Benchmarks can be useful things to measure and try to beat. For example, stock investors try to outperform the S&P 500 with their investment choices. But benchmarks can be hindrances if all you’re trying to do is beat them. Why settle for just beating them when you could be crushing them? Your benchmark should be …
Monthly Archives: October 2020
Is yoga on your to-do list?
I almost always write a short to-do list at the beginning of each day. Then I almost always stray from it in some way or another. Hey, nobody’s perfect. Recently, I have been wanting to increase my flexibility and strength and do more yoga. I try to do something active every day and so yoga …
When a rock might be a snail
My son shouted excitedly to me this morning, “I found a baby snail!” as he pointed to something that looked to me like a very small rock in a puddle. I looked at it. It looked like a rock. I told him it was a rock. He insisted that it was a baby snail. So …
Constant effort
The other day I was running on the sand and noticed that when I switched from the hard packed sand near the ocean to the loose sand on the beach, I slowed down quite a bit, even though I was putting in the same amount of effort. It makes sense. Some terrain is just harder …
2nd chances
Today we were at a beach where some sizable waves were breaking right on the shore. A man was collecting rocks and didn’t realize how big and powerful the waves were. A wave came and knocked him over and he had trouble getting up before the next wave came, so my friend and I went …
It’s not me
My friend gave me some new T-shirts that didn’t fit him and that he never wore but when I got home and tried them on, they weren’t really my style or color, so I’m going to give them back to him to give to someone else. They’re not me. They’re not me. What does that …
A dolphin’s not a whale
Expectations are funny things. If you go on a boat to go whale watching and see only dolphins, you’ll be disappointed. But if you go on a boat to go fishing, and you see some dolphins, you might be quite excited. A dolphin’s not a whale, but a dolphin’s a dolphin, and dolphins are pretty …
Somebody else’s whale
We went whale watching today and saw dozens of dolphins. It was an amazing sight to see up close. We didn’t see any whales and when we got back to shore, my 5-year-old son was looking at photos on the tour shop’s door in amazement at what others had seen on other tours on other …
Stop in the middle of a…
We were watching a show (Jurassic World Camp Cretaceous) recently and in between episodes, they would stop in a very critical moment, one that left you wanting to watch more, to finish that part of the story. This tactic can be used to keep people wanting more and you can also use it on yourself, …
Scratching an itch with a cast on
My grandfather was a doctor and when he put casts on people, he placed a piece of string on the inside of the cast so that the patient could scratch any itches using the string. It was a good idea and is a good reminder to: Think one step ahead. Problems you will have later …