What’s the Plan ? I mean a genuine tangible plan, the road map that’s going to get you to your goal. Not the “one day I’m going to win Lotto and live happily ever after in some exotic location” type. That’s not a plan, that’s hope! We can all live in hope but don’t…
“Doing a Bradbury” – Jack Miller’s GP Victory. The Urban Dictionary interprets the Aussie saying of ” Doing a Bradbury” as: “To win as a result of miraculous circumstances, despite being in a losing position. Especially in the case of sporting triumph.“ As most Australians would know, at the 2002 Salt Lake City Winter Olympics…
Mr Frederic Sausset – Driver Team SRT 41. The 2016 Le Mans 24 hour endurance race is currently being run. Each year the technology and engineering advancements in the cars continually raise the bar in what is required to be a contender in this famous event. The cars are spectacular in their design and performance.The…
Persistence While standing in line year’s ago waiting to be served at a Post Office, I noticed what now sits on my desk framed. It reminds me of what it takes to push on. To take the right road and hang in there. I think of: The individual apparently blessed with talent who runs out…
Today’s Younger Generation Are A Lost Bunch ! No doubt just what the generation before said about my generation and the generation before that. As history apparently never repeats, what some are doing to themselves today won’t be the trend tomorrow and with that, for some, a potential costly price to pay in some way…
Take the Brakes off and get on the Throttle !! Twice a week I rise at 5am and head off on a jog that takes me about an hour. As the days get shorter and the winter months approach, the commitment I have with my alarm clock gets harder to keep. It’s still dark and…
It’s a Team Effort !! “Individual commitment to a group effort – that is what makes a team work, a company work, a society work, a civilisation work – Vince Lombardi” Deep down, most people want to step outside of their comfort zones and achieve a level of success and gain personal improvement. The biggest…
The More Things Change the More they Stay the Same. What gets people to peak performance? Is it their environment – past and present ? Some of the most successful achievers came from poor uneducated environments. While others who had every opportunity through a privileged environment failed dismally. How is it that one man can…
The mental and physical challenge, the beauty of an island reef, the uncontrolled environment,the disconnect from a digital world, the people, the outcome. After a 4am start, with my wonderful wife, we met up with my sister Vanessa and her husband Bruce (Rowdy) at Brisbane airport. We all then…
Thank God its Friday. How often is it we say this? I know for me, it is a weekly occurrence. Oddly enough, I have been thinking about this post for a few days and how best to get my thoughts onto the page. I came home to find RD had posted a very similar thread…