Daring Adventure

"Life is either a daring adventure or nothing. To keep our faces toward change and behave like free spirits in the presence of fate is strength undefeatable."
--Helen Keller

Perhaps, courage can be defined as turning to face your fate. You can either turn and face it or choose to look away. Ignoring her fate would not have made Ms. Keller any less blind. Perhaps, by accepting the hand that she had been dealt, which she could not change, she was able to focus on what she could change.

She was the first deaf and blind person to graduate from college. She championed a woman's right to vote and opposed the war (she was born in 1880....). Fortunately, this courageous woman shared her story and left behind her words as inspiration.

As a business owner I am grateful for both the inspiration and the daring adventure!

THE QUEST FOR PERFECTION

The quest for perfection is something we've been hearing a lot about lately in sports. The New England Patriots coming into the Super Bowl 18-0, Tiger Woods' "Tiger Slam" and his ensuing dominance of the PGA Tour, and now, with The Olympics upon us, Michael Phelps in swimming, as well as, the U.S. Men's Basketball team. They all have their rightful place in that argument, but i don't think any of them can match this.
1 Gold Medal (soon to be 2)
18 consecutive tournament wins
104 match winning streak
Over 200 combined career wins
Have only lost 10 of 114 sets played this year
Who am I talking about? The U.S. Women's Beach Volleyball team of Misty May-Treanor and Kerri Walsh. If you want to see dominance and the quest for perfection tune into The Olympics and watch the most dominant team in sports play.

A drug test is a drug test

I have been watching The Tour de France (TDF) for weeks (July 5 to July 27) and as a cyclist myself I can watch it hour after hour…day after day. I know it is going to end soon and I am trying to prepare myself for the daily 3-5 hour gap in time that will be available in my day on Monday July 28. Then I remembered that I didn’t have that time in the first place.

The TDF has provided an opportunity for cycling to be much more of a topic of conversation over the past couple of weeks. My friends and business colleagues have asked a lot of great cycling and TDF questions since the race began this year! There have been good questions:

• How many stages are there? 21
• How many days? 23 (they get 2 rest days…)
• How many miles? 3,500 kilometers
• How many miles is that? It is about 2175 miles.
• How many miles do you ride? More than that…but I have all year!

Here is what I have learned:

• Everyone thinks Lance is the best ever!
• Lance is the best.
• Don’t think that you can beat the system because you can’t.
• A drug test is a drug test and you’re going to get caught if you cheat. Come on boys!