Role Playing running doesn’t burn calories…
Oct 13I have been on the phone with clients for the last five hours straight. Just like yesterday and the day before, and just like tomorrow. That’s what I do. Today though, I have been having a recurring discussion with different folks about how they can most effectively improve their business is by improving their ability to communicate with customers and potential customers. We then went on to the...
I Run in Phoenix
Aug 10I was talking to a friend the other day who asked me how in the hell I can run, because, according to him, “it is so boring.” I asked him, “where do you run?”I run in downtown Phoenix.Lock the door. Watch Schooner pull Jane down the hallway. (Hmmm, I wonder who wears the pants in THAT relationship?). Push the button. Wait. Ding, door opens. We both look inside the elevator...
Goal Setting for Runners
Aug 05I set my first life goal when I was 11 years old. It was 1976, and I was in a gang…. There were five of us. We specialized in small time stuff, like skipping our cub scout meetings and chasing girls during recess. We called ourselves the Bicentennial Minutemen. That is when I learned to like running. If you were fast, you caught the girl:) I wasn’t very fast. But I did have $.25 a...
The Justification
Aug 01I didn’t go for a run yesterday because it was Friday. I don’t like to run on Friday’s because I usually make Saturday morning my long run (this morning I ran a total of 3.63 miles). I didn’t run on Thursday morning because I was tired from travelling the day before. I decided I would run on Thursday night instead. When I got to work I found out that I was attending a...
The hills are alive
Jul 30I only started running again for the first time in 10 years, a few months back. The last time I did any running was the year I lived in Boise, which is FLAT. I now live in Phoenix, FLAT! I literally have not run on a hill of ANY size, up or down, since 1995. Well, today that all changed. I am in Austin Texas for work, and went out for a 5:30 am run this morning with two of my workmates. To...
