Archive for February, 2009

Florida

Tuesday, February 17th, 2009

I’ve learnt three things from a recent trip to Florida…

1) American food portions are huge
2) Americans are more openly friendly than I’m used to (and more so than the British)
3) For three days of work, it’s a long way to the USA.

The importance of having goals

Monday, February 9th, 2009

My parents are fond of saying that if you haven’t got anything worth saying, you shouldn’t say anything at all.

After such a long hiatus, the reader should hope that I have something worth saying. In subject, you would be correct but in form it is not there yet.

For the past weeks, I’ve been pondering on the importance of goals. Last night, I was lucky enough to see Jerry Moffat talk a little about his career as a climber. I was most struck by two things:
1) His dedication to reaching the target he had set himself, and;
2) The rivalry that spurred him on to get there.

It should be noted, and noted well, that without having a target or a goal, it cannot be reached. Be it a project, a business, a sports event, a state of mind or something else.