i turn tragedy into triumph — using music, truth, and lived experience to help people break chains and reclaim their purpose. 🎺 artist • coach • author
Dallas, TX, USA
Joined March 2009
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for a long time, you may have known me in pieces. today, that work has a home.
from tragedy to triumph — my new book — is here. thaddeusford.com
what happened to you does not have to determine what happens through you next. welcome home. 🏡
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New Orleans-based brass band The Soul Rebels gave an incredible rendition of the U.S. National Anthem before the first ever NFL game in Paris. @NFLFrance
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it's not over. but across the board (coaching, offense, defense, special teams, play calling, discipline, leadership, heart, etc) we are showing our true colors. it's still #whodat but this is painful ⚜️🤷🏾♂️
sometimes growth isn’t adding more.
sometimes it’s removing what keeps you from seeing what was already there.
fundamentals matter. technique matters.
but eventually, the question becomes: who are you, what do you have to say, and what do you want to contribute through your horn?
that’s the work.
responsibility is not blame.
blame asks:
who did this to me?
responsibility asks:
what am i going to do now?
you can survive what happened to you and still spend the rest of your life being controlled by it.
surviving isn’t freedom.
i mean, between last week and this week, i'm proud of how these dudes are hanging with elite teams. this may or may not be "the year", but they're watchable and competitive. ⚜️ #whodat
you can rehearse. prepare. organize. get everybody on the same page. but then you walk into the moment and life starts improvising too. played tulsa earlier this summer, headlined a festival; it was one of those nights. that's the good stuff.
