Three strikes and you’re out.
That’s baseball right?
While I’m not American and haven’t watched that
much baseball, I do know that much.
Unfortunately, many of us confuse the game of
baseball with the game of life.
I know I have.
Let me explain: Sometimes we make mistakes.
Sometimes we fail. Sometimes stuff just doesn’t
go the way we planned.
For instance, let’s say you [...]

I’ve been down and out before… many times than
I care to remember.
I broke my arm badly a few years ago and after
expensive surgery with metal screws and plates, I was
told I would never get full movement back in my arm.
I didn’t listen.
3 months later, I walked into my surgeon’s office
flexing my arm like a proud [...]

Being in a rut stinks! You feel like nothing is happening for you. Sometimes the harder you try the worse it gets… and the further backwards you go.
Sometimes, the best thing to do when you’re feeling like that…. is to stop working so hard. I know that sounds weird but believe me.
Take a break. Revive!
Then [...]

I was sitting in a coffee shop yesterday reading an article
which was talking about fleas.
(Yeah, I know what you’re thinking… Niro, don’t you have
anything better to do? That’s a story for another time)
Anyway, what I found out was amazing.
Did you know that even though fleas can fly to almost any
height….
Even though they are some of [...]

Roger Federer, defending Wimbledon champion and the greatest of all time very nearly lost in the first round of Wimbledon this year. He came back from the very brink to win the match and as he admitted, “I won this match that I should have lost.”
How does someone so great survive and snatch victory when [...]

“If you enjoy the process, it’s your dream. … If you are enduring the process, just desperate for the result, it’s somebody else’s dream”
- Salma Hayek

I absolutely love this quote and the wisdom it contains. If all of us could focus more on doing something we enjoy and following our passion, then our lives would [...]

I have to admit, I’ve always been a fan of Sylvester Stallone’s Rocky movies – primarily because of their inspirational messages. This video highlights a message that I think is more pertinent today than ever before.
Rocky’s son blames his dad for not getting what he wants from life. We’ve all been there at some time [...]