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Category Archives: Motivation
The fight is won or lost far away
“The fight is won or lost far away from witnesses…
“The fight is won or lost far away from witnesses, behind the lines, in the gym and out there on the road, long before I dance under those lights” – Muhammad Ali
The Joy of Less
I’ve edited down this superb piece on simple living by Pico Eyer. Read the full New York Times article here.
“The beat of my heart has grown deeper, more active, and yet more peaceful, and it is as if I were all the time storing up inner riches…My [life] is one long sequence of inner [...]
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I Am What I Am – Roz Savage
Some interesting thoughts from ocean rower Roz Savage:
o Don’t waste mental energy asking yourself if you CAN do something. Just do it. You’ll surprise yourself. I did.
o Be clear about your objectives. Ignore others, stay true to yourself and measure success only against your own criteria. I was last to finish the race – big [...]
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On the variety of our world
“World is crazier and more of it than we think,
Incorrigibly plural.
I peel and portion
A tangerine and spit the pips and feel
The drunkenness of things being various.”
- Louise MacNeise ‘Snow’
I am an Englishman. I grew up in an English village. I went to a school full of English kids. My parents, my teachers, my outlook: [...]
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The Days of Anguish: being a writer
I find writing books to be quite the hardest thing I have ever done. They hang over you for months on end.
The hours I spend with my elbows on my desk clutching my hair in my fists and screwing up my eyes in frustration and despair massively outweigh the happy hours of flow that eventually [...]
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Innate Ability versus Will
Phil Packer is no athlete. For most of his life he did not achieve any particularly spectacular physical accomplishments. We all have an innate physical ability that we are born with. Practice improves it, but it doesn’t make it perfect. We have our limits.
But then Phil was injured in Iraq, sustaining a spinal cord injury.
Since [...]
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A Paratrooper’s prayer
I am not religious, but I relish the power of this prayer, known often as the Paratrooper’s prayer.
I bring this prayer to You, Lord,
For you alone can give
What one cannot demand from oneself.
Give me, Lord, what You have left over,
Give me what no one ever asks of You.
I don’t ask You for rest,
Or quiet,
Whether of [...]
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Solitude v Loneliness
In my talks I often touch on the difference between solitude and loneliness, and the knife edge that separates them.
I love solitude, but my quest for it often tips me into loneliness. It is a difficult balance to find.
Here are some interesting thoughts on the difference between the two emotions.
As the world spins faster and [...]
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Motivational Quote of the month: The voice of caution…
“The voice of caution knows nothing of real joy. What joy is there in doing what there was no doubt you could do? Try something you could fail at… that just could be living.”
- Neal Donald Walsch
I read this quote on Ben’s great site.