football and basketball. Its basketball Curries looking to fix with the Demon Deacons, waiting until this past April 25 to relieve Danny Manning of the job after six disappointing seasons, putting the program in the hands of newcomer Steve Forbes.

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When you choose a new career path it is always important that you make sure you have an idea of what needs to be done to achieve success. Now, there are more opportunities than ever before for people who wish to become inventors. This is a great career path for someone who is creative and loves to invent things that are going to help change peoples lives in the process.

So, you are going to need to make the most of this right now, and there are a lot of factors that play a role here. Make sure you have at least a basic understanding of what it takes to be a successful inventor, but also try to understand that this is a process that needs to be taken, and there is no exact science. Check these ideas out as much as you can, and try to use them where possible.

The key part of any great invention always begins with an idea, and this is what matters so much. You need to have as many great ideas as possible going around inside your head that you can try out. Some of them wont work and wont go anywhere, but its clear that some will. Now, you need to understand what the process involves if you are serious about this moving forward. Try to come up with factors that will help you to stay creative and constantly come up with new ideas, but this can be a tough part of the process moving forward right now.

Protecting your intellectual property, ie your ideas and inventions, is something that a lot of people focus on as much as possible, Now, there are plenty of ways in which you can achieve this, and one of the best is to look at hiring a company. Are you interested in things like invention patent referrals that can really help to look after the business and get your name out there.

Now we mention it, talking about yourself as an inventor is actually pretty important. You need to look at what you can do to make the most of this right now. Getting your name out there is so important, and you might like to think about developing a personal website and social media page that can help you with this right now. Make sure you look at some of the best ideas that play a role in taking things forward for you in your career right now.

As you can see, there are a lot of things you can do that may help you with this, and this is something you are going to have to improve upon. Make sure you think about what it takes to make the most of this, and try to factor in the right way of doing it. A successful inventor would most likely be able to use these tips and try to get the ball rolling to make themselves a success.

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American investor, business tycoon, and philanthropist Warren Buffett who is the chairman and CEO of Berkshire Hathaway is currently the fourth richest person in the world with an estimated net worth of 88.9 billion USD.

Known as the "Oracle of Omaha," Warren Buffett - the most successful investors of all time - runs Berkshire Hathaway, which owns more than 60 companies. This group of companies includes insurer Geico, battery maker Duracell and restaurant chain Dairy Queen, among others.

If you need advice in life, be it on how to run your finances or relationships, Warren Buffett's utterances and quotes go a long way in offering guidance. Remember, this man who turns 90 in August had first bought the stock at age 11 and by the time he turned 13, he was a tax-payer. He has led a frugal lifestyle despite rolling in riches continuously. He eats simply and lives in the same house he purchased in 1958.

In fact, in 2020, Buffett and Bill Gates launched the Giving Pledge, asking billionaires to commit to donating half their wealth to charitable causes. Buffett practices what he preaches and so in year 2019, he had already donated $3.6 billion, much of it to the foundation of friends Bill and Melinda Gates.

Here are 5 gems of advice from Warren Buffett for anyone wanting to live a happy life.

The views expressed by the author are personal and do not in any way represent those of Times Network.

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The series takes you inside the minds of some of the most respected visionaries, thought leaders and entrepreneurs in the alcohol beverage industry.

July 1, 2020 (New York, NY) Women of the Vine & Spirits, the worlds leading membership organization dedicated to empowering and advancing women in the alcohol beverage industry, announced, today, the launch of a new online leadership series, calledC-Suite Insightsfeaturing global business leaders in the wine, beer and spirits industry. The first installment is taking place next week, July 9, featuringStephanie Gallo, Chief Marketing Officer of E. & J. Gallo Winery.

A complement to theWomen of the Vine & Spirits (WOTVS) C-Suite(the first-of-its-kind list of female leaders in the alcohol beverage industry, worldwide), the new virtual series takes you inside the minds of some of the most respected visionaries, thought leaders and entrepreneurs in the alcohol beverage industry. These live,one-on-one interviews,with interactive audience Q&A,will provide WOTVS members with insights on how to lead through uncertain times and take action for a better future, while diving deep into valuable lessons learned along the way.

