Man! I’d Love To Try That!
Have you ever seen someone doing something that you’d love to try?
Something like:
- Whitewater rafting
- Hiking in the Himalayas
- Driving a race car
- Shooting under 100 for a round of golf
Or maybe it’s something like making pottery or working with stained-glass.
You see what they are doing and you say to yourself: “Man! I’d love to try that one day!” But of course one day isn’t a day on the calendar - so you never get around to trying it.
I recently met a very interesting young man named Frank who is involved in parkour. If you don’t know what parkour is (or even if you do) you need to watch this amazing three minute video clip. (Warning: your heart will be beating faster by the time you finish it and you if your boss catches you watching it at work, you will have the urge to vault over your cubicle wall to escape.)
I’ve always wanted to try parkour, but I’m wise enough to know that you need some basic training before you start (not to mention a level of physical conditioning that I just don’t have at the moment). Now that I know Frank, I can live vicariously thorough him and that might be just the motivation I need to start getting in shape to try out some of these moves.What about you? What things would you love to try? Are they things that you can jump right into, or do you need to work up to them? If you can jump right in - what’s stopping you? If you need to work up to them - what are you doing to start the process? A good place to start would be to become acquainted with someone who is already doing what you’d like to do.
For 2008, why not vow to surround yourself with “successful” people? And by that, I mean people who are doing what you’d like to do.
Now I just need to ask Frank if he’s ever done THIS - because MAN-O-MAN would I ever love to fly like that!

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