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Shelley Taylor has been an entrepreneur, management consultant and business and motivational coach for 25 years.
Category Archives: endurance
Inside my spaceship
“Inside my spacecraft, I realize I have no idea what I’m doing. It’s as though I’ve somehow been transformed into another man, who has not been properly trained. All the controls look foreign.” from Pimp Dreams, a one-man show by … Continue reading
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Begging bowl
I’ve been thinking about begging a lot lately. Maybe not just recently…One of my secret fears has been to become homeless. I don’t know where this fear comes from, but I remember worrying about my mom becoming homeless too. She … Continue reading
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A tourist in my own town
I was feeling kind of spaced out today, literally in space, as if untethered or ungrounded. So I took a walk around town with no purpose or destination, just a walk in the sunny air. I know this street so … Continue reading
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Haut les coeurs
I adopted an uncle when I lived in Antibes. It was a lonely period of my life. I landed there by accident, and couldn’t take off after I got there. Somehow my engines stalled. So, I made a life for … Continue reading
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Adventures of inner space
I just watched a clip on Mark Pollack on TV. You might know of him. He’s the guy who is blind and yet also an adventure athlete. He became blind at 22 and 10 years later ran a race to … Continue reading
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The art of being shallow
I think entirely too much is made of being deep. I mean, really, what is the value in profundity? Shallow is something worth aspiring to. It is beautiful in all of its simplicity. But like every art it does require … Continue reading
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It is hard to be brave
“It is hard to be brave,” said Piglet, sniffing slightly, “when you’re only a Very Small Animal.” Rabbit, who had begun to write very busily, looked up and said: “It is because you are a very small animal that you … Continue reading
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Seeing the light
I struggled to come up with a title for this blog because after a little drought, a lack of inspiration for a new post, suddenly I was bombarded with things to write about. After hearing someone tell me of their … Continue reading
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The middle miles
Running, or training for a marathon, provides a perfect metaphor for developing the endurance required for the achievement of a goal, for success or greatness in any domain. I read an article today about training for a marathon and found … Continue reading
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