The headline of a recent article (What Do Countries with the Best Coronavirus Responses Have in Common? Women Leaders) struck me and this new leadership series was created, saidDeborah Brenner, Founder & Chief Executive Officer of Women of the Vine & Spirits. Through this series, we aim to inspire others and shine a light on the qualities that make women great leaders, not only through times of crisis, but in their everyday lives.

Upcoming C-Suite Insights interviews, highlighting those in the WOTVS C-Suite database, include a powerful lineup of well-known women in the industry, including:

Leading with Flexibility, Empathy and Compassion with Stephanie Gallo, Chief Marketing Officer, E. & J. Gallo Winery.Interviewed byKristina Kelley, Senior Director of Corporate Communications, E. & J. Gallo Winery (July 9)

Lessons in Leadership & Life with Maggie Henriquez, President & Chief Executive Officer, Krug Maison de Champagne.Interviewed byBeatrice Cointreau, Owner & Chief Executive Officer, byBC Wines(July 29)

Reshaping History and Paving a New Futurewith Fawn Weaver, Chief Executive Officer, Uncle Nearest Premium Whiskey. Interviewed byKate Jerkens,Senior Vice President, Global Sales, Uncle Nearest Premium Whiskey(August 12)

100 Years of La Scolca: Staying Positive & Looking Forward in Challenging and Uncertain Times with Chiara Soldati, President & Chief Executive Officer, La Scolca.Interviewed byBruce Anthony Hunter, Managing Director, Shaw-RossIntl. Importers (August 25)

Building Effective Teams through Inclusive Leadership with Kelly Soendker, Executive Vice President, Sales, Deutsch Family Wines & Spirits.Interviewed byCindy Leonard, Senior Vice President, Supplier Management, Southern Glazers Wine & Spirits(September 15)

Bringing to Life a Values-Driven Culture with Cynthia Lohr, Co-Owner & Chief Brand Officer, J. Lohr Vineyards & Wines.Interviewed byKathleen DiBenedetto, Senior Director, Premium & Luxury Marketing, Beam Suntory (October 8)

Leading with Confidence at the Helm of a Rapidly Changing Industry with Michelle Korsmo, President & Chief Executive Officer, Wine & Spirits Wholesalers of America. Interviewed byCheryl Durzy, Founder & Chief Executive Officer, LibDib (November 10)

Leading through Uncertain Times with Mallika Monteiro, Executive Vice President, Chief Growth & Strategy Officer, Constellation Brands. Interviewed byJulie Kinch, Founder &Chief Executive Officer, JK Leadership Advisors (December 8)

Women of the Vine & Spirits Corporate Membersinclude Founding Member, Southern Glazers Wine & Spirits; Diamond Members: Bronco Wine Company; Brown-Forman; E. & J. Gallo Winery; Moet Hennessy USA; and Ste. Michelle Wine Estates; Platinum Members: Beam Suntory; Breakthru Beverage Group; J. Lohr Vineyards & Wines; Pernod Ricard; Republic National Distributing Company; Shaw Ross; and William Grant & Sons. For a full list of Corporate Members including those at the Gold, Silver, Bronze and Associate level, visit the Corporate Members tab atwomenofthevine.com.

About Women of the Vine & Spirits Women of the Vine & Spirits is the worlds leading membership organization dedicated to empowering and advancing women in the alcohol beverage industry. Women of the Vine & Spirits is an organization for members to connect through our global and diverse network and collaborate across all industry sectors. Providing members with resources and opportunities to thrive is the cornerstone of our organization and success. We offer steadfast support for women at every position in the field with membership benefits that include education, training, mentorship, entrepreneurship and networking as well as tools, services and resources for personal and business development. Together, we are a committed community taking action and making a positive impact on the alcohol beverage industry, worldwide. For more information, please visitwomenofthevine.com.

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Gary Vaynerchuk wishes young people would stop aspiring to make millions of dollars. The 44-year-old self-mademultimillionaire entrepreneur and CEO of VaynerMedia says he's seen that chasing millions makes people unhappy in life.

"If you're under 25, you think you have to make a million dollars a year to even be in the game," Vaynerchuk tells CNBC Make It.

But"I wish every 16-year-old on earth thought $70,000, not a million," he says.

"You would have a whole different world. You'd have people not doing things they hate."

Science supports Vaynerchuk's premise.

First, studies have shown that people feel happier the more money they make, but only to a point of about $75,000 per person a year. That's because money makes people happier to the point that it allows you to meet your basic needs, like food, a place to live and healthcare. After that, the correlation with happiness stops.

