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Calculating Risks
All things, really, involve risk. It’s a matter of degree that separates one decision, act, or behaviour from another – and makes one seem riskier. The difficult part in assessing the risk of one thing over another really falls into … Continue reading
You can’t teach “do the right thing”
One of my biggest lessons of the last 8 months is the simple fact that there are certain things you are or you’re not. Things you simply can’t teach. People are who they are, and by their very nature may … Continue reading
Slow Progress is Progress
It comes up many times when you are talking with a person new to athletics, or returning to athletics from a long hiatus, or simply trying to achieve a personal or professional goal – that there can be some level … Continue reading
Finding Resolution
There are many times in our lives when we need to be able to find resolution. To negotiate an agreement of some sort. Some we recognize as being unimportant at the time. Fun, frivolous. Most are very unimportant in the … Continue reading
Getting Old(er)
They say the only things that are inevitable in life are taxes and dying. I suppose you could say you’re dying from the moment you are born. Cells divide and grow. And others die away. Its just biology. Our metamorphosis … Continue reading
Fear and Failure
Fear. It’s something that can paralyse even the strongest among us. Those strong men and women that choose to be among the brave to defend their countries and the countries of others by joining the armed forces know real fear. … Continue reading
Through the Hourglass
It’s kinda funny. People warn you when you’re doing an Ironman that there’s a post-race blues that you fall into. You suddenly don’t have this all-consuming momentous “thing” that you’re focused on. Something that is the centre of everything you … Continue reading
In The Details…
It’s funny how many people look at you like you have two heads when you tell them you took a month off of carrying around your expensive smartphone. The questions you get about being “out of touch”. The number of … Continue reading
The Scientific Method
From what I remember of high school science (oh soooo many years ago), the basic premise underpinning the modern scientific method is that nothing can be proven. It can only be disproven. (Is disproven even a word?) In other words, … Continue reading
Starting in the Middle
Nicholson Baker was recommended to me as an author recently, and for that I am truly thankful. I read The Mezzanine in a very few days. I devoured The Anthologist in a single day – though I can’t say it … Continue reading