Hard work.....

Lance Armstrong
(Cyclist and Cancer Survivor)

I've read that I flew up the hills and mountains of France. But you don't fly up a hill. You struggle slowly and painfully up a hill, and maybe, if you work very hard, you get to the top ahead of everybody else.

Without self-discipline, success is impossible, period.

-Lou Holtz

There is more to growing flowers than just planting the seeds..

Perspective..always remember

Imagine life as a game in which you are juggling some five balls in the air. You name them – work, family, health, friends and spirit … and you’re keeping all of these in the air.

You will soon understand that work is a rubber ball. If you drop it, it will bounce back. But the other four balls – family, health, friends and spirit – are made of glass. If you drop one of these, they will be irrevocably scuffed, marked, nicked, damaged or evenshattered. They will never be the same. You must understand that and strive for Balance in your life.

http://www.dankind.com/blog/speech-by-bryan-dyson-ceo-coca-cola/

Leadership..

To lead others, embody their ideals! - Leonid S. Sukhorukov

Misfortune

African proverb for today: When I think of the others's misfortunes, I forget mine

....if anything, leaving CIT will take me slap bang out of my comfort zone....

The way things turn out....

Things turn out best for the people who make the best of the way things turn out!

John wooden.

Time...

"Know why you're doing whatever you're doing – the power of staking a claim on your own time."

Dreams.....?

...to follow the Tour de France and climb some of the iconic climbs

...to paddle the Spanish races

...to ride some of the classic SA passes: Swartberg, George-Oudsthoorn via the old route

...paddle Devizes to Westminster race and Liffey descent

what do Saskia and Tanya dream of doing with their dad?

...Saskia wants to go camping with me and Julian

On Goals...

"This one step - choosing a goal and staying to it - changes everything."
- Scott Reed

...this cuts to the bone where I stand at the moment, and what I have been trying to clarify. Our corporate goals are not clear to me. Maybe that is forcing me to realise that my own goals are not clear to me.

Leaders manage change. Managers control process. ~ Anon

....I wonder where I stand on this one?

Hard times…

The last two years have been difficult, for so many reasons: learning about the consequences of setting poor boundaries, the impact of death, the challenge of simplicity and humility in the context of actually having and expecting so much more than most people have on this earth, maybe mostly the challenge of faith for the provision of our daily bread…

One thing I have learnt beyond doubt: who really loves me….

Get a grip! It’s only money, after all.

http://www.capitalistpunks.com/?p=177

"The hypertension and sleeplessness is silly - it hasn’t and possibly cannot make me more productive or industrious, let alone lead to financial upturns."

Live in the moment. Chill...

Self-control

"When you cannot control what you do, if your weakness controls you, if you cannot say “no” to a box of cookies or a prescription bottle of pills, then you are not free. You are being lead by something else. Weakness means many things."