Be still (Part 2)

This is going to sound really strange but I really ask you to try it!


When driving in your car (to wherever you go - be it work, gym, dropping kids off etc etc) - try driving with no radio / CD / mp3 player on. 
To take it to the next level - when you normally plug your ipod / mp3 player into your ears, try doing whatever you were doing without it. it may seem weird and unusual but it can be very relaxing.


Try it. You never know!

Learn to deal with the Pricks!

It was the coldest winter ever.   Many animals died because of the cold.

  
The porcupines, realizing the situation, decided to   group together. They were covered and protected, but the quills of each wounded the closest companion. After a while, they decided to distance themselves, and they began to die, alone and frozen.
 
So,   they had to make a choice: either accept the quills of their companions or disappear from the Earth. Wisely, they decided to go back to being together.  They learned to live with the little wounds that were caused by their close relationships because the most important part was the heat that came from the others. They were   able to survive..
 
The   best relationship is not the one that brings together perfect people, but the one that forms when individuals learn to live with the imperfections and admire the good qualities of others.
 

The Moral of the story:
 
LEARN TO DEAL WITH THE PRICKS IN YOUR LIFE!

Be still (Part 1)

I really do not like having business and noise around me so I am going to share how I manage to be "still"


Leave your cell phone at home / switch it off.

• A cell phone is for your own convenience. It is not there so everybody can get hold of you when they want to.  If you do not want to be disturbed - turn it off or give it to your secretary to answer and take messages. Before cell phones - the owners of big companies still managed to run the company without having to talk on their way home whilst driving! Get someone to take a message and phone them back.
• Leave it at home. We are fortunate enough to live in walking distance of the local shop - we often leave both our phones at home ON PURPOSE! It's a nice time to walk and talk.

Try it! It may be scary at first but you will enjoy it!

When small-business owners think big - Virgin.com

This is very interesting reading!

Richard Branson - Richard's Blog - Richard Branson blog - When small-business owners think big - Virgin.com

So here is the plan!

So as you are probably aware - I lost my job on Friday last week. This is the plan going forward:

Send my CV out to any ad placed in various places for a job that looks suitable,

Study at least 3 hours a day until I get that job,

Advertise www.steggiesplace.com and promote the great opportunity it is to bring some money in,

STAY POSITIVE about this time being a way to move forward.

Here we go!

Officially unemployed!

Its been a rough day and in fact a 2 weeks!

It started last week with a number of issues that surfaced at work. I was informed that I have a negative attitude - true sometimes and I admit that I do tend to go that way first but given 2 days or so, I am back to myself and carry on.
Yesterday, the poo really did hit the fan and this resulted in "irretrievable breakdown in relationships" ie: I no longer have a job!

This I am taking pretty hard (as can be expected) but its an opportunity to move forward from here and not look back and try and disect something I do not understand because this results in going backwards and nothing positive come of it.

Haver fun!

Time to make a change

As you might be aware - I am blessed to be able to commute on a bicycle to work. I do it about 2 / 3 times a week. Yesterday, i decided to take a longer route to work as I would like to get my training mileage up and also because I get bored with the same route day after day.


I was nearing the last hill and having a good ride when i suddenly could not change my front cog into the higher gear! I slowed down - now getting frustrated and worried - to see what happened. I discovered that my gear cable had frayed enough not to work properly!


The change comes into play like this. Last year I bought a set of rims to replace the current set I have (they are getting tired). The front rim went on almost straight away but the back rim had no cassette. Cassettes are costly and I did not have the money to do it at that stage. My wife and I discussed this quandary and came up with this: The money i would be saving on petrol by riding to work would be saved to buy me a new cassette and the necessary service to install it. 


So when my gear cable broke - the change needed to happen sooner than later - so my reliable machine is going in today and its going to get a new rear wheel!