As my favorite English teacher might say – each has baggage that it brings along. Connotations and impressions.
Most everyone likes success: “Woohoo – you did it!”
Not too many people like excess: “Don’t you think three helpings were enough?”
But really, just what is the difference?…
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I’ve mentioned previously that my kids compete in various track events – pole vaulting, speed walking, etc. – and I regularly take short videos of them to provide feedback and show them their form.
But this time it was my turn – I was competing and asked one to video me.
It was an enlightening experience…
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It started with another one of those “How good is 99%” sort of columns, you know – the kind that conjure up images of planes crashing and people dying from getting the wrong prescriptions in scary sorts of numbers.
And while they may pull out statistics to make their point, we know that things like that sometimes happen. We know that nothing is perfect.
So how can we still be living here among all this imperfection?!?
Another week, another reason to mow the lawn, and another round of cleaning up after the dog before that.
Yes, we’re dog owners – and we manage all of those aspects of ownership that come along with it.
But I’m still unhappy picking up after other dog owners…
Have you ever watch a cycling event? Those guys race for hours across the countryside, but the real work happens in the front.
Perhaps that’s a bit harsh. Everyone is working the whole time, but every competitor recognizes that it’s easier to follow than it is to lead.
And so drafting shapes the way they approach the race, it’s built into every strategy as an attack or a defense. They visualize, train in, and work through the ways air slows them down and how when one individual parts the air, the others can also slip through it easier.
But consider drafting when you’re thinking…
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