So I started writing this blog on Tuesday and then San Antonio and Miami happened and the rest is history if you have been following the NBA finals...So here I am a two days after - and yes Miami was crowned the champs...My gut feeling says there is some rigging of sorts going on here as far ticket sales are concerned...its all money driven...anyhu San Antonio played with hearts of champions went down fighting...So anyhu where was I oh yes so this summer my theme is "if not me who if not now when??"I am calling it the summer of doing something greater than self...sooo in exactly a wekk D and I will be competing in a five mile obstacle race - well its less than five miles but the obstacles are what make it challenging am talking mud pits some milimas and mabondes some fire stops - the full survivor reloaded...I have been (somewhat )training for this lol - today I went to the gym and was so surprised I biked for eight miles.I remembered the first day I was on the treadmill and could barely make half a mile without breaking into a sweat and now I can easily do two and a half miles mfululizo...which got me thinking about how important it is that your biggest competitor should be yourself.I was having this discussion with D who if you know is HIGHLY competitive - he competes with anyone / anything that is up for the challenge...t and I told him dont get so caught up in competing with other people your biggest competitor should be D.Coz here is the mistake we make when we try compete with other people - we set ourselves up to perform at their bar - why allow someone else to set the bar for you .I think its better and more effective to set your own bar and take incremental steps to reach your bar where you will raise it again...another of my to do list I joined Toastmasters club - yup this past Wed I went - running fashionably late as usual and joined a group of about 6 perfect strangers to perfect the art of public speaking and effective crowd communication.I loved the group so basically there are different ways meetings are run - each week there is a toastmaster who basically runs the show and each week everyone volunteers to give a speech from the booklet you receiev when you join..so like mine the first one will be The ice breaker da da da duuum yup basically talk about yourself - your growing up etc etc...then there were table talks which freaked me out so you go up there and talk about anything the faccilitator throws at you - from what will you last meal be before you die? to which is more important love or money? etc etc...I saw a quote somwhere He who tells the best story writes the future..I believe we are coming to a point in this global world where people are interested in hearign interesting stories on interesting things that will change the course of society and how we see life.That is a reason I love love Tedx the videos are inspiring , revolutionary I can go on and on...and theeeen the big bang I finally found sky diving fanatics - this has been something I have been putting off for three years now and finally I found like minded daredevils at work and we signed up for a jump ...now that is a story for another day but just watch this space...so in short back to my theme - chase the dream not the competition. In this life - be your own referee, make your own rules, be your own competitor, chart your own path...that way you are not constantly trying to beat someone elses record...I just thought of the gymnast Gabby Douglas as I wrote that and now that I think about it I think I have blogged about this before.
so thats my little scoop for the day it may be redundant but there is power in redundancy..
In the words of Ralph Waldo Emmerson,
Do not go where the path may lead instead go where there is no path and leave a trail..
