Five levels of Nike…
More running inspiration tonight from, of all places, the treadmill: Do it when you’ve never done it before: Passion. Do it when you know you can: Consistency. Do it when you don’t want to: Committment. Do it when you’re not sure you can: Faith. Do it when you know, in your heart of heart you [...]
Dealing with Defeat
Christmas of 2009, a friend of mine gave me the book Born To Run. The book is about a secluded tribe of Indians living in the Mexican Copper Canyon. Isolated and independent, a large part of their culture revolves around running – extremely long distance running to be specific. If you are a runner, you [...]
A measure of effort
I regularly have grand inspirations while I run; this is pretty common with other runners I’ve found. Generally though I either forget my inspiration once I get home, or I remember it but it doesn’t sound as grand post-run once all the endorphins empty out of my brain. Not only did I remember tonight’s inspiration, [...]
Do what you say you’re going to do
I was excited to get home tonight and head out for the evening’s run for a number of reasons. First, after some morning showers, it turned out to be a gorgeous Spring day – sunshine and mid-50′s. Since Sunday is my long run day and Monday is my traditional day to recover, physically I’m usually [...]
Welcoming “The Beast”
I’ve been reflecting on messages I got out of the book Born to Run I finished recently. Born to Run was written by Christopher McDougall, a former war correspondent for the AP and now a contributing editor for Men’s Health. The story is primarily about the Tarahumara Indians of Mexico’s Copper Canyon and their amazing [...]
Plenty of lessons in here for all of us…
Following is a “farewell” op-ed letter from Evan Bayh, courtesy of the New York Times. Now before any of you cry foul, accuse me of political leftism, or rightism, or being too centric, please read the letter below in the context of two of this blog’s goals: positive leadership and personal excellence. The lengthy discourses [...]
Own your room
If you are not reading Chris Guillebeau’s blog The Art of Nonconformity, you should be. Chris regularly writes on three topics: life, work and travel. His view on work, and life, is that you don’t have to live your life the way people expect you to and if you don’t decide what you want to [...]
Thought for the day
Figuring out who you are is the easy part; being who you are is the challenge.
For your consideration…
Last week I wrote a little piece linking “being nice” to personal excellence. I also made a (very) short pitch that the relationship was not only more than casual, but implied there were direct links to superior performance possible with this simple attitude adjustment. I purposely kept the article high on personal observation and low [...]
Send the right message
FedEx, the company trusted by millions of people to deliver their Christmas presents to loved ones, recently announced some belt-tightening initiatives. That’s the real tragedy of the economic downturn, that even great companies get affected negatively. You get most things right, avoid the icebergs and get the ship headed in the right direction, and out [...]
