Out for drinks with an old friend the other night I was asked what music I have been listening to lately (a common theme when we get together). I was able to come up with a couple of examples but it got me to thinking what has really caught my ear this year. So since …
Monthly Archive: December 2009
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21
What Matters Now
I can’t remember how I came across this last week but I found this great free ebook full of wisdom by Seth Godin called What Matters Now. Each page is a small piece about things like adventure, meaning, and tough-mindedness by various authors from around this maze of interconnecting tubes we call the Internet. The …
Dec
18
Winning Gold
A great couple of posts from an old friend and Olympic champion Ben Rutledge about what it takes to win gold. Part 1 Part 2 I was glad to hear that he’s gone back to rowing after dabbling in triathlon this summer. It was only a matter of time before he’d be on my heels …
Dec
13
Positive Rivalry
An interesting post about that relates well to the motivation stuff I’ve been writing about. Sport At Its Best – Teamwork and Positive Rivalry My favourite quote from Cal Botterill: Most of all, people with perspective have enough vision, gratitude and security to be open to positive rivalries and other people’s needs. Positive rivalries are …
Dec
12
Motivation – Part 3
So we want to be extrinsically motivated and we’re ok with that. The problem is if you’re extrinsic all the time, and you’re open with it, you end up being obnoxious and arrogant. So we need to find a way to be, as I’m calling it, internally extrinsic and externally intrinsic. Every athlete who has …
Dec
05
Motivation – Part 2
Back to talk a little more about motivation. (Motivation – Part 1) So if I’m being honest with myself, I’m mostly an extrinsically motivated (wanting the prize) athlete. It was something that I wasn’t willing to admit at first. And it took me a while to figure out why. We’re told over and over that …