Beyond that, research also consistently shows that, from a happiness standpoint, it's more important that your job provides a sense of meaning or purpose than a high salary.

"I have so many friends who make $53,000 a year and genuinely enjoy their life," Vaynerchuk says. "And then, the serendipity of my life the last 20 years, I have an uncomfortable amount of friends who make $12 million dollars a year and are unhappy.

"I think we need to really redefine success."

Vaynerchuk also points out that "the entry level into the 1% in America, one of the richest countries in the world, is [over] $400,000 a year" indeed, you need to make $478,000 to be among the top 1% of earners in the U.S., as of 2019. So he also likes the $70,000 benchmark because it "frames up a conversation for people who can't even imagine [making millions]." In other words, for someone at the start of their career, that number may seem more attainable.

On a personal level, when Vaynerchuk was in his 20s and 30s, "my life didn't really have me running in circles of high net worth or luxury," he says. "I grew up pretty in pretty humble places and as a poor student."

Vaynerchuk immigrated to the U.S. from Belarus in the 1970s. His first job was bagging ice for his parents' liquor store for $2 an hour. As a student at Mount Ida College, he created a YouTube channel for reviewing fine wine, which turned him into an internet sensation.

But even with all of his success, Vaynerchuk believes that there's "no correlation" between his happiness and how much money he has. Instead, he believes what makes him happy is the work he does.

"I just love the game of entrepreneurship, the good, the bad and the ugly," he says. "And so I consider myself very happy because I love my process."

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With great money comes great taxes; this is the sentiment throughout all the governments in the world. Managing your finance can become a tedious affair, and one needs a good personal finance manager to maximize their wealth, generate more savings, and also pay the needed taxes. To have a proper personal finance manager is a boon and only a hundred percent trust and transparency yield success for the ones who hire. There is an entrepreneur who, with transparency and brilliant work ethic, transformed his and many of his clients personal finance life, he is Umesh Agarwal.Born in India, Umesh originally became an Engineer, and then came to the US for a post-graduate studies. Umesh belonged to a middle-class family; he traveled to India and back in an economy class, and always dreamed of sitting in the business class. This thought gave him an idea, i.e. to ethically figure out his way into the business class. Umesh was a quick learner since childhood, and he cracked the algorithm to earn a place in the business class of the flight using airlines mile program to his advantage. Umesh was thriving in the United States but felt that his life had become monotonous. He felt that he lacked the zeal and excitement in his life, just like the travel hacking he had done in his earlier days in the US.Umesh also learned that in the US, one needs a good credit score. Not knowing the credit business, Umesh focused on learning the ins and outs of credit, build his credit profile, and various techniques of maintaining that credibility. On the surface, a pretty boring subject, but Umeshs instincts kicked in, and he thought of digging in further with topics of personal finance such as the US housing market, business line of credit, etc. This research felt like attaining an MBA degree. Umesh gave up his monthly paycheck job and started his journey to become a successful entrepreneur.Umesh co-founded Credit 101 LLC and started giving tips to people on managing the credit score and finances. Umeshs steep rise in the personal finance manager business is because he chose transparency over money. Umesh built a strong base of clients as he would work with full honesty and transparency. Many major clients would jokingly say to him that he should not be 100% transparent in his work, but Umesh knew that it was the reason for his success in the first place and that didnt change. Umesh Agarwal became a millionaire, earning a seven-figure sum with his hard-work, patience, and strong will for success. Credit 101, the product of Umeshs and his partners combined skills and knowledge in credit repair, is a results-oriented company that is committed to developing strong relationships with its customers and teaching new skills for credit score restoration solutions. Credit 101 analyzes the credit report of the concerned clients to identify all negative factors hurting clients scores and then comes up with a custom game plan for each client's needs. Its client-centric strategies and methods to credit repair have been used by only 1% of companies in the same field nationwide.His journey has inspired a lot of young entrepreneurs, and his following has increased to over 300,000+ people on Instagram. Umeshs agency also offers comprehensive credit repair services and financial advice with complete transparency, which has turned him into a successful entrepreneur, and his followers have dubbed him as the King of Credit.If you want to learn more about how Umesh Agarwal and Credit 101 can restore your credit, check out his website or message him on Instagram.Disclaimer: The views, suggestions and opinions expressed here are the sole responsibility of the experts. NoForbes Indiajournalist was involved in the writing and production of this article.

