Top of Your Game ?

I always felt that Managers (the good ones) are complacent people. We don’t put our feet up... we don’t sit still, whatever the game is...we like to win…and once we win …. we are in the Game!

Work is always busy, I have overcome some really depressing pieces and feel joy on my achievement. I never come home with a clean desk ;my to do list seems never ending. Still I am up for the next big thing ---- "bring it on " is what I say to myself. I don't have time for facebook, twitter or anything that requires my commitment. I winge half the time - which I realise is my stress-buster :)


With my love for road-trips to the mountains here's an analogy that you might relate to :

They take pictures of mountain climbers at the top of the mountain; they are smiling, ecstatic, triumphed. They don’t take pictures along the way because who wants to remember the rest of it. We push ourselves because we have to, not because we like it.

The relentless climb, the pain and anguish of taking it to the next level... nobody takes pictures of that... nobody wants to remember. We just want to remember the view from the top, breath taking moment at the edge of the world. That’s what keeps us climbing and it’s worth the pain --- that’s the crazy part. …Its worth anything!!!

As a treat to myself and the reader here's something that helps :

"...make a radical change in your lifestyle and begin to boldly do things which you may previously never have thought of doing, or been too hesitant to attempt. So many people live within unhappy circumstances and yet will not take the initiative to change their situation because they are conditioned to a life of security, conformity, and conservation, all of which may appear to give one peace of mind, but in reality nothing is more damaging to the adventurous spirit within a man than a secure future. The very basic core of a man's living spirit is his passion for adventure. The joy of life comes from our encounters with new experiences, and hence there is no greater joy than to have an endlessly changing horizon, for each day to have a new and different sun. If you want to get more out of life, you must lose your inclination for monotonous security and adopt a helter-skelter style of life that will at first appear to you to be crazy. But once you become accustomed to such a life you will see its full meaning and its incredible beauty."
— Jon Krakauer (Into the Wild)