Massive Goals
Will you be the next Superhero…Please?
Superheroes are brave, capable, and strong. They have morals, power, and enemies. They help the weak, overcome evil, and give their world another chance. They are role models, responsible, and tireless. But most of all, they are in short supply.
Apart from between the covers of comic books, Superheroes are a species that is practically extinct. Men […]
When you miss a goal
There are times in the real world when you don’t meet your goals. No matter how hard you try, something comes in the way of your success and you are disappointed. Perhaps conditions that you predicted, change. Maybe something higher up in your priorities harms your performance. Maybe you were just too ambitious when you made your goals.
The good […]
Typhoon Training - Uncommon commitment
Last night we experienced a typhoon that has been coming up through Japan, wreaking havoc as it goes. The news reported wind speeds of almost 200 km per hour, and there was serious damage to buildings and injury to people. Trains were cancelled, planes were grounded and schools were dismissed, but training still went on.
Last […]
The Benefits of Hyperdrive
The Millennium Falcon is a space ship owned by Han Solo in the Star Wars movies. It is renowned for its speed, and its Captain claims that it is good for 0.5 past light speed (whatever that means). Of course that is only when its Hyperdrive is working. The Hyperdrive unit allows a ship like […]
Kanji - An intellectual Problem with a Creative Solution
Anyone who has ever tried learning Japanese will tell you that the toughest part is learning the Kanji. Kanji is the largest of the 3 character sets that Japanese uses. Hiragana and katakana are lightweight problems because they only contain about 46 characters each. While Kanji is the heavyweight champion, weighing in at several thousand […]
The Big Picture - The Power of Dreams
Everyone starts out capable of dreaming. Even small children have big dreams. Though they may not seem like much to us, they dream of experiences way above what they are capable of. They imagine themselves flying like a plane, or swimming with the fish. They dream about reading their Dad`s books or driving their Mum’s […]
A record is a starting point, not a limit
A long time ago, a cave man burst out of his cave and hurled himself 100 metres down the track as fast as he could. The reason, was that he had accidentally set his hair on fire. The result, was that he had just set the first 100m world record. If this could have been measured, […]