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When Alena Sharp and Sarah Bowmans relationship started to blossom, it was in the most Canadian of ways they were playing hockey.

She loved to chase me down and definitely engage in some body-checking, says a laughing Bowman, who is from Pennsylvania. I just assumed that was a Canadian form of flirtation.

Sharp is one of just two Canadians with full-time status on the LPGA Tour, and Bowman has been her caddie since 2014.

Bowman is Sharps partner off the course as well.

Sharp, of Hamilton, says in her first years as a professional golfer, she wasnt as comfortable being openly gay although she says all of her friends knew. But with maturation comes confidence, and Sharp has found her voice as an LGBTQ athlete.

Its different to be open with the media, even though people knew, says Sharp, who turned 39 earlier this year and is in her 15th year as a pro. (But) things have got a lot easier. Well, not easier because its not an easy thing to come out but its more widely accepted now than when I was 22, 23, and I was really starting to tell people about who I actually was.

Despite the occasional difficulty mixing their professional and personal lives, Sharp says shes been lucky to have Bowman work alongside her. Their full-time inside-the-ropes relationship began when Sharp let her previous caddie go before an event in Hawaii, a trip Bowman was going to come on anyway.

It quickly became a working holiday. Of course, by that point Sharp already knew that Bowman had caddie skills she had won a Symetra Tour event earlier that same year with Bowman on the bag.

Sharp says its easier to let go with someone you love versus someone youre working with, so there are occasional vent sessions between the pair when the heat is on. But she says Bowman has been a huge part of her recent successes.

Im older and I have more experience on the course, but shes given me so much positive reinforcement no matter whats going on, she says. [Bowman] has helped me become more positive and not react too much to the ups and downs of golf in general.

No matter what, there is love, says Bowman. It doesnt matter if she makes a big putt or hits the shot thats not what Im there for, so to speak.

Bowman says she is able to bring some much-needed levity to a sport where there is lots of time to overthink or doubt oneself. On the links, the pair mostly talks about their dogs or, a couple of years ago, their backyard renovations.

Although Sharp hasnt found the winners circle on the LPGA Tour, shes become a fixture on womens golfs biggest stage. Her best career result was a fourth-place finish at the 2016 CP Womens Open, part of the big summer when she played in the Olympics as well. Shes earned more than $2 million (USD) in her career basically all of it since she started working with Bowman.

Sharp has also often been right there with Brooke Henderson as shes re-written the record books. Canadian womens golf has seen a handful of its bright lights burn out over the last couple of years whether for personal or health reasons but Henderson and Sharp have been a steady 1-2.

After almost every Henderson victory, Sharp and Bowman have been on the 18th green ready to celebrate with her. Henderson tells Sportsnet even on weeks when she came close but didnt win (including the CP Womens Open in 2019), the pair was there to greet her after her round.

Golf Canada Chief Executive Officer Laurence Applebaum says hes been impressed by Sharps off-course contributions as much as her on-course ones the past few years, particularly her leadership as a member of the LPGA Tours Board of Directors.

She has been a contributing and active voice in golf for me personally in wanting to help the sport and womens golf especially move forward and grow, says Applebaum. She brings her candor and authenticity in everything she does.

Off the course, Sharp says the wider acceptance shes seen for LGBTQ athletes, especially in Canada, is a positive step in the right direction.

She points to a recent Golf Canada initiative as one such example. At last years CP Womens Open, signs emblazoned with a rainbow triangle saying CP, Golf Canada & LPGA support positive space in sports were posted around Magna Golf Club.

There have been other indicators of the Tour standing for broader social change. In a statement on Twitter in the wake of the death of George Floyd, the Tour said that it had stood firmly for equality, opportunity, fairness, and unity since it was founded 70 years ago.

Its a start, and there are lots of good things happening, Bowman says, but there is still more to be done. After TV broadcasts, the couple has received messages from viewers saying the broadcast crews rarely mention Sharp and Bowman are a couple.

Normalizing their relationship on TV could go a long way, she says. Organizations like the You Can Play Project are helping to encourage LGBTQ participation in sport, but Bowman points to a recent study from the University of British Columbia that shows lesbian, gay, and bisexual teens are still half as likely to play sports as straight youth.

