Good things sometimes take time
Lou Mannheim (Wall Street, 1987)
Coffee time
Daily coffee keeps me going.
Football and Work
I like playing football because of the nature of the game. Firstly, it’s a team sport and the results of a match are the consequence of the effort exerted (as long as the referee doesn’t unfairly influence the outcome).
The other aspects I enjoy are that it is fluid, unpredictable, and requires a balanced strategy.
What do I mean by balance?
In order to win a match, you must use both offensive and defensive tactics. If you focus too much on defending, then you decrease the chances of scoring, which is needed to win. If you focus only on scoring, you leave your team open to a counter attack and you may be beaten by the other side despite having a few goals in your favour. A balance is needed throughout the whole game.
The sport is much like my profession. Risks must be taken in order to achieve success yet you mustn’t leave yourself exposed to failure.
Every second of a soccer match has uncertainty. Such as the pace of play, the opponent’s tactics and the changing formation on the field. Uncertainty is also present in business. This requires the ability to adapt to constant changes in circumstances throughout a project or engagement.
The nature of business engagements are fluid. Attention and work is always needed to keep these engagements successful.
Balance is required and usually, the efforts exerted are recognised and rewarded.
This is how I think football and work are related.
Your time is limited, so don’t waste it living someone else’s life. Don’t be trapped by dogma – which is living with the results of other people’s thinking. Don’t let the noise of other’s opinions drown out your own inner voice. And most important, have the courage to follow your heart and intuition. They somehow already know what you truly want to become. Everything else is secondary.
-Steve Jobs
Success
He has achieved success who has lived well, laughed often, and loved much; who has enjoyed the trust of pure women, the respect of intelligent men and the love of little children; who has filled his niche and accomplished his task; who has left the world better than he found it, whether an improved poppy, a perfect poem, or a rescued soul; who has always looked for the best in others and given them the best he had; whose life was an inspiration; whose memory a benediction.
-Bessie A. Stanley
Eden, NSW.
They’re a rotten crowd. You’re worth the whole damn bunch put together!
Piccolo latte in the afternoon. Much needed.
Hot Cocoa
2 heaped teaspoons of cocoa powder
3 teaspoons of sugar
1/2 cup of boiling water
1 cup of milk
1 pinch of salt
1 small cinnamon quil
In a small pot or saucepan, add the boiling water to the cocoa and sugar.
Heat the pan on medium heat until cocoa disolves. Right before boiling, add one cup of cold milk. Add one cinamon quil and salt. Continue on medium heat until the mixture is steaming but not boiling.
Ensure to preheat serving cup.
Pour beverage into cup without letting the cinnamon fall through.