Started my second running program and this time I do not hesitate. Confidence is high and excitement makes me look forward to the next run. I took a 1 and 1/2 month break from October to December after completing a 16-week running program that got me back into consistent running shape after years of hiatus.… [Read more…]
September 6, 2010
Last Sunday I completed a 2-hour 10 minute run. Yesterday, a Sunday also, I did an hour run like it was a stroll in the park. I’ve been building up to this moment since July 19, the start of my running program. The Sunday before my first 2-hour Sunday, I did a 1-hour 45 minute… [Read more…]
August 27, 2010
THE MEASURE OF A MAN Not, how did he die? How did he live? Not, what did he gain? What did he give? These are the units to measure the worth of a man as a man, regardless of birth. Not, what was his station? But had he a heart? And, how did he play… [Read more…]
August 27, 2010
“Man exists only in so far as he is opposed” – Georg Hegel, 1770-1831 “Always keep the search and use of enemies under control. It is clarity you want, not paranoia. It is the downfall of tyrants to see an enemy in everyone. They lose their grip on reality and become hopelessly embroiled in the… [Read more…]
August 25, 2010
If you reflect on leadership books published over the last decade you’ll find plenty that deal with lessons that can be learned from leaders like Attila the Hun, Machievelli, Sun Tzu and any number of other military generals. Most of the excerpts provided to you in my last two messages are from the 33 Strategies… [Read more…]
August 25, 2010
Tonight I Can Write by Pablo Neruda, translated by W.S. Merwin Tonight I can write the saddest lines. Write, for example, ‘The night is starry and the stars are blue and shiver in the distance.’ The night wind revolves in the sky and sings. Tonight I can write the saddest lines. I loved her, and… [Read more…]
August 25, 2010
Tonight I Can Write by Pablo Neruda, translated by W.S. Merwin Tonight I can write the saddest lines. Write, for example, ‘The night is starry and the stars are blue and shiver in the distance.’ The night wind revolves in the sky and sings. Tonight I can write the saddest lines. I loved her, and… [Read more…]
February 7, 2011
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