It is not something that concerns me on a personal level as we are comfortable in our own skin and our relationship, and do not need validation from outside sources, says Bowman. However, there are LGBTQ youth, and adults, that are watching and possibly struggling. A mention could possibly serve as reinforcement to them that they are normal and it really is OK.

Sharp, meanwhile, is more than OK. Shes found her voice, shes found love, and shes playing some great golf to boot.

Im embracing the role, says Sharp, and if I can help people by telling my story if it helps them thats something Im passionate about.

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Last week I read Don Landrys piece on the excruciating task that is selecting your All-Decade Team presented by LeoVegas.

As always, Dons perspective was a valued one as he described the uphill battle against your own mind in debating the pros and cons of numerous worthwhile players and coaches.

After using Dons take as the preface to my own statistical reading, I began to formulate a plan on how to attack the list.

What I came to learn in the process is that in evaluating others, were really evaluating ourselves.

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Before you accuse me of going on a Tony Robbins mind bending twist of semantics, let me explain.

I understand that many of you will favour the eye test, team colours and feelings over facts. I, too, apply all of this to my analysis on radio and on CFL.ca, but love to validate opinions based on well researched numbers.

In this list, there is an argument to be made for literally every player involved. Not a single one of the eligible names doesnt belong, its just that some belong more than others.

With that in mind I began peeling through the numbers and realized my perspective is shaped by the metrics I deem to be most important in finding Canadian Football League success.

Lets use quarterbacks as an example.

Each dominant CFL quarterback of the past decade holds a distinct skill set, approach and numbers to match both.

Mike Reilly throws for more yards per game but takes more deep shots and risks leading to a higher interception total.

Ricky Ray won two championships but the second came in a mediocre performance buoyed by his defence and one big pass play.

Bo Levi Mitchell is by far the most successful regular season quarterback of the decade and could have set himself kilometres ahead of the field by closing the deal in 2016 and 2017, but leaves the decade with half as many rings as he likely should own.

Trevor Harris boasts multiple Grey Cup appearances with his accuracy and completion percentage leading the statistical charge.

Henry Burris had one of the most dominant seasons in memory a stunning 43-18 TD to INT rate for Hamilton in 2012 along with a culminating performance for the ages in a career ending Grey Cup victory.

That goes without mentioning the exploits of Kevin Glenn, Travis Lulay, Darian Durant and oh yeah, I almost forgot the all-time leading passer in pro football history Anthony Calvillo.

Pick one? Good luck.

Do I punish Bo for the winning system he adopted in Calgary or praise his ability to make it his own?

Can I celebrate Mike Reillys daring confidence without criticizing its likelihood to create turnovers?

Are Trevor Harris and Ricky Rays efficient style the best way to play the game over the last decade or just the fruits of patience bearing inflated numbers?

Whether you realize it or not by evaluating others we are forced to self-evaluate the way we perceive the game, for better or worse.

What I find even more intriguing about this process which thousands of fans will delve into while parsing the All-Decade voting is that our perspectives all vary based on the way we learned the game and the people who taught us what mattered.

Will Ricky Ray be voted the best quarterback of the decade? (Johany Jutras/CFL.ca)

It could be a dad who talked about the legend of old Ticats and Bombers players, an aunt who took you to your first Riders game, a coach who passed down their values or a friend who took you for a drink, only to spend the entire first half debating all-time greatness of legends gone by.

The All-Decade CFL team is a beautiful thing. It symbolizes CFL fans from across the world coming together to have their individual voice heard, a voice shaped by how THEY and nobody else watch the game.

With much love for every quarterback I went through this process and realized I value a balance of efficiency (65%) and daring (35%) with winning and leading by example prioritized.

Result: Bo Levi Mitchell.

You cant tell the story of the last decade in CFL football without Bo Levis ups and downs. Through them all he has remained one of the winningest and most productive passers in the CFL while not being afraid to target any area of the field but knowing when to take the easy throw. However, that doesnt mean he will be anything close to unanimous.

Some of you will prefer Mike Reilly, youll have moments where Smilin Hank and Ricky Ray tug at your heart strings and youll question whether longevity or performance matter more when you see names like Collaros, Masoli and more.

There are a million directions to take your argument and they all rely on one thing: How YOU and just you view the game. Without determining that, the choices are just too difficult to make.

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