2007 - Pride and Accomplishment

Thursday, December 29, 2005

It's going to be so hot over the next few days! Something crazy like 44 degrees!

Getting a little sore in the chest, but not like I thought I would be. Also, legs last workout did not get very sore at all - guess I am now accustomed to the leg trashing. We have them again on Saturday, and I think we better train in the morning before it gets too hot!

Today was just cardio. Had to drop my car in to get new wipers fitted, so from there I walked to the gym, jumped on the tready for another 15 mins, at 15 incline, then hopped off and walked back to the car. I also managed to fit in a tanning session at the new tanning salon before I went. 8 mins flat, very slick.

Am getting closer to choosing my suit colours for next season. Oh the choices! I have narrowed it down to about 4 colours :) Was chatting with a friend from the INBA a couple of days ago - he was saying how the quality of the Figure girls had dropped overall this year compared to previous years. Will be interesting to see what it's like in 06.

We are going out for dinner, so I had better get moving!

Above and beyond

When life asks for a single measure of effort, give two, or three. When just a little bit of patience and understanding is called for, give a lot.

When a small thing is expected of you, give more than what's expected. Once you've worked yourself into a positive, productive, value-creating state, keep it going for a while.

Every extra effort draws immense leverage from all the ordinary efforts that have preceded it. Once you have positive momentum established, it pays to make the most of it.

The longer you extend that momentum, the more powerful it grows. In such a situation, even a small extra effort can produce large and impressive results.

If you stop when you've done just the bare minimum, you walk away from all the momentum you've created. What a shame it would be to waste something so valuable that you've worked to create.

Instead, choose to go above and beyond. You'll find that every extra effort will add greatly to life's richness.

-- Ralph Marston

2 Comments:

  • Hi Sue, miss reading your blogs at BB. Always found it funny to read your writing this time of year and to talk about it being 40+ celcius when we were buried under snow! Good to hear you are competing in 2006! Take care

    Shane

    By Blogger Shane Leighton Photography, at 8:58 am  

  • Hi Shane, great to hear from you and see you back on BB. May you have a very successful 2006!

    By Blogger Sue Heintze, at 4:18 pm  

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