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?!?
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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I enjoyed this at a seminar a number of years back, and either it’s stale and that sort of speaker doesn’t use it anymore, or people have forgotten…-)
So quickly now – write your answer to this down – what is half of 8?
A conversation with business professionals the other day reminded me about spending time on the activities you really love.
One woman commented that she didn’t enjoy one of the specific activities her job entailed, and that wouldn’t it be nice if you could get into a position where you loved everything that you did…
And I couldn’t help but think that of course you want to get into a position where you loved everything (or most everything) that you did – and why wasn’t she looking to create that position?!?
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