Sometimes my head hurts!

There are times I'm not sure if I'm heading in the right direction, if what i'm doing is actually making a difference.

At the weekend I got a lovely email from a client, and it reminded me of a story I heard from another guy on a course a few months ago who said.

"this young fella was walking along a beach when he came across hundreds and hundreds of stranded starfish, so he stopped and began throwing them back into the water, one by one, after a while a man comes along and while giving him a funny look asked him what he was doing?

The young fella said he was saving the starfish.

But the older man said... Look son, you're mad, there are thousands and thousands of starfish, you can't possibly make a difference.

At which point the young fella picked up another starfish, threw it back into the sea and replied.

Well I made a difference to that one.

Anvils around the corner!

"Dont worry about the future; or worry, but know that worrying is as effective as trying to solve an algebra equation by chewing bubblegum. The real troubles in your life are apt to be things that never crossed your worried mind; the kind that blindside you at 4pm on some idle Tuesday"

Sunscreen - Baz Lurhmann

Amazing how we've all been kinda programmed to worry, but the man is spot on, it's the things we don't know that should be bothering us, not the things we do.

and here was I thinking that as I got older life would have fewer surprises.

Not true - There's anvils around corners..

effin eddie

I first heard effin eddie in 1994, and 13 years later it's still as funny as ever.... enjoy

The wedding.

Such a good looking family....

We had a brilliant time at my brother's wedding in Kerry.

Simplify

It's the start of October, the last quarter of the year.

The summer has been very busy and fairly stressful, and in the last week there has been my brother's wedding (which was brilliant) my sister coming home for good from the states, my fathers 1st anniversary and several other things that had to be done.

So when I sat down last night to write a bit, the only word that would come into my head was simplify. I really only want to achieve two things over the next 3 months.

1. To work hard, bring in lots of business and have a storming year end.
2. To work out, maintain and improve my shape and fitness from the summer.

It's that simple, most other invitations will be declined, I just want a nice quiet but busy life over the next few months with as little extraneous activity as possible.

I'm looking forward to it.