"Time waits for no man" (or woman or anyone in this PC world!) is such a true phrase. Last night despite being knackered I had a 10 k run to complete and the objective was to get inside my previous timed 10 k 2 weeks ago. Having that focus means when I reached the "hill from hell" I grit my teeth (don't know why cause it doesn't make you faster), pump my arms and lift my feet so that I drive up the hill knowing that any slowing down will lead to a poor result - I managed it in just under a minute less!
Then this morning in the pool, after 800 m of drills and warm up, I had six short intervals of 50m to do within a very challenging time, then 6 x 150m on the same time followed by another 6 x 50m on the challenging time. People were looking at me as I was talking to myself at the end of the lane. Basically I was reminding myself I was an "Ironman" and get on with it cause that's what we do. It must have worked 'cause I hit all the targets but without the target in the first place I would have cruised up and down the pool.
When I visit companies in my consultancy capacity it doesn't take long to find the "cruisers" despite some of their best efforts to look busy. Life and business can be so much more fun if you narrow the focus in certain aspects and right now I'm having a great time even if it is difficult getting up in the morning and not hiding under the covers.
Tuesday, 14 February 2012
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