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, [...]
The Irony of Aspiration
I had the opportunity to run in the Akron Marathon this past weekend. Some friends of mine were putting together a relay team and invited me to run one of the legs with them. For those of you in the Akron area, or anyone looking for another marathon option, the event was a lot of [...]
Stop defending your Passion
Passion and Entrepreneurship go hand in hand. Read any blog about entrepreneurship, or written by an entrepreneur, and you’ll find an abundance of it. Do a Google search on entrepreneurial qualities and you’ll find passion at the top of many of those lists. Passion is considered so important to success, that we entrepreneurial coaches actually [...]
Two Types of Goal Lists
Many of you know I’m a runner, primarily a trail runner. While my long-term objectives revolve around endurance events (those longer than a marathon), I run a variety of formats and have registered for a handful of races already this year. Like many athletes, I generally think about goals not only for my training, but [...]
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 [...]
The Secret to Success from Mexican Outback Runners
I got this book from a friend for Christmas and I started reading it late last week. It’s turned out to be one of those books you just can’t put down. 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 [...]
If we did it for them…
There are many ways to learn, and part of the path to personal and professional excellence is not only making the commitment and focusing on self-development, but also discovering and creating learning opportunities. While we can create many of our learning opportunities on our own, I also believe that learning opportunities perfectly suited for where [...]
