We shall not be moved!

Went to see "on the road to lisbon" tonight, it's a play about the 1966/67 Celtic European Cup campaign and the effect it had on people and the impact on their lives, some of the happiest moments i've ever had in my life have been around football, and it was interesting to see this reflected through the fine actors.

there was a line in it about a guy going to lisbon using his engagement ring money, which made me laugh because i was sitting near my pal James who actually "borrowed" the money put aside for his wifes wedding dress so he could go to seville in 2003, but then a wise man once said that when we get older our regrets will be much more about the things we did'nt do rather than what we did.

everyone in my house watches "lost" so i get a full hour just to myself every monday night..it's grrrreat.

My weekend was good, back playing football again so feeling a bit stiff today, but had a great day at work and now i am actually starting to think about france and even NYC.... woohoo....it's going to be a great summer.... i'm not smug am I?

the lovely long lazy saturdays

Am bang in the middle of a lovely day, it's saturday, I had a really good dream (no secrets divulged) last night so i awoke with a smile on my face, got up, went to the farmers orgasmic market, got the car washed, (fuck have i not got the most exciting life?) played basketball with cathy for an hour, read the times, ate a big cherry muffin, and now i'm fucking about surfing stuff and updating this blog yoke.

Was reading a sopranos site and apparently miss melfie has diagnosed tony as a sociopath... they must be everywhere those sociopaths, i did an online test to see if i am one too but dissapointingly i'm just a normal average mick..... it would be exciting to have something like that to describe meself, currently i can be described as man, dad, player, coach, husband, fecker, tosser, gobshite, lunatic, friend, chairman, supporter and many many more, but none of them have as many letters or are as exciting as sociopath.... maybe i should take a different test?

Control what i can!

God it's been a topsy turvy and frustrating week,
I love to be in control and i hate it when I don't have any, I hate it when there's nothing else to do but wait, I bloody have to be at something, and right now i'm not to hot at relaxing!

I get frustrated at myself for never quite figuring out what to call the programmes I deliver, I have various names for the different, but i still feel i'm missing out on creating a "difference" between me and others in the market.

I have to find that uniqueness, that thing that sets me apart, that reason why people will want to deal with me rather than who ever tries to sell to them, what is it that sets me apart, what can i do to empahsise that difference, I'm not the first to deal with sales, management, personal development, goal setting, comunication skills, coaching and the like, but i do have a unique mix and way of putting these things across, i just don't know how to describe it in a way that will set me apart.

That's it now!

There's to be no more Keira Knightly pics uploaded on this site, enough is enough! This started life as a porfessionalish kinda blog thing and has morphed into a wanton Keira appreciation society, ....well it has to stop. The movie "holes" was on last night...honest to god i only sat down to watch it for 2 minutes.... but she draws me in!

Today was just a bloody brilliant day, got so much done, the world is a pretty happy place this evening, have now a vast amount of work to do over the next few months, but i have a week in Paris coming up in 3 weeks, and 3 weeks after that i have 4 nights in New York... so in fairness my life is great at the moment, If i could only get over this Keira Knightly photo thing now i'd be sorted!

designing and building things is class!

this is going to be the new landsdowne road, somebody though it out and drew it, and they go and build it then (overcoming lots of obstacles on the way)

but it will be done and it looks great, i have been wondering exactly what newton performance coaching will look like over the same time period, it definately has the potential, i attended a seminar today and realised that i am a much better coach, trainer, presenter than i had previously given myself credit for...

so i want to finish the design stage (actually it's finished) apply for planning permission from myself and get on with building the thing, while taking care of the knitting on a day to day basis in the meantime.

the business will have about 17 employees, operate in Ireland north and south, deliver fantastic customer experiences, inspire people, operate in the public and private sector, treat it's people superbly, be extremely profitable and work in the areas of mamagement, sales, personal development, communication and whatever evolves over the next 5 year. Well that's what i'm applying for planning permission for!

There will be 3 seperate income streams.

1. Me. The work i do delivering and speaking.
2. 10 trainers / coaches delivering programmes around the country.
3. The sales of products, DVD's, Books, Workbooks, Coaching manuals etc.

This is not going to happen by accident, any more than landsdowne road will, but it will happen.

ear ear!

It's nothing short of astonishing how some people can provide instant analysis on something you have only just begun to explain..... or maybe i'm wrong and the world is full of clairvoyant geniuses after all.

Brokeback!

Went to see it on Thursday night..... it was so good.... do yourself a favour and just go!

a sweet weekend.......

I had the lovliest weekend, a lot of chilling, a few duties to do, a good dollop of fun, everyone in my house is in great form at the moment, it's lovely.

The fact that the heating went on Friday and we all spent most of the weekend in one room with a big fire may have had something to do with it, lots of warmth, lots of food, enough of everything, as a family we are really priveleged just as long as we know it and remember it.

the trocaire adverts highlighting child labour on the radio and tv are really getting to me, they really are brilliant and make you take stock and have a long love at your own kids and remember how fucking lucky we are to live where we do, there are millions of children Joy and Cathys age working horrendous hours in dangerous conditions for fuck all.

the question is what can one individual do about such things?

weird world

god it's not particularly easy, just back from a long meeting, today started at 7.00 and ended at 1.10, I have no idea how it got to be march already, there apparently is some research that explains how time moves faster as you get older, I've never seen it, but i know for sure that i have never ever had to manage my time as carefully as i do these days.

so much has already happened this year, i wish i felt a bit more "in control" but it seems that it's not going to happen, the nest few months seem even busier than the ones gone by.... i look back at my time working for various companies and simply marvel at how laid back life was......how there was time for coffee and spinning round the place and perhaps in 3 years time i;ll be doing exactly the same thing....jesus i hope not....if that was the case..what would be the point.....sleep beckons..... night

I never want to grow up!

As I get a bit older it seems to me that I have a fierce fear of getting a bit bland, of even becoming beige, losing the edge, getting a bit predictable.
I need an edge to keep me feeling alive, to feel vibrant I want to have the potential for pretty much anything going on in my life.
I don't really do "safe" very well and I have been doing safe and careful and secure for a fair while now. THe business is going really well, all my relationships are in good nick, my head is straight, money is plentiful, and yet i have a yearning. a yearning to have a right go at something, to do something a bit mad that will again drive me right out of my comfort zone.... i need to push the boundaries of a few things, to redefine the terms.
It's time for me to be a bit controversial again, to get a bit dangerous, to assert myself...watch out world!!!!!!