This is a story about the best piece of advice anyone ever gave me. It was from one of my first mentors, Scott Shapiro-Neiwert, and is nearly as true in life as it is in judging. I was certified as a judge at a conference when Scott and a bunch of other judges traveled quite […]
Category: Old Man Walks Memory Lane
A Year in Review – Part 2
This post will be a continuation of my last post, going over the second half of the year, and some broad lessons to be learned. In later posts I plan to go more in depth on specific calls, policies, or tournaments, but for now I’m mostly going to continue waxing poetic. If the first half […]
A Year in Review – Part 1
As the year comes to a close, I’ve been getting contemplative. 2023 has been a turbulent year in Judge World, but it was also my personal best year. I was lucky to get a number of great opportunities, and some hard work I’d invested over the last while started paying dividends. After my last event […]